Long Island News

There's plenty of news and activities from the local schools. Here's a roundup of what's been happening in the Herricks School District for the past week.

As the temps rose on Friday and a snowstorm looms into Saturday, the bigger picture for Long Island may be the Arctic blast poised to affect the region into Sunday.

Long Islanders will get their first taste of oddities like chocolate-covered bacon and pickles next month when the Chocolate World Expo comes to the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City.

In ISLIP construction work on SUNRISE HWY SERVICE RD WB between HWY 111/ISLIP AVE and HWY 27/BRENTWOOD RD in BAY SHORE Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online subscribers click here for full access Not a Newsday or Optimum Online subscriber? Click here There's no question that getting something romantic done on Valentine's Day proper is extremely nice, but ... (more)

"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." - Frank Zappa, accessed on Brainy Quote Guzzlers and chuggers and sippers, oh my! It's that time of year again, when "The Spring Craft Beer Festival" returns to the ... (more)

The First Parish Church in Riverhead offers a place for Long Islanders to connect with their spiritual side through their Spiritual Renewal Center , a year round retreat center which offers seminars, lectures, programs, and workshops.

Are potent vitamin C serums the key to younger looking skin? Obagi Professional-C seems to think stabilized ascorbic acid in professional strength serums are an integral factor in preventing premature signs of aging.

PERFECT PICKLE: DJ ANJALI AND THE INCREDIBLE KID, CECILIA UND DIE SAUERKRAUTS, DENVER, PETE KREBS In its second year running, the Dill Pickle Club's Perfect Pickle combines more than a few of your favorite things: a pickle tasting/competition featuring submissions from the likes of Biwa and Olympic Provisions, among others, live music from bands ... (more)

More than four dozen Adelphi University Kappa Sigma frat brothers will begin a 24-hour fast Saturday to help bring awareness to the hunger epidemic on Long Island.

Tomorrow is Ground Hog Day, but by the feel of things one might think it was Easter Sunday.

For the ninth year, Bethpage Federal Credit Union A is helping low- to moderate-income households in Farmingdale prepare their tax returns for free through the government's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.

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United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced Friday her nominations of Long Islanders to the U.S. Armed Forces, including one from Dix Hills.A Jake Gnieser A is amongst the 22 Long Island nominees that Gillibrand and her committee announced.A Gneiser was selected from a large pool of qualified applicants, but demonstrated tremendous ... (more)

The average price for regular gas on Long Island climbed about a nickel a gallon over the weekend, to $3.75, according to the price watch web site Gas Buddy.

I flipped through hundreds of pages until I found it. I was scanning the proposed budget released byA Governor CuomoA last week, looking to see how our district fared with state aid, in particular the amounts for our school districts.

United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced Friday her nominations of Long Islanders to the U.S. Armed Forces, including two from West Islip.A Daniel Alotta and Victoria Folz were amongst the nominees that Gillibrand and her committee announced.A Alotta and Folz were selected from a large pool of qualified applicants, but demonstrated ... (more)

Before its work had even begun, the state legislative redistricting panel, known as LATFOR, was vilified by good government groups, Ed Koch and Gov.

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I flipped through hundreds of pages until I found it. I was scanning the proposed budget released by Governor Cuomo last week, looking to see how our district fared with state aid, in particular the amounts for our school districts.