Island Hopping

Hundreds of Long Island residents attended the Town of North Hempstead’s 10th annual Asian-American Festival on Saturday, May 18.

The Town of Southampton held a ribbon cutting Monday for its $3.3 million renovation of Ponquogue Beach Pavilion and Facility.

Coinciding with the park’s opening weekend, the festival will feature more than 100 different beers from local and national breweries, including Patchogue’s Blue Point Brewing Co. and Riverhead’s Long Ireland Beer Company.

Rescue dogs from Little Shelter will take over Ferrari-Maserati in Plainview on Thursday night for the nonprofit’s Rescue Runway Fashion Show.

The Long Island Nets will host the Long Island boys high school basketball championships at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum this Sunday, March 10.

Elected officials and residents celebrated the ribbon-cutting for the new South Fork Commuter Connection.

During the month of March, customers can donate to Long Island Cares at any of the 13 Jersey Mike’s locations on the Island.

The bourbon festival offers “an eclectic variety of whiskey and barrel-aged beer” for guests to sample, along with as much barbecue food as they’d like.

The Town of Oyster Bay is now hiring summer lifeguards and counselors to work at the town’s pools, parks and beaches.

The Town of Brookhaven has announced several upcoming e-waste, paper shredding and drug take back events for 2019.

Agilitas Energy is aiming to complete its solar farm project at Brookhaven Town Hall by the end of February.

The Town of Islip will be generating an additional 5.3 megawatts of solar power this year thanks to two newly completed solar projects.

Stop & Shop is acquiring King Kullen, the Bethpage-based grocery chain recognized by the Smithsonian Institution as America’s first supermarket.

The Town of Huntington Community Development Agency recently broke ground on a 14-unit affordable housing complex for veterans.

The Paramount, which hosts an annual blood drive and has frequently donated concert tickets to Long Island charities, was ranked among the top 5 club venues in the world.

The New York Islanders held their annual holiday hospital visits on Thursday, spreading cheer to local hospitals across Long Island.

Gold Coast Bank Founder and CEO George Tsunis joined breast cancer survivors, advocates, civic leaders and county officials to illuminate Gold Coast Bank with pink LED lights in honor of Lorraine Pace, a Long Island breast cancer advocacy pioneer.

Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk welcomed former Huntington Town Councilwoman Tracey Edwards as its new executive director.

A Huntington nonprofit has been gaining traction recycling bicycles and promoting bike safety awareness on Long Island.

Volunteers from Long Island’s nonprofit and business communities join together to help make a difference across the Island. (Gallery)

Long Island Chef Tom Schaudel will be the culinary master for Homecoming Farm’s inaugural Cocktails in the Cloister event on September 27.