Long Island Life
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Acting on a 'tiny, tiny stage': How these LI actors found new roles in voice work
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LI Scout camp celebrates 100 years
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Read all about it! Former LI paperboys (and girl) reflect on their routes
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All Rise: Nassau judge is first Black woman to lead county Bar Association
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Teacher Spotlight: Levittown theater teacher gets her own round of applause with Broadway award
Levenberg won the Broadway Education Alliance Award for Excellence in Innovative Theater Arts Education.
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LI teacher's candy cart teaches kids practical skills
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Elmont teacher's Bad Bunny-inspired character encourages kids and adults to read
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Travel & Experiences
The Little Apple: Viral model of NYC on display at city museum
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How to commission an artist's portrait on LI
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How to assist monarch butterflies on their epic treks
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Be one with the drum: Where to learn Taiko on Long Island
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Daniel Tiger and friends are coming to the Bronx Zoo this summer
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Where to find big roles onstage and off in LI community theater
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Love
I Do!: He thought his new neighbor was 'so pretty' but wouldn't want 'anything to do with' him. He was wrong.
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Two high schoolers shared gelato in Northport. More than a decade later, they said "I Do!"
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I Do!: He wore a mariachi suit, and they all did the Hora at this Mexican/Jewish wedding
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I Do!: 10 years later, they reconnected on Hinge and gave love a chance
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I Do!: Massapequa nurses tie the knot
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I Do!: The skies opened up at Sunken Meadow for a perfect beachside proposal
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Retirement
Funkytown, LI: Scenes from Disco's heyday on Long Island
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These Long Islanders downsized. Are they happy?
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'Renaissance artist of tailoring' still makes suits by hand
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The financial planning tool that can help aging Long Islanders keep their home and pay for care
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'Live your life': 3 Long Island LGBT seniors on what coming out was like for them
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A younger set of LI women is getting into this classic card game
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Hometown Heroes
She cleans up beaches, mentors special needs classmates and 'brings light' to Bellport Village
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Bat mitzvah project brings $10,000 in donations to Stony Brook Children's Hospital
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She picks up litter and neighbors in need of a ride
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East Moriches teen makes 'book nook' for special needs kids
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A fifth grader's 911 call helped save his neighbor from a fire
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Brookhaven boy uplifts sick children with handmade cards
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More Long Island Life
From surviving war to even an explosion, the LI-born sailboat Perroquet lives on nearly 90 years later
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From Nintendo to vinyl, young LIers are leaning into retro tech
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6 Long Islanders who lived through the fight for American independence
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A chimpanzee attack survivor, a football player turned cheerleader and more: Meet 10 Extraordinary Seniors
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Inside Long Island's 'Hogwarts': British boarding school wraps up first academic year in Oakdale
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With plans to attract new visitors, a Founding Father's house gets a refresh
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