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School Spirit Is Strong In North Bellmore

LIMG April 17, 2020

Although teaching and learning is taking place from home, everyone remains full of spirit in the North Bellmore School District. Weekly spirit activities give students, teachers and administrators a chance to connect digitally and share a common experience. For the first spirit activity in

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Sewers Mobilize at Farmingdale Schools

LIMG April 16, 2020

Over two hundred masks have been stitched and donated to essential workers in the greater Farmingdale area—courtesy of dozens of aides and monitors from the Farmingdale School District. Lisa Bell— a Woodward Parkway Elementary School aide, seamstress, and member of the Facebook group, Stitched Together Long Island, went to work right after school buildings were […]

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Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce Establishes Dalers for Dalers Fund

LIMG April 16, 2020

Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce, like business-support organizations everywhere, is doing everything they can to help support local businesses adversely affected by COVID-19. In addition to helping promote their member’s new business models to the community during this crisis and offering them various tools available to them through their membership, the chamber felt the

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MTAC Launches New Website

LIMG April 15, 2020

Updated Prevention Resources during COVID-19 Massapequa Takes Action Coalition recognizes how COVID-19 presents challenges for Massapequas’ youth and families. To assist Massapequa families in the prevention of youth substance misuse, MTAC has launched a new website with updated resources to prevent underage drinking, marijuana misuse and prescription drug prevention.

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Plainview-Old Bethpage Teacher Receives “Distinguished Teacher of 2020” Award

LIMG April 15, 2020

It has been said that good teachers can inspire and imbue a lifelong love of learning in their students. Mary Lou O’Donnell of Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School does just that. O’Donnell has been named a “Distinguished Teacher of 2020” by the Harvard Club of Long Island. Later this year, at the annual […]

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SPIRITS PROMISE EQUINE RESCUE LAUNCHES VIRTUAL CLASSROOM & SUPPORT GROUP

LIMG April 15, 2020

Spirit’s Promise Equine Rescue (2746 Sound Avenue in Riverhead) have announced they will host a Virtual Support Group and Farm Animal and Nature Virtual Classroom via Zoom beginning Wednesday, April 22. The Virtual Support Group for adults will be held every Wednesday from 11 to 11:50 a.m. and the Farm Animal and Nature Virtual Classroom […]

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Levittown Shows Its Appreciation For Essential Workers

LIMG April 15, 2020

Members of the Levittown Public Schools community are giving back to workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. From creating and donating masks, to donating food and supplies, Levittown staff members are showing their support and making a difference from their own homes. Art teacher Rachel Herbert from Gardiners Avenue Elementary School and teaching […]

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Meals Donated to Options Residents By Start-Up Charitable Organization Carroll’s Kitchen

LIMG April 15, 2020

Long Islanders helping Long Islanders was the overriding theme of the day as 80 individually packaged meals were delivered to Options for Community Living’s headquarters in Ronkonkoma by Carroll’s Kitchen. Options has been providing housing and support for Long Islanders recovering from mental illness and other chronic health conditions since 1982. “We serve more than