To Restore School Bus Service Cuts (Albany, NY) Yesterday, bipartisan legislation (S.6027), supported by State Senators Joe Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) and Tony Avella (D-Bayside) successfully passed the State Senate. The bill, initiated by State Senator Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island), will restore yellow school bus services to hundreds of middle school students throughout the City [...]
Free Family event welcomes Long Island Families for an Easter egg hunt (Central Islip, NY) This Sunday April 1st, please join The New 94X (94.3 FM WIGX) at Bethpage Ballpark, 3 Courthouse Rd in Central Islip for their annual Eggsapalooza Easter egg hunt and family festival event. Admission is FREE; pre registration begins at [...]
2012-13 NYS budget passed today (Long Island, NY) Assemblyman Dean Murray (R,C-East Patchogue) was pleased by the positive course charted for New York State in the 2012-13 budget passed today. Apart from being an early budget crafted in a more transparent fashion than previous years, Assemblyman Murray also cited the expansion of the New [...]
Awarded $345,079 by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (Huntington, NY) Family Service League (FSL) was recently awarded $345,079 by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to increase the availability of permanent, supported housing for homeless people living with a disability in Suffolk County. The funding, obtained through [...]
Schools committed to promoting healthy lifestyles (Long Island, NY) Eleven Elementary Schools, one Charter School and one High School at Norwalk Public Schools join an elite group of over 2800 schools certified as HUSSC schools. These schools are committed to promoting healthy lifestyles choices and creating a wholesome school environment. The USDA established the HealthierUS [...]
Sunday, June 10 (Riverhead, NY) East End Arts is pleased to announce the 10th Annual Teeny Awards Ceremony will be held on Sunday, June 10, 2012 at Eastport-South Manor Junior-Senior High School. The Teeny Awards, conceived from the idea of the Antoinette Perry Awards – The Tony Awards – for Broadway shows, has been [...]
In Massapequa (Massapequa, NY) In Tokyo, Japan, the Ginza district is famous for busy pedestrian streets, luxury shopping, elegant dining and fun entertainment. Now open in Massapequa, New York, Ginza restaurant brings authentic Japanese food and style to Long Island. “It is thrilling to open a restaurant such as ours at this Long Island location,” [...]
Population of People with Autism and Cost to Society Continue to Skyrocket (Long Island, NY) Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, today called on the nation’s elected and appointed leaders to immediately develop a new, coordinated strategy to take on a national public health emergency – the autism epidemic – in [...]
Legislature addresses significant issues facing New York State and Long Island (Long Island, NY) Assemblyman Michael Montesano (R,I,C-Glen Head) today was pleased by the open and proactive approach taken by the Legislature in addressing significant issues facing New York State as well as Long Island in this year’s on-time state budget. “While the 2012-13 [...]
April 19: “A Night at the Opera” With Long Island Opera Executive Director Joy Berta (Riverhead, NY) East End Arts is pleased to announce April’s installment of the Third Thursdays Arts-in-Community Series at Brecknock Hall, located at One Brecknock Road, Greenport, to be held on Thursday, April 19 at 6:30PM. “A Night at the [...]
