Island Hopping

Nora Busch, who began volunteering for the Eastern Long Island Hospital in 1996, was honored this week for reaching 24,000 hours of volunteer service.

The J. Mackey Gallery will be opening at 62 The Circle, just off Main Street, in May.

About 140 Boy Scouts from Suffolk County volunteered last week to help clean up a portion of the Warrior Ranch in Calverton.

Films on the schedule so far are “The Croods: A New Age,” on Friday, March 26 at Ellsworth W. Allen Park in Farmingdale; “Mulan (1998)” at Tappen Beach in Glenwood Landing on Saturday, April 10; and “Trolls World Tour” at Tobay Beach in Massapequa on Friday, April 23.

The nonprofits, which mostly serve the Hispanic and Latino communities of Bay Shore, Central Islip and Brentwood, filled vans with hot and cold food for about 500 people.

Each five-day camp, which start at $350, will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and range in focus from puppetry to musical theatre to improv comedy.

Bishop Barrington Goldson of Calvary Tabernacle of Hempstead led prayers for the gathering that included veterans, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, former Congressman Peter King and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, among others.

The pajama drive was organized by the Long Island chapter of the Pajama Program.

The projects, supported by a partnership of the Sea Grant programs of Connecticut and New York and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the Long Island Sound Study, will attempt to answer questions critical to advancing restoration of the estuary and its watershed and potentially yield more effective management decisions.

More than 100 “Balloon Buddies” were given to the residents as part of an international Adopt a Grandparent campaign.

The Hempstead Town Board on Wednesday approved more than $340,000 in federal CARES Act funds for public libraries throughout the town.

The town says it has been heavily focused on parks and recreation projects in an effort to improve residents’ quality of life amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Zoom clinic takes place on Saturday, Jan. 30 from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., when young athletes can learn and practice basketball fundamentals from their homes.

Because of the pandemic, the Long Beach Polar Bears are asking people to splash at home and share those videos on social media, using the #SplashFromHome hashtag.

The exhibit combines historical pieces with contemporary artwork to explore Shinnecock perspectives on whales, as well as the history of Native involvement in the commercial whaling industry.

A new dog park in Baldwin was unveiled this week.

This year’s virtual event, which marks the 11th season of the Joseph Vecsey and All Star Stand-up Comedy show, is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28.

The new sandwiches and dessert are available for dine-in or take-out at all three Long Island Dickey’s, located in Centereach, Freeport and Lawrence, through April 30.

The $1.6 billion project transformed the more than 100-year-old James A. Farley Building on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan into the Moynihan Train Hall.

Colonial Youth & Family Services received free tickets to the Smith Point Light Show last week.

The urban forestry grants are given to address invasive species, climate change, environmental degradation, environmental justice, and urban sprawl.