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PSEG Long Island Employees Help Make Holiday Wishes Come True For Local Children

LIMG January 30, 2024

Thanks to the kindness of PSEG Long Island employees, more than 100 children enrolled in the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program had their holiday wishes fulfilled last month. Hundreds of gifts, including tablets, trucks and remote control vehicles, dollhouses and dolls, toys, games, action

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Bethpage Students Create Valentines For Veterans

LIMG January 30, 2024

Photo courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District Bethpage students from Central Boulevard Elementary School participated in Nassau County’s annual Valentines for Veterans program. The Central Boulevard student body takes part in this program each year leading up to Valentine’s Day to give back to veterans in hospitals and nursing homes. The students colored […]

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West Babylon Science Olympiad Team Heading To States

LIMG January 30, 2024

Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District On Jan. 27, West Babylon Science Olympiad’s three teams competed at the annual Regional Science Olympiad Tournament. Suffolk County’s regional tournament is comprised of 60 teams from throughout the county. The tournament is the largest in New York and the nation. Each team competed in 23 events, from rubber-band powered […]

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Wantagh Middle School Girls Learn They Are Beautiful

LIMG January 30, 2024

While walking through the halls of Wantagh Middle School, you may hear an occasional “You’re beautiful!” from the 7th and 8th grade girls who participated in the two-day Hance Family Foundation’s Beautiful Me program. The program was created after Warren and Jackie Hance lost their three young daughters, Emma, Alyson, and Katie in a car […]

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Smithtown Children’s Foundation’s Pickle Ball Tournament

LIMG January 30, 2024

On January 27, 2024, Legislator Leslie Kennedy attended a pickle ball fundraiser of the Smithtown Children’s Foundation at the Pickle N Par Club in Smithtown. The successful fundraising effort saw large community involvement to fund the ongoing initiatives of the foundation. “The Smithtown Children’s Foundation provides regular and irregular assistance to students and

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A Day At Lincoln Center For East Islip Music Students

LIMG January 29, 2024

Photo courtesy of East Islip School District A group of East Islip High School music students and teacher Giovanna Sciandra recently traveled to New York City to see the New York Philharmonic perform at Lincoln Center. The day started with an amazing performance by the Philharmonic with violinist and 2023–24 Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn, performing Prokofiev’s […]

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East Islip’s LEGO Girls Excel At Robotics Competition

LIMG January 29, 2024

Photo courtesy of East Islip School District East Islip’s LEGO Girls robotics team – composed of John F. Kennedy Elementary School fifth-graders Jayne Elliott, Sonali Kamath and Antonia Rezza – recently excelled at the FIRST Lego League Long Island Qualifier event at Mineola High School, earning two awards and an invitation to compete in the […]

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A Mermaid Tale Comes To Life At Lockhart In Massapequa

LIMG January 29, 2024

Photos courtesy of the Massapequa School District A cast of 60 young actors will perform a Disney animated class for this year’s Spotlight musical production at Lockhart Elementary School in the Massapequa School District. There will be three showings of “The Little Mermaid” on Feb. 14 and 15. The show is an annual tradition at […]