Trade Winds

The New York Credit Union Association’s Long Island Chapter recently presented a $30,000 check to Cohen Children’s Medical Center, representing what would normally be the amount raised by that group’s annual golf outing.

The 4,000-square-foot store at 30 Jobs Lane is the company’s first retail space on Long Island for the previously online-only retailer. It’s scheduled to open on July 8.

Town officials and local business leaders joined the owners of The Pizzeria for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at their newest location in Islip.

Crawfish lovers delight as a new Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood and Bar splashes down at the Westfield South Shore mall in Bay Shore.

Conceived as an open-ended space for brand, artist, designer, and artisan pop-ups under one curated umbrella, one is a 5,000-square-foot marketplace on two floors at 1 Main St. that showcases fashion, accessories, jewelry, interiors, print media and art.

The award was given to Blue Point’s can design for its Zümfest beer, designed in collaboration with California artist Steven Harrington.

Juniper is owned and operated by restaurateur James Mallios and Civetta Hospitality Group, which also runs Calissa in Water Mill, Amali in Manhattan and the recently opened Bar Marseille at The Tides in the Rockaways.

The new Wantagh Guac Shop is the chain’s fourth Long Island location, following others in Garden City, Jericho and Seaford.

The new store is located in the Woodbury Plaza shopping center at 417 S. Oyster Bay Road in Plainview.

The Farmingdale Meat Market is turning 75 and celebrating by giving $75 gift cards to random customers for 75 days.

A portion of proceeds from the sales of Riptide Double IPA will benefit the Boomer Esiason Foundation, raising money, awareness and support for the cystic fibrosis community.

The fast-casual concept’s newest Long Island location is at 812 Wheeler Road.

During the company’s annual Day of Giving event on Wednesday, March 31, Jersey Mike’s locations on Long Island and in the New York metropolitan area will donate 100 percent of its sales to Make-A-Wish.

Ørsted and Eversource, two companies that have off-shore wind power projects on Long Island, have donated $10,000 to the United Way of Long Island’s Project Warmth Emergency Fuel Fund.

The new Chick-fil-A in Hauppauge is honoring healthcare workers at St Catherine of Siena Hospital.

This year, 25 women-led businesses are participating in the Nancy Brew Scavenger Hunt event that runs from Sunday, March 7 through Saturday, March 13.

To celebrate its opening, the store at 134 East Park Ave. is offering 10 pretzels for $5 and free pretzels through Wednesday, March 10.

The money was raised with an assist from Valley’s Community Pledge Certificate of Deposit Program, which it began offering in 2020.

Lidl will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at the new store at 211 Middle Country Road.

Founded in 2016, The Fitting Curve is a size-inclusive lingerie shop owned and operated by three Haitian-American sisters with a combined 42 years of experience in the lingerie industry.