Trade Winds

Though the shop local initiative is always important, business leaders say it is especially crucial this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced many businesses to change the way they operate and has reduced opportunities for in-person events.

The Firefly Artists was created by an emerging artist to create a gallery setting where local artists can meet, support one another, and display and sell their own creations.

The 35,000-square-foot retail building on 3.78 acres at 1151 Old Country Road has been vacant since Toys ‘R’ Us closed the location in 2018.

Named four times to Newsday’s “Top 10 Fish Markets on Long Island” list, Artie’s was known for its fresh fish and a menu on par with Island Park’s best seafood restaurants.

The Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has teamed with the Town of Hempstead to provide free personal protective equipment kits to small businesses to help protect employees and shoppers against the COVID-19 virus.

Sam Gershowitz, Long Island recycling pioneer and founder of Gershow Recycling, has received a 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.

Through CAPS at The Safe Center, students and faculty will have increased access to educational workshops and programming developed with existing resources.

Westfield, which owns the South Shore Mall in Bay Shore and the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa, is offering a 10-day program through Nov. 1 called Shop Your Heart Out, which gives in-store discounts and gifts in exchange for the minimum $10 donation.

The mystical turducken consists of a deboned chicken stuffed into a deboned duck, stuffed into a deboned turkey.

The effort is part of an initiative promoted by the Partnership for a Healthier America, a national nonprofit working to transform the food landscape in pursuit of health equity.