Good News

The Allied Foundation Diaper Bank held a special event last week to celebrate the distribution of 1 million diapers donated to 40,000 low-income families across Long Island and the region since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A section of Boulevard Avenue was named Samuel Ballton Way to honor the former slave who became a successful cucumber farmer and was known as the “Pickle King.”

The program serves the communities and schools of Nassau and Suffolk counties to provide learning experiences about the world of astronomy.

The six-week program, to be held at three town parks, is open to children in kindergarten through seventh grade.

More than 5,500 athletes and coaches from all 50 states and the Caribbean will compete in the 2022 USA Games in Orlando.

A grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting on Tuesday, May 25 at 4 p.m. will launch the school’s mission to teach students the importance of sustainability, organic farming and healthy eating habits.

The new program is designed to help the more than 1,500 residents within the town who are facing housing insecurity as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Customers can now walk in and receive a COVID-19 vaccine–either the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson– at any pharmacy location without scheduling an appointment in advance.

This week’s effort marks the one-year anniversary of Pink Tie Delivers initiative that saw more than 115 deliveries of food and money to over 45 Long Island food pantries during the pandemic.

Created by the folks at Brookhaven Rail Terminal in Yaphank, the first edition of the cartoon features the adventures of a bag of flour that travels from farm to mill to Long Island.

Limited funding for the grant program will be renewed for 2021 on a first come, first served basis. The program will offer funding of up to $5,000 to a chamber of commerce or business improvement district.

The grants are part of the SBA’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program that was established through the federal stimulus package.

Stony Brook University celebrated a major milestone in the global effort to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the public.

The upgrades are estimated to save more than 54 tons of carbon pollution, equivalent to the emissions from over 5,000 gallons of gasoline from gasoline-powered vehicles, each year.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.