Down syndrome center GiGis’s Playhouse opens in Patchogue
The center, which opened in advance of World Down Syndrome Day on Sunday, March 21, offers free programs to parents and is mostly run by volunteers.
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Author: The Long Island Times
Exhibit highlighting student art at Adelphi
Among several art exhibitions at Adelphi University this month is a group exhibition featuring artwork from Adelphi’s student body made during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pop-up drive-in movies return to Oyster Bay
Films on the schedule so far are “The Croods: A New Age,” on Friday, March 26 at Ellsworth W. Allen Park in Farmingdale; “Mulan (1998)” at Tappen Beach in Glenwood Landing on Saturday, April 10; and “Trolls World Tour” at Tobay Beach in Massapequa on Friday, April 23.
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NCC radio station wins top honors in national contest
WHPC 90.3 FM, the Nassau Community College radio station, took top honors at the 2021 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System conference awards this month, as it was named Best Overall College Radio Station in the nation.
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Ducks to hold youth baseball camps this summer
A trio of three-day-long youth baseball camps will be held at Fairfield Properties Ballpark in Central Islip for children between the ages of five and 12.
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Free online screening of MLK Jr. biopic
The film is described as an intimate and candid glimpse at the life of America’s civil rights leader, at a high point in his work.
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Adelante and Pronto sponsor food caravan for the homeless
The nonprofits, which mostly serve the Hispanic and Latino communities of Bay Shore, Central Islip and Brentwood, filled vans with hot and cold food for about 500 people.
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Hamptons Observatory to present tour of the night sky
In this free, Zoom lecture scheduled for 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16, NASA Solar System Ambassador William Francis Taylor will discuss the March Equinox and related traditions, as well as other celestial events to look forward to this spring.
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Northwell honors frontline workers with new mural
No hospital handled more cases throughout the pandemic than the team at LIJ, as the health system was pushed to the brink last April with nearly 3,500 hospitalized cases in a single day.
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Bay Street to hold outdoor theater camp
Each five-day camp, which start at $350, will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and range in focus from puppetry to musical theatre to improv comedy.
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FEMA awards $71.8M for Western Bays Resiliency Project
The project is aimed at replenishing tidal wetlands to prevent flooding, sewage back-up and unhealthy living environments in the Reynolds Channel and the Western Bays.
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Museum holds prayer service marking Tet anniversary
Bishop Barrington Goldson of Calvary Tabernacle of Hempstead led prayers for the gathering that included veterans, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, former Congressman Peter King and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, among others.
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Elks award Beacon grant to Winters Center for Autism
The Beacon Grant will fund literacy software and materials needed for employment preparedness and success for those with autism.
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Polar plunge to benefit Special Olympics
A “Freezin’ for a Reason” polar plunge is scheduled to take place at Tobay Beach next month.
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Go Red for Women luncheon goes virtual next month
The luncheon will celebrate the work of Go Red for Women on Long Island and feature a local survivor as well as honor the Mount Sinai South Nassau female cardiology staff.
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Preschoolers team up for pajama drive
The pajama drive was organized by the Long Island chapter of the Pajama Program.
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Aspiring dentist goes viral in toothy dance videos
During his first year of dental school, Goyal had the opportunity to dance with K-Pop group BTS, while still completing his studies.
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Habitat for Humanity starts East Patchogue renovation project
The house will be the new home for Nickesha Medley and her daughter Shania, who currently live in an attic apartment in Valley Stream.
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$2.8M awarded for Long Island Sound research projects
The projects, supported by a partnership of the Sea Grant programs of Connecticut and New York and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the Long Island Sound Study, will attempt to answer questions critical to advancing restoration of the estuary and its watershed and potentially yield more effective management decisions.
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Bohemia firm donates 10,000 masks to town
Liberty Masks, a Bohemia-based supplier of personal protective equipment, donated the masks.
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Financial assistance available for PSEG-LI customers
PSEG Long Island is reminding customers that financial assistance programs are available to certain low-income households to help cover the costs of electric bills this winter.
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