June 16th marks World Sea Turtle Day, a global celebration dedicated to honoring, understanding, and  protecting this truly amazing species. 

Here is a list of Pride Month events on Long Island for everyone to enjoy and attend to learn more about LGBTQ+ issues.

Portledge School student Brody Ort, who has volunteered to help disabled athletes with the Long Island Rough Riders Sled Hockey team for the past 10 years, has been recognized for his efforts. 

A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation’s capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said. The fighter jet caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region.

Friends, family, and supporters gathered on June 2 for Maggie’s Mission’s Glow for Gold Angelversary Gala, a fundraising event at the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport to celebrate the life of Maggie Schmidt, a Greenlawn teen who died at age 17 in 2017 after developing MRT (malignant rhabdoid tumors), a rare and aggressive cancer that originated in her abdomen and quickly metastasized throughout her body.

As President and Chief Executive Officer of New Hyde Park-based Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, Michael N. Rosenblut administers one of the region’s largest skilled nursing facilities for older adults.

Legislation now pending in Albany — the Birds and Bees Protection Act — seizes the spirit of the season by promising to scrub out unnecessary neonic uses that pollute water across New York and, more and more, New Yorkers themselves.

If you are looking for a slightly lighter bodied red to welcome the summer months, consider Pellegrini Vineyards 2015 Vintner’s Pride Petit Verdot. 

On May 8, Long Island craft beer breweries took home five Crushie trophies in the 2023 Craft Beer Marketing Awards (CBMAs), and multiple winners plan to use the platform to help give back to those in need.