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22 hours ago2026 NY Brain Tumor Walk honors survivors and families impacted by brain cancer
Families, supporters and friends despite the rain walked on the boardwalk of Jones Beach for the 2026 New York Brain Tumor Walk. Hundreds attended the annual walk to raise awareness, honor memories of those who have lost their lives to brain cancer, and to show support to those…
Community Groups & Organizations
Long Island Press
October 1Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan marking milestones on tour
If you get a chance to see Billy Corgan on his current tour with his new group The Machines of God, understand its part of his commemoration of a pair of recorded Smashing Pumpkins’ watershed moments—the 30th anniversary of 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and the…
Creatives & Arts
Long Island Press
October 1Second annual LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival ends on a high note with the screening of over 40 films, Q&A panels, and LIVE music performances
The second annual LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival concluded on Sunday, September 27th with an award ceremony that celebrated the scope and diversity of this year’s films. Filmmakers from across the US and other countries gathered at the Long Island Music and Entertainment…
Creatives & Arts
Long Island Press
September 30Where is the Best Driving Range on Long Island?
Long Islanders voted Bergen Point Golf Course the Best Driving Range on Long Island in the 2026 FourLeaf Best of Long Island! The West Babylon course is the new winner of the category after Heartland Golf Park won it in 2025. At Bergen Point Golf Course in West Babylon, Long…
Local Business
Long Island Press
61 minutes agoAnn Wilson to visit Long Island on her solo tour
To say that Ann Wilson has a full creative dance card is an understatement. While last year saw Wilson touring with sister Nancy in their band Heart, this year, the former is prepping to release Consecrated Ground, her latest solo effort that she recorded with psych-rock outfit…
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Long Island Press
1 hour agoHayrides around Long Island for a family treat this fall
As the air turns crisp, the wind picks up, and the leaves start to fall, bundle up and get cozy on top of haystacks in a tractor bed this season. Be on the lookout for the perfect pumpkin to carve, the ripest apples, and the most confusing corn maze. These hayrides on Long Island…
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Great River by the numbers
- Area
- 4.19 sq mi (10.84 km²), 1.61 sq mi water
- Median age
- 53.1
- Households
- 854
- Persons per household
- 2.2
- Median household income
- $136,071
- Median house value
- $802,800