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12-year-old Gus Goldstein at his at-home art gallery, a Mitzvah Project he used the profits from to get art materials into the hands of hospitalized children.

Gus Goldstein helps “repair the world” with uplifting Mitzvah Project

Wed, Jan 29 2025
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Karen Acompora (right) at a past youth heart screening event. This year’s free event will take place at Oldfield Middle School on February 1. Image via heartscreennewyork.com.

Acompora Foundation to help host early detection screenings for children and young adults

Fri, Jan 24 2025
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From left: Matthew Campo, CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Metro, Allison, Andrew and Christine Reid, Nick and Niki Croce and Liana Lee.

Maker of Misfit Island raises over $16,000 for Suffolk’s first Ronald McDonald House

Thu, Jan 16 2025
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Call for entries! Screenings for the selected finalists in the Made in Huntington Film & TV Festival will take place at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington from Thursday, April 3 through Sunday, April 6.

Amateur and professional filmmakers invited to submit works to be featured at Cinema Arts Centre

Mon, Jan 13 2025
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Kaitlyn McCready, owner of Kate’s Hair of the Dog in Northport, with her fiancé Luis Rivera. The couple was killed in a car accident in Florida last month. Image via Facebook.

Tragedy: Popular pet groomer and fiancé die in car crash on way back to New York

Wed, Jan 8 2025
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Charlie Bruckenthal, born just past 3am on January 1, 2025, is the first baby born at Stony Brook University Hospital this new year. Photo courtesy Stony Brook Medicine.

Bruckenthal boy first baby to be born at Stony Brook University Hospital in 2025

Thu, Jan 2 2025
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The Northport-East Northport Drug and Alcohol Task Force is hosting a free event tomorrow evening, December 28, to raise awareness about mental health disorders, including anxiety and depression.

New start: A focus on mental health to bring hope, guidance to the new year

Fri, Dec 27 2024
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Menorah lighting tonight in Northport, Monday in Huntington Village

Thu, Dec 26 2024
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19-year-old Andrew Reid at his East Northport home, which he’s transformed into a winter wonderland with salvaged and refurbished holiday decorations.

EN teen restores misfit decorations into winter wonderland benefitting Ronald McDonald House

Mon, Dec 9 2024
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All 18 Legislative District Veteran of the Year honorees, including East Northport resident and Suffolk County Veteran of the Year Eugene Leavy (seated, center).

Eugene Leavy of East Northport recognized as county’s Veteran of the Year

Thu, Dec 5 2024
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Through the years: Players in the 1997 Northport Turkey Bowl, a tradition established in 1984 and still going strong 40 years later. Photo courtesy Tom Fitzpatrick.

Old friends hit the field for annual Turkey Bowl, carrying on 40-year Northport tradition

Wed, Dec 4 2024
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