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Puppy Rides have raised nearly $420,000 for the guide dog foundation, The Seeing Eye.
"I can help kids get things they don't have," said the soon-to-be third grader. "They can come here and get a free backpack."
Caleb Fiedtkou penned his feeling for his future wife every day in the year leading up to their wedding.
Leder was one of 877 young people nationwide — including 25 statewide — honored this spring with the Congressional Award Gold Medal.
This is the third straight title for the team, which featured two returners and a dozen new players.
The retailer was one of seven small businesses burned in the October 2024 fire.
Grace Episcopal Church, now to be called Iglesia Episcopal San Francisco, closed in 2023 because of deteriorating conditions.
It's the food that impresses here, punching higher than the setting.
Repper earned this year's Youth Humanitarian Award for Suffolk County from the New York State PTA.
With wand and a tiara, Oceanside's Schindler gives shoppers, and her social media followers, the royal treatment.
It was a surreal experience for Newsday Mets beat writer Laura Albanese, who also was fulfilling all the obligations of her "real" job.
The winner of the Metro Region will advance to the Little League World Series beginning on Aug. 19 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Seniors in the class range from their 70s into their 90s.
He received the Western Golf Association's Chick Evans Scholarship, which provides full tuition and housing for high-achieving caddies with limited financial means.
The popular summer staple did not open for the 2026 season.
Generations of Scouts have enjoyed the longtime retreat, where kids only use screens to keep out mosquitoes.
She chose Stony Brook's Ronald McDonald Family Room because her cousin stayed at a Ronald McDonald facility after undergoing fetal surgery.
The couple held their outdoor wedding and reception June 20 at Brecknock Hall in Greenport.
About 100 people toured the Islamic Center of Melville, asked questions about Islam, enjoyed food and tried henna tattoos at the event.
From its founding in 1940 until the mid-1980s, Newsday employed thousands of Long Island paperboys.
"The amount of outreach that we've gotten from back home has been crazy," manager Dave Gabriel said. "The town is all rooting for us."
Single mother Trevi Ann Cadogan will own the Bay Shore home being built by Habitat for Humanity of Long Island.
Letter carrier and artist Richard Clarkson's murals are his vision of the eastern tip of Long Island to the borough it borders.
Soft Sips, which employs six part-time workers, brews Colombian and Ethiopian coffee purchased from a Rochester-based roaster, Kopani, one of the co-owners said.
Hacky Sacks are trending again, thanks to Instagram and TikTok's viral influence.
Katherine Serrano Sosa is growing Rooted Architecture Studio in a difficult market while helping Latina and immigrant architects navigate a profession where few see themselves represented.
"It's an honor," he said. "We were all throwing well, and I thought the competition made us all better today."
An immigrant from Italy, Giuseppe Grella, whose shop is in Locust Valley, has worked as a custom tailor for 70 years.
"I just like to help out; I'm a people person," she said.
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She starred at Commack High School before playing professionally and called hosting the clinic a "full-circle moment."
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Karl-Anthony Towns emerged from a cloning machine to help pro wrestler Danhausen and Jalen Brunson closed the show with WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns.
She pursued the project as part of her Gold Award, the highest achievement attainable within the Girl Scouts of America.
The Farmingdale facility opened with a vow to offer a range of opportunities, including job training, volunteering and group outings.
The bookstore sells mostly used fiction and nonfiction books in 1,200 square feet of leased space.
Kodiak Tarrant's love of the language stretches for years.
He'll be joined by LI's Jason DeCaro in the Pirates' system; former Adelphi pitcher Dawson Montesa went to the Cardinals and Hofstra's Carlos Martinez went to the Giants.
He called 911 after his sister spotted flames and smoke coming from a neighbor's property.
Broderick, 53, a Hempstead Village native, said the organization has become more diverse in the years she's been a member.
Hear music by tribute bands and local acts at the bandshell.
It's the final resting place for at least 50 people, the first of whom was buried there in 1737.
Finals MVP Jalen Brunson's Game 1 jersey has a high bid of $380,000 in auction that closes Wednesday evening.
Mackie proposed on a Disney trip during a fireworks show in front of the castle.
The honor is named in memory of Marcus Henry, a former Newsday sports reporter and dedicated community leader who died April 1, 2014, at the age of 41.
Colton Leest's Cards by Colton has distributed over 3,000 cards to hospitalized children.
Find fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, seafood, baked goods, cheese and flowers.
Tucked away on a patch of farmland sits a former post office, an old train station house and a mix of historic and newly built barns.
Laube, a running back for the Raiders, said, "If you don't come back and help where it all started, then what's the point?"
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