@LIRestaurantWk, Long Island Restaurant Week

The Long Island Restaurant Week logo. Credit: Handout
The organizers of the event, in which nearly 170 restaurants across the Island will offer prix-fixe meals for $24.95 from April 3-10, announce when new venues sign on and respond to questions related to the program. This is the first year Long Island Restaurant Week is being held in the spring.

'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.

'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.