Long Island Life

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Inside Long Island's 'Hogwarts': British boarding school wraps up first academic year in Oakdale

Harrow's alumni include Winston Churchill, actor Benedict Cumberbatch and members of the royal family.

Pride Month'Live your life': 3 Long Island LGBT seniors on what coming out was like for them

A younger set of LI women is getting into this classic card game

With plans to attract new visitors, a Founding Father's house gets a refresh

A chimpanzee attack survivor, a football player turned cheerleader and more: Meet 10 Extraordinary Seniors

Teacher Spotlight

Teacher Spotlight: Levittown theater teacher gets her own round of applause with Broadway award

Levenberg won the Broadway Education Alliance Award for Excellence in Innovative Theater Arts Education.

LI teacher's candy cart teaches kids practical skills

Elmont teacher's Bad Bunny-inspired character encourages kids and adults to read

Travel & Experiences

How to assist monarch butterflies on their epic treks

Asian Heritage MonthBe one with the drum: Where to learn Taiko on Long Island

Daniel Tiger and friends are coming to the Bronx Zoo this summer

Where to find big roles onstage and off in LI community theater

Right up your alley: Where to join a bowling league on Long Island

Not far afield: 4 tulip festivals for a colorful day trip

Love

I Do!: April showers couldn't dampen the day for these Riverhead high school sweethearts

I Do!: Garden City couple wed not once, not twice, but three times

I Do!: A proposal in a Dublin rose garden and a wedding in an Enniskerry church for this Dix Hills native

I Do!: Their love began with a bite of her pizza crust during a Huntington bar crawl

I Do!: She first caught his eye way back in Sabbath school

I Do!: It all started because he was the 'Z' she needed to complete a scavenger hunt

Retirement

Give an hour, get an hour: At the Glen Cove TimeBank, hours are the currency, community is the payoff

'It's like painting with flowers:' Teaching LIers ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arrangement

How 'reluctant retirees' are navigating forced retirement on LI

'Senior Living' sung to the tune of Grease's 'Summer Nights': Musical 'Senioritis' to debut in Oakdale

Advice from LI 'golden' couples: What these 6 pairs married 50+ years know about ever-lasting love

30 years ago his wife gave him a kidney. Today they are still counting their blessings.

Hometown Heroes

For this teacher's final lesson, he walked 88 miles to 'The End'

Mother and son save widow from burning home

School security guard honored for saving choking student

Locust Valley coaches honored for saving athlete who collapsed

LI teacher organizes runs for those struggling with depression after losing both sisters

Suffolk County honors Deer Park woman for her autism advocacy

More Long Island Life

At 'Death Cafe,' end-of-life doula offers emotional support with a side of cake and coffee

26 LI students win big at State History Day

Asian Heritage MonthWhat is ube? All about the purple palate-pleaser in lattes and ice cream across Long Island

How 3 LI moms make the work day work for them

What are they up to now? See where life has taken these 10 LI 2016 valedictorians

Traffic-stopping banana leaves and elephant ears: These 3 LIers grow tropical gardens at home

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