Long Island News

Here is a list of selected events in the Long Island Weekly coverage area: Thursday, April 1 Gardens Open The Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury, will be open to the public from 11 a.m....

The COVID pandemic has impacted every facet of our lives. Easter services, the renowned Long Island Easter Car Show, and Easter egg hunts, among other activities, have been altered, downsized or cancelled altogether. The Milleridge Inn...

County eyes seniors, underserved communities for vaccines • Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the opening of 10 mass vaccination sites, including one at SUNY Old Westbury. They opened on Friday, March 19. Eligible New Yorkers will be...

‘A third of a football field in size’ Unofficially, the world’s largest painted shamrock is currently set in concrete the small town of O’Neill, tabbed “Nebraska’s Irish Capital” by a governor’s proclamation in 1969. Though the Guinness...

Sites will open March 19 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced March 17 that appointments are now available at 10 new state-run mass vaccination sites across the state. All sites will open on Friday, March 19 and...

Long Islanders aid Texans struggling from latest natural disaster When a freak deep freeze swept through Texas last month, the privately held state utility company Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) proved to be woefully unprepared...