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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Jim Merritt

    Day trips under 3 hours from Long Island to take this fall (opens the original)

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    A tank of gas and a bucket list are all that's needed for a fall day trip packed with novel experiences less than three hours from Long Island. Here are same-day excursions to the legendary home of fiction's headless horseman, an iconic seaport across Long Island Sound and museums dedicated to preserving 200-million-year-old dinosaur tracks and the life and legacy of a New York Yankee catcher. Sleepy Hollow is anything but sleepy in autumn. The charming Hudson River town, which officially change

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Jim Merritt

    Long Island Orienteering Club members explore the woods with just a map and a compass (opens the original)

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    As a beginner in the outdoor sport of orienteering, Brittany Wong knew she would have a lot of catching up to do when she joined the Long Island Orienteering Club. “I’m really directionally challenged,” Wong, 27, of Syosset, said of her motivation for joining the orienteering club, which combines hiking, map-reading and competition in spring and fall meets at Long Island parks and preserves. Although Wong got lost and had to call a friend at her second meet this spring at Muttontown Preserve, sh

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Jim Merritt

    Roslyn teacher Allyson Weseley wins national Mary Margaret Moffett Memorial Excellence in Teaching Award (opens the original)

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    When Roslyn High School teacher Allyson Weseley won a prestigious national award earlier this year, it was a career-capping win for someone whose students are usually the ones taking home the big prizes. Weseley, 59, of Sea Cliff, was awarded the Mary Margaret Moffett Memorial Excellence in Teaching Award, presented annually by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, a Washington, D.C.-based division of the American Psychological Association. The distinction recognizes “excellence in scienti

  4. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Jim Merritt

    Explore Long Island's best nature trails this fall (opens the original)

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    On a fine autumn day, Long Island offers a variety of nature trails resplendent with fall color, wildlife and other natural wonders for those who want to get out and take a hike. The Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference maintains and offers guided hikes of 200 miles of trails across the Island, said David Reisfield, president of the nonprofit conservation group headquartered at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown. For a list of upcoming fall hikes, visit ligreenbelt.org. If you want to head o

  5. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Jim Merritt

    Islip teacher uses pupusa-making to help kids learn Spanish (opens the original)

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    A pupusa-making party recently served as a savory final project — and an authentic taste of Nancy Reagan’s Spanish-language teaching style at Islip High School. For the final classroom project during the last school year, Reagan’s students watched videos of previous classes making pupusas, the Central American flatbread stuffed with savory fillings. Then, Reagan said, “We had a cookoff to see who can make the best pupusa.” As they cooked, the students were obliged to use the correct Spanish word

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