LIPA Awards First Green Building Incentive to New York State’s First Gold LEED Certified Supermarket  (Oceanside, N.Y.) – Today the Long Island Power Authority and the Wild by Nature Market announced that the supermarket chain’s Oceanside location has earned the coveted U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification. [...]

May Events At The Muttontown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Muttontown, N.Y.) The Muttontown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (MUUF) is a small, non-creedal, Unitarian Universalist church located in Muttontown, NY. The historic church building is the former Thompson-Layton House built from 1766-1797, one of the oldest buildings in this part of Long Island. Services are held on Sunday [...]

Broadband Price Guarantee, Bundles of Voice, Internet and Satellite TV Services, and a Free Premium Tech Support Consultation Make It Simple to Switch to Verizon For Maximum Savings (New York, N.Y.) As consumers continue to seek value and predictability for their home communications and entertainment costs, Verizon is offering bundles of Verizon High Speed Internet [...]

Assemblyman Conte and Local Groups Team Up to Promote Organ Donor Awareness (Long Island, N.Y.) Assemblyman Jim Conte (R,I,C,WF-Huntington Station) recently teamed up with the New York Organ Donor Network (NYODN), the Huntington YMCA, and the Marcie Mazzola Foundation to encourage people to join the New York State Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. The drive [...]

Five Honored At Five Towns JCC Annual Gala Five of the community’s most active and dedicated community members were recently recognized for their outstanding leadership at the JCC of the Greater Five Town’s annual fundraising dinner. The gala, which has become a much anticipated and well-attended event, was held at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst. [...]

Keynote Speakers Discuss How Elected Officials and Colleges Influence Science Research   (Oakdale, N.Y.) Dowling College presents the American Chemical Society/National Science Foundation Symposium featuring Dr. Paul Bishop and Keynote Speakers Robert J. Gaffney, President Dowling College, and Hon. Steve Israel, House of Representatives. This event will take place on Friday, June 5th from 9:00 [...]

Spend the Day Exploring these Historic or Distinctive Mansions and Manors of North Shore Suffolk County.   (Huntington, N.Y.) The 58th annual Sammis Family House Tour, hosted by Family Service League (FSL), will be held on Wednesday, May 20th, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  This year’s tour homes will feature an exemplary selection of [...]

Dowling College Alumnus and Patchogue Resident Receives $808,500 Grant for Chronically Homeless Adults in Nassau County   (Oakdale, N.Y.)  – Dowling College Alumnus, Hamilton Merilus, B.A., ’04, a Patchogue resident, is currently Director of Home At Last, IAP, Mental Health Association of Nassau in Hempstead, and has recently been awarded a grant which will provide [...]

Presidents Burke and Law Also Seek Support for Project from Interior Secretary Salazar  (Long Island, N.Y.) Long Island Power Authority President and CEO Kevin S. Law and Consolidated Edison (Con Edison) Chairman and CEO Kevin Burke have announced the creation of a “Wind Collaborative” to advance the LIPA-Con Edison Offshore Wind Farm project. The Collaborative [...]

Media Manager Subscribers Can Now Use Any Wireless Handset With a Data Plan to Remotely Control DVR; All FiOS TV Customers Can Now Manage their Verizon DVRs Remotely Online   (Long Island, N.Y.) More on-the-go FiOS TV subscribers can now remotely manage their Verizon digital video recorders (DVRs) as Verizon expands its free remote-control capability [...]