Freeport

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Long Island schools are keeping their fingers crossed, gamely planning a face-to-face semester, with guarded optimism that the COVID-19 surge will soon ebb.

The budget reduces the town's tax levy by $2.5 million from $253.1 to $250.6 million dollars, town officials said, and includes nearly an additional $50 million in expenditures compared with 2021.

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"It was heartbreaking," said Kathy Podair of Smithtown after her son, Zachary, lost the chance to make his Off-Broadway debut last March. 

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Organizers say the "A Day in the Life of a River" program introduces students to potential careers while bringing them closer to the natural environment that surrounds them every day.

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Linnet Bligen, the keynote speaker at an event in Hempstead, urged her audience: "Honor his legacy through service. Be a tutor if you're good at math. Be a coach if you can catch a ball. Be a mentor if you have wisdom and love."

A Freeport woman was driving on Ponquogue Avenue at Good Ground Road in Hampton Bays when she collided just before 2 a.m.with a Hampton Bays volunteer ambulance company responding to an aided case, Southampton police said.

Stith scored a game-high 29 points and Andrews made two key three-pointers late in the fourth quarter to lift the Tigers in Nassau AA-II.

Police have alleged Eric Baldwin, 25, of Freeport, shot James Diamond on Sept. 10 as he and two other men robbed Diamond, 28, of Long Beach, of more than $50,000 that he had been awarded in a lawsuit

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Acting State Supreme Court Justice Patricia Harrington said she planned to sentence Bobby Vanderhall to 50 years to life in prison under the terms of the plea deal.

Organizations across Long Island are offering opportunities for learning and service, including talks, films, music and crafts.