Good News

Will Weaver, head coach of the Long Island Nets, and Trajan Langdon, general manager, were named G League Coach of the Year and Basketball Executive of the Year ahead of the team’s first-ever playoff game Friday.

The Town of Huntington is hosting its second annual 5K Run to Save Lives at Oldfield Middle School in Greenlawn to highlight the importance of organ and tissue donation.

The overpass where Walt Whitman Road crosses over the Long Island Expressway in Melville will be replaced with a wider bridge to help ease Long Island’s growing traffic issues.

Mead, an alcoholic beverage made with fermented honey, has become one of the fastest-growing segments in the craft beverage industry.

I Heart Mac & Cheese, a fast-casual restaurant that specializes in fresh, fancy macaroni and cheese bowls, is planning to expand on Long Island.

Each three-pointer made by the Long Island Nets during last Friday’s game against the Red Claws netted $300 for United Way.

Sully, a graduate of Smithtown-based America’s VetDogs, was given the AKC Paws of Courage award.

Whole Foods Market will celebrate the grand opening of its fourth Long Island location by donating a percentage of sales to local nonprofits.

ShopRite celebrated the grand opening of its newest Long Island location Friday morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and donations to Long Island Cares and local veterans.

Farmingdale State College was awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to bring minority PhD students in STEM fields to the university.

Two Long Island airports have been awarded combined $2.3 million in grants from the state for modernization and safety improvements.

New York University’s new medical school will be located on the campus of NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola.

Volunteers and staff from the Town of Brookhaven’s Dress for Success boutique marked 20 years of helping women across Long Island this week.

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.

The Town of Huntington Community Development Agency is holding an affordable housing lottery for first-time homebuyers on Friday, Feb 15.

The Town of Southampton is going strawless this summer. Starting May 8, restaurants in Southampton will no longer offer plastic straws, stirrers and containers.

Briggs & Riley, a Hauppauge-based luggage brand, is holding its fifth annual charity luggage trade-in event throughout the month of February.

Ten Long Island health care providers will share $15.7 million in state funding to improve and expand their facilities and services.

The Town of Huntington announced plans to create additional parking spots and safety improvements in East Northport and Huntington Station.

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.

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.