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The 1987 Long Island Garbage Barge That Made National Headlines

On March 22, 1987, a barge carrying more than 3,100 tons of garbage from Long Island and New York City began what was supposed to […] The post The 1987 Long Island Garbage Barge That Made National Headlines first appeared on SciFisland.com .

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Bayard Cutting Arboretum Decorates Its Great River Manor House, With Tours From $20 and a Tree Lighting Dec. 4

The Manor House at Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River is decorated for the holidays again this year, and the arboretum has published its December schedule: an annual tree lighting on Friday, Dec. 4, daytime and evening tours of the decorated house, two after-hours evenings with appetizers and drinks, and hands-on workshops for centerpieces and wreaths built from material gathered on the grounds.

Great River, NY · 2d
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Regular-Season Title Hopes Alive as Pride Host North Carolina A&T on Senior Weekend

Hempstead, NY - With a piece of the CAA regular-season title still within reach, the Hofstra University volleyball team closes the regular season at home this weekend, hosting North Carolina A&T at the David S. Mack Physical Education Center. The teams meet Friday, Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. and Saturday,...

Hempstead, NY · 2d
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Eveready Roofing & Siding: Island Park's Roofer, Keeping Long Island Dry Since 1927

Eveready Roofing & Siding has been keeping Long Island dry since 1927. From its shop on Austin Boulevard in Island Park, the company installs and repairs roofs, siding, gutters and chimneys for homes, businesses and public buildings, with free estimates usually priced the same day. Nearly a century in Island...

Island Park, NY · 2d
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Two Weekends Left at the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum Before It Closes for Winter

The Oyster Bay Railroad Museum closes for the winter after Sunday, November 22, 2026, which leaves two weekends to see Theodore Roosevelt's home train station, ride the only operating locomotive turntable on Long Island, and stand next to the last steam engine that ran here. That same weekend the museum holds its annual model train show fundraiser a few miles south in Hicksville, and on December 12 the Santa Express pulls out of the Oyster Bay station.

Oyster Bay, NY · 2d

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Stony Brook's Healthcare Robots, From the Operating Room to an ALS Patient's Living Room, Get a Feature in Nature

Robots built and studied at Stony Brook University are the subject of a partner feature in the journal Nature, published this month. The piece follows the university's healthcare robotics work into three places: the operating room at Stony Brook University Hospital, a test home on the university's research campus, and the design of a prosthetic leg that can read the ground ahead of it.

Stony Brook, NY · 2d

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This Long Island Waterfront Village Finally Got A Bookstore Cafe, And It Looks Like A Fantasy Library

For years, the harbor village of Northport on Long Island had almost everything a small town could want, except a real place to buy a new book. Locals had to drive elsewhere for their next paperback, and the gap on Main Street was hard to ignore. Then a former art...

Northport, NY · 2d

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Brookhaven Supervisor Panico and Town Officials Honor Local Veterans at Annual Veterans Day Luncheon

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Daniel J. Panico joined members of the Town Board, fellow elected officials and local veterans for the Town of Brookhaven's annual Veterans Day Luncheon at Windows on the Lake in Ronkonkoma. The event brought veterans together for an afternoon of appreciation and recognition of their service, sacrifice and continued contributions to the community.

Brookhaven, NY · 1d

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Trimona Plain Kefir Replaces Drinkable Yogurt at Whole Foods Nationwide; Vanilla Kefir Now at Costco in the Southeast

Trimona Plain Kefir Replaces Drinkable Yogurt at Whole Foods Nationwide in November; Vanilla Kefir Now at Costco in the Southeast. Bulgarian-style yogurt maker launches its first kefir; thick, creamy, tangy made with organic A2A2 milk and fermented with 11 live cultures. PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. (Nov. 10, 2026) — Trimona Foods,...

Port Jefferson, NY · 1d

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Seven Weeks Late, the Syosset Street Fair Takes Over Jackson Avenue on Sunday

The Syosset Street Fair was supposed to fill downtown Syosset on the last Sunday of September. Then a nor'easter rolled up the coast and took the whole weekend with it. The fair was not canceled. It was moved, all the way to November, and on Sunday, November 15, it finally happens: vendors, two music stages and a kids' zone on Jackson Avenue from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Jericho, NY · 1d

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Chick-fil-A sets opening date for new Lake Ronkonkoma location

Greater Ronkonkoma coverage is funded in part by The Core at Station Yards, now leasing brand-new apartment homes in the heart of Ronkonkoma. Chick-fil-A has set an opening date for its new Lake Ronkonkoma restaurant. The drive-thru and dining room will open at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, the company announced.

Lake Ronkonkoma, NY · 1d

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Ray Romano and Executive Producer Rory Rosegarten inducted into the LIMEHOF

Actor and Comedian Ray Romano (star of Everybody Loves Raymond) and his long-time manager and show Executive Producer Rory Rosegarten were recently inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) in Stony Brook. The two have the distinct honor of being the first entertainment (non-music related)...

Stony Brook, NY · 1d

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Patton Oswalt set to bring the laughs to Huntington

Patton Oswalt, with his quick wit, started as a stand-up comedian in 1988. His career took off after getting a break as a sketch comedy writer for MADtv and starring in his own 1996 comedy special for HBO. He has released ten stand-up specials and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for his Netflix special Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping (2016). Now, on Nov. 19, 2026, Oswalt brings his award-winning stand-up to The Paramount in Huntington. When he was asked what’s in store for fans at that show, he said, “Brand-new material that I’m working on. Whatever is going on in my life, I will be talking about it as clumsily and honestly as I can.”

Huntington, NY · 1d

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More Than 20K Oysters Deployed into Harbor

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, Councilwomen Laura Maier and Vicki Walsh, Town Clerk Rich LaMarca and Receiver of Taxes Jeffrey Pravato joined with members of the Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District and

Oyster Bay, NY · 2d

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Massapequa educators step into new leadership roles

Kristen Meoli has been appointed as the district’s new supervisor for special education, while former social studies teacher Michael Lisa has assumed Meoli’s previous position as new dean of students. Meoli said this is her 12th year in the district, and interviewed for the position after it became...

Massapequa, NY · 1d

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Grace Potter, Montell Jordan and a Bagpipe Rock Band: Patchogue Theatre's Winter Lineup

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts has filled out the first months of 2027, and the run on East Main Street mixes a four-time Grammy nominee, a 1995 number-one single, an Australian soft-rock act with tens of millions of records sold, a 50-year-old jazz group and a band that plays rock songs on bagpipes. Several dates were added to the theatre's calendar this week and are on sale or in presale now.

Patchogue, NY · 1d

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After 15 years in Seattle, she’s opening Kraken Coffee in St. James

Elaine Secilmis spent 15 years in Seattle, starting a family and developing an appreciation for the city’s coffee culture. When she returned to Long Island, she missed having that familiar neighborhood stop. “Coffee gets embedded in your day-to-day,” she said. “We just never found that same spark here.”...

St James, NY · 2d

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Village of Hempstead – Public Hearing Notice

The Village of Hempstead Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at 6:00 PM at Village Hall to consider a proposed Local Law amending Chapter 119, Article VI, entitled “Veterans Exemption.”. The proposed legislation would add a new provision, § 119-31, entitled “Full...

Hempstead, NY · 1d

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The Vanderbilt's First Outdoor Sculpture Show Closes Sunday, the Night a String Quartet Plays Under Its Dome

Since Earth Day 2023, a herd of steel animals has been living on the grounds of the Vanderbilt estate in Centerport: large forms set along the lawns and gardens, smaller ones hanging from the trees over the hiking trail. They leave this weekend. Wendy Klemperer: Wrought Taxonomies, the first outdoor sculpture exhibition the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum has ever staged, closes on Sunday, November 15.

Centerport, NY · 1d

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Laurel Hollow renews police contract, increases by about $150,000 after negotations

In an October decision from the Laurel Hollow board of trustees, the village has renewed its contract with the Oyster Bay Cove Police Department. The contract is set to come up for renewal every five years and was renewed to hold the same conditions as the village’s previous contract, except for cost provisions, which have increased by about 2-3%, Mayor Daniel DeVita said during the Tuesday, Nov. 10 meeting.

Oyster Bay, NY · 2d