Discover Long Island campaign wins tourism award
The BeLONG on Long Island campaign received a 2020 eTSY award for Best Content Marketing Program in the small budget category from the eTourism Summit Excellence Awards.
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Author: The Long Island Times
Huntington to host Holiday Spectacular
From Saturday, Nov. 28 to Sunday, Jan. 3, guests can visit Wall Street all day long to view a Winter Wonderland featuring “The Tree of Hope” with lights and music daily and more surprises nightly.
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ShopRite offers healthy Thanksgiving tips
Try some healthy twists on your favorite classics to make your meal a little bit lighter.
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Little Shelter revives Pets for Vets program
The free adoption package includes a free pet spay or neuter, micro-chipping, a free two-week veterinarian visit and free obedience training/counseling if needed.
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Babylon launches banner program to honor veterans
Banners featuring the names and photos of military service men and women from the Town of Babylon will adorn local streets next year.
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Comedy show to benefit breast cancer hotline
The live Zoom comedy show at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4 will benefit the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program.
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Cupola installed atop historic Bridgehampton home
The home, once owned by famed miniature portraitist Nathaniel Rogers, dates back to 1840, and serves as one of the last remaining examples of Greek Revival architecture on Long Island.
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Presidential service dog Sully honored with statue
America’s VetDogs commissioned sculptor Susan Bahary to create the monument on the VetDogs Smithtown campus in recognition of Veterans Day.
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Curtain rises again at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center will reopen for in-person movie screenings as of Friday, Nov. 6 with a full slate of weekend movies.
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Free PPE kits for small businesses
There are currently 6,000 PPE kits available to small businesses located in the town on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Bay Street Theater to host acting class with Ben Vereen
Available to just a dozen students, Vereen will guide students through the craft of character acting and interpretation via the two-hour Zoom master class to be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16.
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Riptide returning to Nassau Coliseum for second season
After its inaugural season was cut short by the pandemic in March, the New York Riptide announced the team will return to Nassau Coliseum next April for its second season in the National Lacrosse League.
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Suffolk Federal donates to homeownership program
The donation will assist Community Housing Innovation in its efforts to empower and support families interested in homeownership throughout Suffolk County.
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Ocean Financial launches Thanksgiving food drive
The credit union’s branches in Oceanside and Seaford will be collecting donations through Nov. 20 and the food will be delivered to local parish food pantries within the Diocese of Rockville Centre in time for Thanksgiving.
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Brentwood park to get new playground
The park on MacArthur Avenue is slated to get a new playground structure and swings on a rubberized surface.
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Salute to WWII vets at museum’s Veterans Day program
The museum’s Veterans Day program will also feature vintage aircraft that will take to the skies to perform precision flybys over Republic Airport.
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ACDS hits the road with new mobile therapy vehicle
Utilizing the Mobile Therapy Services vehicle, ACDS is able to provide desperately needed services in a manner that safeguards the health and safety of the families and its clinical providers.
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Canine costume contest goes virtual
The free event is sponsored by the Nassau County SPCA.
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Nature Conservancy shells out funds to assist oyster farmers
The Nature Conservancy says it will help struggling oyster farmers impacted by COVID-19 and the economic downturn by purchasing 5 million surplus oysters and using them in nearby oyster restoration projects.
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Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze extended for another week
The event, a walk-through experience featuring more than 7,000 hand-carved and lit-up jack o’lanterns, had been scheduled to close on Sunday, Nov. 1, but it will now continue on Wednesday, Nov. 4 through Sunday, Nov. 8.
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Purple Pumpkin Project promotes safe trick-or-treating
Homeowners can put an image of a purple pumpkin in their windows to let trick-or-treaters and their parents know that you’ll be wearing a mask and following other safety precautions when you open the door and hand out individually wrapped treats.
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