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Alzheimer’s Association, Long Island Chapter Offers 5 Brain Health Tips!

LIMG June 14, 2021

With COVID-19 vaccines rolling out across the country, many Americans are looking forward to resuming activities. This June, during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, the Alzheimer’s Association is encouraging people in Nassau and Suffolk counties to make brain health an important part of

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Operation Deep Dive | Military Veteran Suicide Prevention Study Seeks Interviewees

LIMG June 10, 2021

An average of 17 military veterans die by suicide every day, and Long Island residents have the opportunity to help end this crisis by supporting Operation Deep Dive (OpDD), a community-based veteran suicide prevention study taking place in New York and 12 other states across the country. The four-year study is led by national nonprofit […]

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County Executive Curran Honors Sylvia Kaminetsky

LIMG June 9, 2021

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran was joined by the Kaminetsky family, Senator Todd Kaminsky, and the Five Towns community this past Sunday for an official ceremony renaming the community room in the Administrative Building at North Woodmere Park in honor of Sylvia Kaminetsky. Sylvia Kaminetsky dedicated her life to volunteering and philanthropic activities in North

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Saladino Announces All Town Pools Open Daily Beginning June 25th

LIMG June 9, 2021

Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilwoman Michele Johnson announced that all Town pools will open for the season beginning on Friday, June 25th. The Town of Oyster Bay operates five pool facilities, including Bethpage Community Park, Marjorie Post Community Park, Plainview-Old Bethpage Community Park, Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, and a saltwater pool at Tappen Beach

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BACCA Honors a Hometown Hero Edward Stephenson Bates

LIMG June 9, 2021

Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts (BACCA) is honoring one of its featured artists, Edward Stephenson Bates, with a Hometown Heroes banner to be displayed in his hometown of Deer Park. Mr. Bates served in the U.S. Navy during World War 2 and was assigned to the Floyd Bennett Naval Air Station in Brooklyn, New […]

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Rep. Zeldin Statement on His Successful Effort with NY Parents Demanding State Drop Indoor Mask Mandate on Kids

LIMG June 7, 2021

Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) issued the following statement regarding the State of New York’s decision to lift the indoor mask mandate for schools and camps beginning on Monday: “This is the right decision for children across New York, who have sacrificed so much throughout the pandemic and suffered emotionally, physically and mentally from lockdowns […]

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Connetquot CSD – PTA & Softball Program Raise Funds For Jr Diabetes Research

LIMG June 7, 2021

Prior to the Connetquot High School softball game against visiting Lindenhurst on June 2nd , school PTA president Kim Vesting Trink presented a $500 check in support of Junior Diabetes research.  Mrs. Trink explained that “… Connetquot junior Ava Boldi, who had been diagnosed with JD at the age of 5,  had asked about raising funds for Junior […]

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Gonzalez Celebrates Thomas Parham’s 100th Birthday

LIMG June 7, 2021

Suffolk County Legislator Sam Gonzalez recently presented Thomas Parham with a proclamation commemorating his 100th birthday at a celebration held at the New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Brentwood. Thomas Parham was born on May 14, 1921. Thomas married his wife and together they had nine children, thirty-two grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Thomas loves to travel,