Good News: Student Art at NYC Galleries, Author Visit, Night of 1,000 Strings

Here is a roundup of some of the inspiring headlines around the region this week.

• A Night of 1,000 Strings Dazzles Port Washington Community
• Spotlight Shines on Plainview’s Golden Son
• Usdan to Exhibit Student Work in New York Galleries
• Bathrooms, Rest Areas to Open on Boardwalk This Summer
• Dejana Foundation Helps Keep Lacrosse Players Safer on Field
• Youth Director Scores Jewish Education Project Young Pioneers Award
• Three South Huntington Athletes Honored
• Suffolk Police Meet with Light of Salvation Church Members
• Author Gordon Korman Visits Elwood
• Elwood Volleys for a Cause
• Syosset High School Students Return to Roots to Give Back
• Dogwood Elementary Nurse Debra Zaleski Recognized For Saving Student
• Lindenhurst High’s Tyler Hughes Named National Merit Scholarship Finalist
• History Channel’s ‘American Pickers’ Coming to Riverhead
• Bellmore Teen Gets His Own Planet
• Artwork of 30 Massapequa Students Selected for All-County Art Show
• Levittown’s ‘Paint the Principal’ Raises More than $6G
• Massapequa Raises $2,500 for Cancer Research
• Long Beach Student Accepted into Prestigious Summer Music Program
• Panera Bread Opens in Garden City
• Long Beach Chorus to Perform with Andy Cooney, Marissa Famiglietti
• Long Beach Teacher Coach Makes Hofstra Hall of Fame

Image: Student artists from Huntington’s Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, whose work will exhibit in NYC.

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