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Pete Johansen named West Hempstead Civic Association Person of the Year

Pete Johansen has traveled the world, served for three decades in the U.S. Naval Reserve and helped evacuate thousands of people from Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001. Through it all, West Hempstead has remained his home. The West Hempstead Civic Association named Johansen its Person of the Year at...

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Locust Valley students celebrate Halloween with annual Safe Halloween event

Hundreds of children and their families gathered at Locust Valley Middle and High School on Oct. 29 for its annual Safe Halloween celebration. Organized by the high school student government and school clubs, the after-school event brought the Falcon community together for games, treats and Halloween fun. For an $8...

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West Hempstead's Chestnut Street School hosts annual fall festival

Chestnut Street School students enjoyed fall festivities, school spirit and a special connection to local history during the school’s annual fall festival on Oct. 28. The West Hempstead school community gathered to celebrate the season while honoring a tradition that has connected generations of local families for more than a century.

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Port Jefferson girls volleyball wins fifth straight Suffolk Class C title

It was Port Jefferson, the No. 1 seed, pitted against the No. 2 seeded Greenport/Southold girls volleyball squad looking for the Suffolk Class C championship plaque Wednesday night, Nov. 4, at the Brentwood campus of Suffolk County Community College. Greenport sought to exact revenge having lost in both regular season matches against the Royals.

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Oceanside Fire Department honors fallen 9/11 firefighter with annual golf outing

For more than two decades, the Oceanside Fire Department has kept the memory of one of its own alive, turning an annual day on the golf course into an opportunity to honor a fallen firefighter while supporting the next generation of Oceanside students. The department hosted its 24th annual Kenny...

Oceanside, NY · 1d

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Rockville Centre university celebrates 70th anniversary gala

Molloy University marked its 70th anniversary by recognizing individuals and a family whose professional accomplishments, community involvement and longstanding connections to the university were celebrated at its annual gala. The black-tie-optional event, titled “Power & Promise,” was held Nov. 5, at The Lannin in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. Proceeds...

Rockville Centre, NY · 1d

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Superintendent hosts virtual town hall with Freeport parents

– Fia Davis, Superintendent of Freeport Public Schools. Freeport Public Schools hosted its first parent town hall of the school year through virtual means. Superintendent of Schools Fia Davis, along with other district administrators and representatives from the district’s Parent-Teacher Association, answered questions from families and provided other school-related information.

Freeport, NY · 1d

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Suffolk County Community College honors veterans at collegewide Veterans Day ceremony

Suffolk County Community College honored the service and sacrifice of the nation’s veterans at its annual collegewide Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday, November 10, at noon on the Ammerman Campus in Selden. Held at Veterans Plaza, the ceremony recognized veterans and their contributions to our nation under this year’s...

Selden, NY · 1d

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Zebra Turns 50 in Patchogue, Coltrane Turns 100 in Dix Hills: Long Island This Weekend, Nov. 13 to 15

A Long Island band marks half a century on a Main Street stage, a youth jazz ensemble plays for John Coltrane's 100th year a few miles from the house where he wrote A Love Supreme, and a street fair that lost its September date to a nor'easter finally gets its Sunday. Here is what is on across Nassau and Suffolk from Friday, November 13, through Sunday, November 15, with the times, prices and addresses to plan around.

Dix Hills, NY · 2d

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Businesswomen win Businessperson of the Year awards for Freeport and Roosevelt

Bilingual journalist and Freeport resident Angie Hernandez was awarded as a Businessperson of the Year during the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce 41st Legislative Breakfast celebration. Hernandez was honored alongside Roosevelt honoree Veronica Walters and 31 other businesses and businesspeople across Nassau County. The celebration took place on Oct....

Freeport, NY · 1d

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FAA FLIGHT ISSUES CAUSING MASSIVE ISSUES FOR BIG EVENT XS CONVENTION, LIST OF CANCELED TALENTS

Due to the national grounding of flights (which was lifted tonight), the following announced names will no longer be appearing at The Big Event XS in Brentwood, Long Island as their flights into NYC today were canceled:. *Allie. *Carlito. *Malakai Black. *Brittnie Brooks. *Bull Buchanan. *Barry Darsow (Demolition Smash, RepoMan,...

Brentwood, NY · 1d

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Kardim Brown recognized for his work in East Meadow

Kardim Brown, vice president of marketing at Nassau Financial Federal Credit Union, was recognized as the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce’s Businessperson of the Year during the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce’s 41st annual Businessperson of the Year & Legislative Breakfast on Oct. 30. The annual event,...

East Meadow, NY · 1d

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Malark Headlines 'Cats at NCAA Northeast Regional MXC Championships

BETHPAGE, N.Y. — Junior captain Gavin Malark (Stratham, N.H.) finished 68th in 32 minutes, 12.9 seconds to lead the UNH men's cross country team at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships on Friday at Bethpage State Park. Malark's 68th-place finish marked UNH's best individual showing at the NCAA Northeast Regional...

Bethpage, NY · 1d

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Marist Men’s Cross Country Places 18th at NCAA Northeast Regionals

BETHPAGE, N.Y. – The Marist men's cross country team placed 18th out of 41 teams at the 2026 NCAA Northeast Regional Championships on Friday at Bethpage State Park. The Red Foxes finished with 522 points in the 10-kilometer race, its highest finish since 2019, highlighted by a strong performance from Logan Schaeffler, who led Marist with a 73rd-place finish in 32:18.0.

Poughkeepsie, NY · 1d

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Golomb Leads Wildcats at NCAA Northeast Regional WXC Championships

BETHPAGE, N.Y. — Freshman Lila Golomb (Plymouth, Minn.) finished the women's 6K in 21 minutes, 53.7 seconds to lead the UNH women's cross country team Friday at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships, hosted by Hofstra University, at Bethpage State Park. The Wildcats finished 30th among 41 scoring teams with...

Durham, NH · 1d

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Food Bazaar takes over Western Beef in West Hempstead, drawing mixed reactions

News of Food Bazaar’s acquisition of Western Beef has sparked mixed reactions and curiosity among West Hempstead residents, with shoppers discussing what the changes may mean for their community. Western Beef is a low-budget supermarket chain in the metropolitan area. As of June 2018, the chain owned and operated...

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