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First music instructor at Gold Coast Arts Center also created 27 film scores.

Gold Coast musician Edward Kalendar dies at 80

Photos from some of the biggest shows at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater this summer.

Photos: Jones Beach concerts summer 2022

The claims that he belongs to anti-LGBTQ church have dogged Pratt since 2019.

Chris Pratt denies belonging to anti-LGBTQ church

The "This Is Us" star has decided she needs to put her health first.

Pregnant Mandy Moore cancels concert tour

After two years off, one of LI"s biggest events returns to Patchogue July 7-10.

Great South Bay Music Fest: All you need to know

"The Rise of Gru" typifies what makes this series so successful and so irksome.

'Minions:The Rise of Gru': Utterly disposable

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The 19th annual concert honoring the late singer-songwriter is set for July 18.

Harry Chapin tribute coming to Eisenhower Park

For these Long Islanders, their connection to Elvis has never diminished.

Elvis' biggest LI fans: they still love him tender

Buffett played "Margaritaville" at the Palm Tree Festival during DJ Kygo's set.

Jimmy Buffett surprises crowd at Hamptons music fest

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Joe Boyce, of Wantagh, who was desperately searching for a live kidney donor after his kidney function dropped dramatically in March, found one not far from home. His neighbor, Liz Haines, donated one of hers. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Wantagh man gets much-needed kidney from neighbor

State officials provide tips to parents for how to keep children safe around water at Jones Beach ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.

As summer begins, officials give tips for parents on child water safety

Public officials and members of the community gather in West Sayville for the opening of the Lt. Michael Murphy Navy SEAL Museum.

Ribbon cutting for Lt. Michael P. Murphy Navy SEAL Museum

Willie Kellerman was a private first class in the U.S. Army and served in World War II. He was captured, held as a POW, escaped, made his way back and was eventually shot twice in combat. On Tuesday, Kellerman received a Purple Heart at a ceremony in Brooklyn.

Willie Kellerman, Atlantic Beach resident, WWII hero, honored with Purple Heart

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to determine that grants made for conserving soil and water resources, like the Suffolk Septic Improvement Program in Suffolk, cannot be counted as taxable income.

Schumer pushes to fix the 'double taxing' problem plaguing Suffolk homeowners

Six Port Jefferson High School students who are also volunteer firefighters left their graduation ceremony — while still in caps and gowns — to help put out a house fire in the town. Newsday TV's Jamie Stuart reports. 

Graduates describe trading caps and gowns for bunker gear in response to fire

Long Island students and the police commissioners of Nassau and Suffolk counties discuss school safety and the response to threats.

What's being done about threats of violence made at LI schools?

Lisa Dabrowski uncovered a long-lost Purple Heart medal at a yard sale in April in Southold that belonged to late Army veteran Robert Hollaman, who was wounded in battle in World War II. His daughter Lynn Bryson attended a ceremony in Riverhead on Sunday to receive the award. Newsday TV's Steve Langford reports.

A Purple Heart medal's journey back to Seattle via Southold

Doina Almazon, of Hicksville, says she has been displaced for nine years, with her house undergoing severe damage during Superstorm Sandy and her family undergoing financial hardship when her ex-husband lost his job. The Town of Oyster Bay is set to demolish her home as soon as Monday. "While we feel terrible for anyone in this situation, the fact remains that a court ordered the demolition of this house as it is unsafe and unfit for human occupancy," town spokesman Brian Nevin wrote in an email Sunday. Almazon says her home is almost ready to be moved back in.

Woman to Oyster Bay: Don't demolish my house

The life of FDNY firefighter Casey Skudin was celebrated off Lido Beach West with a paddle-out memorial water service. Skudin, of Long Beach, was killed June 17 when a tree limb fell on his family's car during a vacation in North Carolina.

Paddle-out memorial service honors FDNY firefighter Casey Skudin

The Hempstead branch of the NAACP honored Hazel N. Dukes at a luncheon in Westbury on Saturday. 

NAACP icon honored at Westbury luncheon 

Long Island reverend creates support group for people of color who have Parkinson's

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