Dress for Success Brookhaven marks 20th anniversary
Volunteers and staff from the Town of Brookhaven’s Dress for Success boutique marked 20 years of helping women across Long Island this week.
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Stony Brook professor receives Amazon research grant
Stony Brook University professor Nick Nikiforakis has been selected to receive a $64,000 Amazon Research Award for his work in the fields of cybersecurity, privacy and abuse prevention.
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Town to hold affordable housing lottery Friday
The Town of Huntington Community Development Agency is holding an affordable housing lottery for first-time homebuyers on Friday, Feb 15.
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Southampton approves new straw law
The Town of Southampton is going strawless this summer. Starting May 8, restaurants in Southampton will no longer offer plastic straws, stirrers and containers.
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Hauppauge luggage brand makes a case for giving
Briggs & Riley, a Hauppauge-based luggage brand, is holding its fifth annual charity luggage trade-in event throughout the month of February.
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Long Island gets $15.7 million to expand health care services
Ten Long Island health care providers will share $15.7 million in state funding to improve and expand their facilities and services.
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Town to add parking in East Northport and Huntington Station
The Town of Huntington announced plans to create additional parking spots and safety improvements in East Northport and Huntington Station.
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Mitch Creek makes NBA debut against Knicks
Long Island Nets forward Mitch Creek made his NBA debut for the Brooklyn Nets in Friday night’s 109-99 victory over the New York Knicks after being called up by Brooklyn on a 10-day contract.
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Nassau Bar Association gives grant for emergency food program
The Long Island Council of Churches, a Freeport-based emergency food and social service agency, received a $10,000 grant from the Nassau County Bar Association to support the nonprofit’s emergency food program.
Read MoreNew York unleashes new dog museum
Long Island dog lovers will soon have a new museum to enjoy, and it’s only a bone’s throw away.
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Real estate brokers help grant wishes for kids
A group of Long Island real estate brokers are making wishes come true for children with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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Panera Bread raises over $5,000 for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Doherty Enterprises, the franchisee for Panera Bread on Long Island, donated over $5,000 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Long Island chapter.
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Cutest Pet Contest proceeds donated to Baxter Pet Pantry
A Long Island credit union held a beauty contest for pets as a way to help support pet owners in need.
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Suffolk Community wins $1M grant in energy competition
Suffolk County Community College was awarded $1 million from New York State as part of the Energy to Lead Competition.
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RIPCO sleeps out on sidewalk for homeless youth
Brokers from RIPCO Real Estate participated in the Covenant House’s Real Estate Executive Sleep Out last Thursday, spending a night sleeping on a New York City street to raise money for homeless teens.
Read MoreDiddy pledges $1 million for Bronx charter school
Harlem native, music producer, vodka mogul and entrepreneur Sean Combs, also known as Diddy (and more recently as Brother Love), has pledged $1 million to a network of charter schools for a new location in the Bronx.
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Nassau PD welcomes new paws on patrol
The Nassau County Police Department welcomed three new members to its K-9 unit.
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Southampton gets grant for new senior shuttles
The Town of Southampton is adding two new passenger buses to its Senior Shuttle fleet thanks to a grant from the New York State Department of Transportation.
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Long Island executives spend summer building homes
More than 20 Long Island CEOs, executives and employees joined staff from Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk this summer to help build two new homes in Bay Shore.
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Noodles & Company offering coupons for donations to fight hunger
Noodles & Company is teaming up with No Kid Hungry to raise money to help end childhood hunger.
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Stuff-A-Bus program breaks record in 10th year
United Way of Long Island celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Stuff-A-Bus program with Suffolk Transportation Service on Friday.
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