New Law Sponsored By Senator Onorato Allows Workers Compensation Awards To Be Paid In Lump Sum (Long Island, N.Y.) State Senator George Onorato (D-Queens), the chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, today announced that legislation he sponsored (S.2776-B) to permit injured employees to receive lump sum workers’ compensation awards, rather than payments over time, has [...]

Assemblyman Jim Conte Receives New York Mets Spirit Award (Long Island, N.Y.) The New York Mets recently presented Assemblyman Jim Conte (R,I,C,WF-Huntington Station),  Dr. Sandip Kapur, M.D,  Mike Sosna, President of Long Island Transplant *Recipients International Organization (TRIO) and* Long Island TRIO Special Projects Director *Ed Burki* with the 2009 Spirit Award for their work [...]

Wantagh’s Website Turns 8 (Wantagh, N.Y.) The Wantagh Website, www.Wantagh.LI, turns eight years old this September, and is giving away gifts as a celebration and as a thanks to the community. “A lot has happened in the last year” said Susan Colotti. For example, in response to people in the neighborhood purchasing homes, a listing [...]

Golf Outing to Raise Money for Catholic Big Sisters & Big Brothers, Held September 8, 2009 in Manhasset, New York   (Long Island, N.Y.) The 5th Annual Golf Outing will once again raise money to support the Catholic Big Sisters & Big Brother’s Charity (CBSBB), which provides mentoring programs for children in the community. In [...]

The East End Arts Council Hosts Informational Grant Workshop for Artists of all Disciplines   (Riverhead, N.Y.) The East End Arts Council will host an informational session and grantwriting workshop on Tuesday September 15, 2009 from 5:30-8pm in the EEAC Carriage House. Three grant opportunities available to artists of all disciplines to be discussed include [...]

East End Arts Council School of the Arts: CD Recoding   (Riverhead, N.Y.) —  The East End Arts Council  announces the creation of  professional CD Recording/Songwriting program for kids age 9+. This unique program will include lyric writing, melody composition, CD jacket design and hands on introduction to digital recording in the EEAC recording studio. Classes [...]

Private Music Instruction Registration Now in Progress   (Riverhead, N.Y.) — Registration is now in open to the general public for private music instruction at the East End Arts Council School of the Arts for the fall semester. Fall lessons in piano and most band and orchestra instruments begin the week of September 14 and [...]

Billy Squires Band Member to teach at East End Arts Council School of the Arts   (Riverhead, N.Y.) —  Attention poets and musicians! The East End Arts Council is thrilled to announce that Billy Squires keyboardist and published singer/songwriter, Alan St. John, will offer a series of one-on-one songwriting/composing classes. This opportunity to work with [...]

More than 7,500 Players Will Take to the Field in Annual Soccer Classic (East Meadow, N.Y.) More than 7,500 players from top youth soccer teams from the greater New York area will take to the fields this weekend in the 2009 East Meadow Soccer Tournament sponsored by Covanta Energy. “Each year, the region’s top players [...]

Huntington Lawmaker Says Law Will Keep Drivers Safe (Long Island, N.Y.) Assemblyman Jim Conte (R,I,C,WF-Huntington Station) is pleased to announce that legislation he advocated for in the Assembly, which prohibits ‘texting’ while driving was signed into law by Governor Paterson. Assemblyman Conte noted that this legislation follows the lead of the Nassau and Suffolk County [...]