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The Fire Island beaches look as beautiful as postcards with plentiful dunes and wide expanses, in part due to massive amounts of sand used to replenish them. And summer winds have been shifting sand back to the beach ever since Super Storm Sandy and other storms took big bites out of the shore.

Bay Shore

State authorizes $1.7 billion to fund Fire Island to Montauk Point storm resilience

By Claude Solnik

J2F-1 Duck was manufactured in Valley Stream during World War II.

Valley Stream at 100: How WWII transformed a Long Island village into an arsenal for democracy

By Christopher Verga

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Mineola

Mineola Historical Society hopes to house more artifacts, display exhibits

By Isabella Gallo

Sir P.G. Wodehouse made his name writing farcical stories about a charming but clueless rich young gentleman who is rescued from his escapades by his valet.

People

P.G. Wodehouse: The master of farce

By Annie Wilkinson

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Herricks hosts a Holocaust survivor for powerful middle school talk

By Isabella Gallo

Mose Allison

Smithtown

Mose Allison: The raw blues king

By Annie Wilkinson

Rosalind P. Walter the original Rosie the Riveter

People

Rosalind P. Walter: The original Rosie the Riveter

By Annie Wilkinson

Mark Torres' new book, 'Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics,' explores the Island's dark ties to a psuedoscience linked with Nazy Germany.

Huntington

New book reveals LI’s dark ties to eugenics

By Dave Gil de Rubio

The Jewish Historical Society of Long Island has released a documentary in celebration 150 years of Jewish history on Long Island.

Local News

New documentary celebrates Long Island’s Jewish history

By Emma Grimes

The Center for Brooklyn History awarded significant grant to aid with digitization and accessibility of historical materials.

Brooklyn Paper

‘We are thrilled’: Center for Brooklyn History awarded $100,000 grant to hire archivist for Long Island work

christine jorgensen

People

Early Transgender Icon Christine Jorgensen Settled on Long Island After Undergoing Country’s First Gender Confirmation Surgery

By Annie Wilkinson

st. james firehouse

Long Island News

St. James Firehouse Nominated to Register of State, National Historic Sites

By Evan Miller

juneteenth

Long Island News

Juneteenth in Suffolk: County Launches Freedom Trail Challenge

By Briana Bonfiglio

tesla science center

Long Island News

Tesla Science Center Grows Closer to Opening With Groundbreaking of Visitors Center

By Briana Bonfiglio

Amelia Earhart

People

Amelia Earhart and Her Courageous Flights Had Long Island Ties

By Annie Wilkinson

name changes malverne street

Opinions

OpEd: With Recent Name Changes Come Lessons in Sordid History

By Karl Grossman

DDT Art Cooley

People

Art Cooley’s Crusade Against DDT Made Him a Long Island Champion of the Earth

By Annie Wilkinson

Havemeyer

People

Louisine Havemeyer: Long Island Suffragist Made Women’s History

By Annie Wilkinson

presidents' day presidential history

Long Island Guides

Spend Presidents’ Day at One of These 6 Long Island Sites With Presidential History

By Briana Bonfiglio

la amistad

People

La Amistad: How the U.S.’s First Civil Rights Case Sparked in Montauk

By Annie Wilkinson

black history langston hughes

People

5 Powerful Stories of Black History on Long Island

By Annie Wilkinson

guy lombardo

People

Freeport’s Guy Lombardo Was the Original “Mr. New Year’s Eve”

By Annie Wilkinson

stanley tucci

Opinions

OpEd: Stanley Tucci’s Searching for Italy Fails to Celebrate Region’s Rich History

By Rosario. A. Iaconis

scary stories

5 Spooky, Scary Stories in Long Island History

By Annie Wilkinson

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Behind the Hedges

Making the Hamptons Home: How the Thompson-Deighton Team Guides Buyers and Sellers