Good News

Nassau Coliseum went to a galaxy far, far away on Friday when the Long Island Nets hosted Star Wars Night and a jersey auction for charity.

The mission is part of the Project Vision Trip organized by the Key Humanitarian Initiative for Southern Honduras, which provides cataract surgeries, eye care and other health services.

The Museum of American Armor got a new pair of Nikes just in time for Christmas — that is, a pair of Nike anti-aircraft missiles like the ones that sat on half a dozen launch sites across Long Island during the Cold War.

Gershow Recycling donated a wrecked vehicle to the Town of Huntington for the town’s campaign against drunk and distracted driving.

The five-story apartment building at 1 Washington Ave., the third constructed at the complex, offers studios, one- and two-bedroom residences with monthly rents ranging from $960 to $2,216 for households earning between 50 percent and 110 percent of the area median income.

More than 200 business leaders, elected officials and military veterans braved torrential rain to attend the Museum of American Armor holiday gala at Old Bethpage Restoration Village last week.

All day Saturday, Dec. 14, shoppers are asked to come to the mall’s North Court to pick a tag ornament from the tree to learn more about a senior in need and then donate or bring a secret Santa gift to them.

Stony Brook University will receive $957,000 from the State University of New York System over three years to support the salaries of six faculty members as part of the education system’s diversity initiative.

Northwell Health is making it a little less of a pain in the butt for patients who have to schedule a colonoscopy.

A new retail concept is coming to Huntington that’s one part coffee shop, one part cat rescue. Catpurrccinos Cat Cafe is having a grand opening on Sunday, Dec. 1 to celebrate its new Main Street home.

Programs that can help eligible customers offset heating and utility costs include the federally funded Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP); the United Way’s Project Warmth; and PSEG-LI’s own Household Assistance Program and the Residential Energy Affordability Partnership (REAP).

Six Harbors Brewing Company is hosting a day of beer, appetizers, a touch football game and a viewing of the annual Army vs. Navy football game on Saturday, Dec. 14 to benefit local veterans.

The $16 million in federal funding, awarded by the National Sea Grant College Program, will assist several marine projects piloted by New York Sea Grant, some of which are taking place at Stony Brook University.

The turkeys are part of more than 18,000 Thanksgiving birds the supermarket chain is giving out in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island for its annual Turkey Express program.

Last week’s event, organized by a team of Long Island commercial real estate brokers, raised more than $185,000.

Students from Mineola Middle School collected nearly 9,000 pounds of electronics during the school’s eWaste Drive. Recycling electronic waste keeps it from winding up in landfills.

Island Harvest Food Bank was awarded a $30,000 grant to advance its Kids Weekend Backpack Feeding program, which provides food for kids who rely on their school’s breakfast and lunch programs but don’t have enough to eat on weekends.

NHL Hall of Famer and founder of the Companions in Courage Foundation Pat LaFontaine will help honor some of the leaders in youth sports on Long Island at the event on Thursday, Nov. 21.

The canopy will have more than 6,100 solar panels with a generation capacity of 2.38 megawatts of clean, renewable solar energy.

Islander fans were thrilled to meet Tori, a 3-month-old Labrador Retriever puppy who will be trained to become a service dog to assist a military veteran or first responder with disabilities.

The new 17,000-square-foot facility on Carleton Avenue in Central Islip will have more kennels and more viewing rooms.