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Legislator Anker Celebrates Earth Day With BNL & LIPA

LIMG May 1, 2023 0

Pictured: (Left to Right) Brookhaven National Laboratory’s (BNL) Manager of Environmental and Community Engagement Amy Engel, Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker’s Chief of Staff Dorothy Cavalier, and Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker. Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker and her Chief

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Oyster Bay Town Awarded $500K Grant To Expand Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

LIMG April 27, 2023

In celebration of Earth Day, Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilman Steve Labriola announced that New York State has awarded the Town of Oyster Bay over $490,000 in grant monies to expand electric vehicle charging stations in the town.  The largest grant allocated for a single Town statewide, this award recognizes the Town of Oyster Bay’s […]

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Celebrating Earth Day With A Beach Cleanup

LIMG April 26, 2023

Photos courtesy of the Fire Island School District Woodhull School students helped to make a difference during a recent project, which was done in collaboration with the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society. The students enjoyed learning about the litter pervasive problem on the planet through a morning assembly and how that connects close to home for […]

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Academy Street Peer Leaders Forge A Community Connection

LIMG April 21, 2023

Pictured: Members of the Academy Street Elementary School Peer Leaders club gathered on the baseball fields adjacent to the school to pick up trash in recognition of Earth Day. Photo courtesy of the Bayport-Blue Point School District Under the direction of co-advisers Ms. Abran and Ms. Zaleski, the Academy Street Elementary School Peer Leaders club […]

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Recycled Art In Honor Of Earth Day

LIMG April 4, 2023

Photo courtesy of West Islip School District In honor of Earth Day, students at Beach Street Middle School in the West Islip School District collaborated and created an ocean sunrise mural out of recycled bottlecaps. It took several months for the students to collect more than 2,000 bottlecaps, which were then cleaned and sorted into […]

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Port Jefferson Students Create Instruments From Recycled Materials

LIMG April 23, 2020

Students from Edna Louise Spear Elementary School experienced Earth Day in a different way this year, when they were encouraged to create musical instruments out of recycled materials. Music teacher Lisa Scrom asked the third, fourth and fifth graders to create an instrument from one of the four instrument families – percussion, woodwind, string or brass […]

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Comforting Donations

LIMG June 14, 2019

The East Meadow School District’s Barnum Woods Elementary School took part in an Earth Day inspired shoe drive during May, successfully collecting 2,267 pairs of shoes for Wearable Collections. Assistant Principal Harriet Alfano added an incentive for the students by offering to host a brunch, along with special guest Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kenneth A. […]

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Posters Help Spread Message on Earth Day

LIMG May 3, 2019

To help celebrate Earth Day on April 22 and bring awareness to how everyone can do their part to protect the planet, Copiague Middle School held a poster contest for students in all its grade levels.   Posters were judged on creativity, originality, Earth Day theme and quality of artwork. First-place winners in each grade […]

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Helping You Help Others

LIMG April 16, 2019

By: Noelle Lambert   April’s Charity of the Month is: Operation S.P.L.A.S.H.   In honor of Earth Day, an annual event celebrated on April 22nd, which brings awareness about environmental conservation, I chose an eco-friendly non-profit on Long Island that strives to help conserve our island. Operation S.P.L.A.S.H. is a non-profit volunteer ran organization that […]

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Helping You Help Others

LIMG April 2, 2019

By: Noelle Lambert   April’s Charity of the Month is: Operation S.P.L.A.S.H. In honor of Earth Day, an annual event celebrated on April 22nd, which brings awareness about environmental conservation, I chose an eco-friendly non-profit on Long Island that strives to help conserve our island. Operation S.P.L.A.S.H. is a non-profit volunteer ran organization that is […]