Pamela Mandell, Lyss Stern and Jodi Okun created Kadoodle Kids. Customers can purchase make-your-own mask kits, which can give children more incentive to wear masks and may cut down on any complaining, Stern said. (Photo credit: Heidi Green Photography)


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At these eateries, mothers and their children are working side by side in the daily hustle of feeding hungry diners.

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Thirty pizzerias will be attending the event at Nassau Coliseum.

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NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano visits Front Street Bakery in Rockville Centre.

'So many recipes have been in the family for 80 years and counting'

Newsday food writer Erica Marcus visited Dario's Pizza in West Hempstead, a slice shop that goes above and beyond.

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Kevin Lenane, a private collector with hundreds of Apple computers, showed off his collection and gave a demonstration at the Long Island Museum. "It allows us to remember our past through an interesting lens," he said.

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Former Mets and Yankees pitcher Dwight Gooden appeared at Woods Road Elementary School in North Babylon on Thursday to surprise Joel Buchanan, a fifth-grader who did a project on him.

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Newsday travel reporter Carissa Kellman tours LaGuardia's Chase Sapphire Lounge and Capital One Landing.

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