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Farmingdale's Citizens Campaign for the Environment awarded a $65,003 grant and Islip's Seatuck Environmental Association gets $86,933.

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The museum unveiled the 1,100 square foot brightly colored mural, "Kaleidoscope of Imagination," on Friday.

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With his wife, Marilyn, Simons established the Simons Foundation, which has backed many nonprofits, including Stony Brook's Renaissance School of Medicine.

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Another day of protests took place at Stony Brook University, but it was nothing like the chaos on campus overnight. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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Newsday education reporter John Hildebrand looks at what is driving high teacher salaries on Long Island.

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A year after the announcement that all NY schools must remove imagery and mascots representing Native Americans, some school districts have made progress toward this goal and some have not. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports.

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