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By Long Island News & PR September 01, 2016
Beginning September 1, all public and private school students entering 7th or 12th grades in New York State will be required to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease.
By Long Island News & PR September 01, 2016
The deadline to apply for the previously-announced Southern Pine Beetle Community Recovery grants has been extended to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 14, 2016.
By Long Island News & PR September 01, 2016
DEC’s pilot effort to improve collection of public input about deer impacts and desired deer population levels has concluded and is being evaluated.
By Long Island News & PR September 01, 2016
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Captain Leia Eisenhower-Felix, a resident of Bay Shore, was recently appointed chaplain for New York Wing's 9th Suffolk Cadet Squadron.
By Tom Needham September 01, 2016
Don't Breathe composer Roque Banos will be Tom Needham's special guest this Thursday at 6 P.M. on The Sounds of Film on WUSB.
By Long Island News & PR September 01, 2016
Assemblymember Michaelle Solages (Elmont-D) recognizes August’s Good Samaritan of the Month, twelve-year- old Elmont native and pageant star Djhinie Louis.
By Long Island News & PR September 01, 2016
The inaugural Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (RSDSA) fundraising Awareness Walk will take place September 10, 2016.
By Don Miller September 01, 2016
Grant from American Heart Association L.I. helps provide healthy food to low-income families to fight diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases resulting from poor diets.
By Christian Abbatecola August 31, 2016
The storm was upgraded to a tropical storm as it approached Florida's Golf Coast.
By Long Island News & PR August 31, 2016
PSEG Long Island is urging its customers to be alert to payment scams demanding immediate payment via a pre-paid card.
By Long Island News & PR August 31, 2016
This show combines comedy, compelling stories, and music as well as audience interaction.
By Long Island News & PR August 31, 2016
The event is part of the 31st annual New York State Beach Cleanup and is funded and coordinated by the American Littoral Society.
By Long Island News & PR August 31, 2016
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks will be held on two dates and at two locations in October.
By Long Island News & PR August 31, 2016
What can you can do to help ensure that your kids are safe when they are using the Internet this school year.
By Long Island News & PR August 31, 2016
A local from Ronkonkoma, NY, serves the Navy aboard USS Ross (DDG 71).
By Long Island News & PR August 31, 2016
Non-essential lane closures for road and bridge construction projects on New York State highways will be suspended from 6 a.m. on September 2, to 6 a.m. on September 6.
By Long Island News & PR August 31, 2016
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today announced its intention to place the active materials in the kratom plant into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
By Long Island News & PR August 31, 2016
New York's 59 county-based area agencies on aging to support programs that improve older individuals' access to nutritional and disease prevention services to receive funding.
By Long Island News & PR August 31, 2016
NYSDOH will implement numerous recommendations through new regulations and guidelines to enhance its Medical Marijuana Program.
By Long Island News & PR August 30, 2016
Shirley Beach in Shirley and Benjamin Beach in Bay Shore are closed to bathing.
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