Author: The Long Island Times

The DEC’s annual Outdoors Day celebrations feature free, family-friendly recreation activities throughout the state.

Five 6th-graders from the New Hyde Park Road School, whose team was called “Futuristic Illusionists” worked on the challenge of building a colony to sustain life on Mars. They took second place in the national competition, earning the school $5,000 and the team of students won $1,000.

Westbury gains a new downtown cultural gathering place and will enable Westbury Arts to expand its arts and cultural programming, helping to further Westbury’s goal of becoming one of Long Island’s most arts-centric communities.

All teachers were nominated by their students, who submitted essays at their local Applebee’s explaining how their teacher goes above and beyond for their students.

Oyster Bay Town officials presented Frontline Hero pins to representatives of each department at St. Joseph Hospital and recognized more than 850 healthcare workers.

The American Airpower Museum will add its vintage military aircraft to the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach State Park on Memorial Day Weekend.

Each of the participating businesses will donate a portion of their sales to LI Against Domestic Violence.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, Northwell’s Bernard Robinson worked side-by-side with his team transporting upwards of 100 patients a day, most of them infected with the coronavirus.

Over the past 20 years, the foundation has raised over $32 million and helped thousands of people.