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Experience the 20th anniversary of Jerry Jam, with 18 bands playing Grateful Dead music at Cathedral Pines County Park.

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Two people, clad in black masks, banged on the door of Rex A. Heuermann's Massapequa Park home Tuesday night.

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A pop-up at Robert Moses State Park called "Shark Shack" teaches about marine life and shark safety.

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NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa stops by Smokin' Al's in Massapequa to try their oversized nachos, known as Macho Nachos.

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Suffolk created a street takeover task force in 2024 that has broken up more than 100 incidents in the county.

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From a surf lesson to eating along the boardwalk, Newsday travel writer Carissa Kellman explores Rockaway Beach.

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SailAhead, an organization that works to end veteran suicide by introducing former servicemen and women to sailing, took 100 veterans on the water Sunday. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

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NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano tries a Hyrox fitness class at Black Bear Athletics in West Babylon.

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