Annual Theme Lecture Series aims to stimulate debate among students, community
(OAKDALE, NY) – Dowling College’s Annual Theme of Diversity lecture series continues, with a thought-provoking lecture that argues that much of what we think we know about nuclear weapons is wrong. Join Dowling in welcoming independent scholar Ward Wilson for his presentation “Paradigm Shift: Rethinking [...]
Island Cinemas Installs Digital 3D Projection System
(Long Island, N.Y.) Island Cinemas, an independent 7-screen movie theater serving Suffolk County, announced today that it has installed a state of the art 3D digital projection system. The first 3D movie will be opening on February 27, 2009, with the showing of the Disney hit Jonas Brothers: The [...]
Sachem Student Receives Top Honors
(Sachem, N.Y.) Sachem North High School is pleased to announce that senior Chelsea Anderson was named one of the top runners-up in the 2009 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards in New York. This prestigious award honors middle and high school students across the country for their outstanding commitment to community service.
Chelsea [...]
Long Island Schools Raise over $16,000 for Schools in Northern Uganda through Non Profit Organization Invisible Children
(Long Island, N.Y.) Last fall, the students of Longwood Senior High School raised $8,922.20 while the students of Great Neck South High School raised $7,761.84 to rebuild schools in northern Uganda and rallied their community to end the longest-running [...]
Temporary Committee Web Site Features Video Archive, Written Testimony and Transcripts of Hearings
(Long Island, N.Y.) The bi-partisan State Senate Temporary Committee on Rules and Administration Reform, co-Chaired by Senators David Valesky (D-Oneida) and John Bonacic (R-Mt. Hope), will hold its final two public hearings this week in New York City and Long Island. The hearings [...]
Business Leaders, Government, Civic Groups, School Districts, Employers, Community and Service Organizations launch grassroots effort to jump start local economy
(Long Island, N.Y.) The economic crisis facing our nation is not sparing Long Island or any other region of New York State. The continued downward spiral in consumer spending, lack of confidence in the stock markets, [...]
Dowling College Presents Songs for a New World; A Musical Play
(Oakdale, N.Y.) Dowling College’s Departments of Drama, Dance & Music Present Songs for a New World, a musical play featuring music & lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, a two-act revue of pop/rock selections. Says the author of this gripping revue, “it’s about one moment. It’s [...]
Art Call to Suffolk County Residents For Exhibition at Mills Pond House Gallery
(St. James, N.Y.) The Smithtown Township Arts Council in St. James will be sponsoring The Artist Next Door, an exhibition to celebrate the character of the Suffolk County community …a spirit that rises from its citizens and determines the quality of its life. [...]
Sachem Students Share Their “Love” of Reading
(Sachem, N.Y.) With a history of giving during the holidays, students at Waverly Elementary School in the Sachem School District sent 812 Valentine’s boxes filled with paperback books, school supplies and treats to eight local shelters on Long Island.
The Sachem grounds crew loaded the big white box truck to [...]
Fair Media Council Presents “A Guide to the Leaner Newsday Editorial Board” With Bob Keeler on March 18
(Bethpage, N.Y.) – The Fair Media Council presents a Media Savvy Breakfast on Wednesday, March 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, Plainview, NY. The topic to be discussed is A Guide [...]
