Who wants a holiday without a holiday weekend? This year, the Fourth of July falls on a Wednesday, and that makes it a challenge to stretch out time off. On Sunday, Long Islanders talked about how they made do by celebrating the weekend before. Credit: Newsday / Vera Chinese, Christine Chung, Kadia Goba

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