Kevin J. Redding
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- Sep 30, 2026
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1,000 miles from Nashville, country music is thriving on Long Island (opens the original)
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A white-collar analyst by day, Mark Huber is known to many as the “Cowboy of the Bar” every Tuesday night at The Nutty Irishman in Farmingdale. The 24-year-old from Great Neck, who stands 6-foot-4 before adding boots and a tall Western hat, has been line dancing at its weekly “Country Night” for almost three years. Amid the stomping, clapping and singing along to tunes like Kenny Chesney’s “American Kids,” Huber said he’s found community, a social outlet and a whole new level of confidence — aid
Dominick Critelli, 105, plays saxophone concert in Lynbrook (opens the original)
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Dominick Critelli endured 151 days of combat in World War II. From inside a small aircraft, he dodged rounds of bullets behind enemy lines to drop vital supplies to soldiers huddled in foxholes during the Battle of the Bulge. He said he helped liberate countless European communities from Nazi occupation, rose to the rank of staff sergeant and went home with the Air Medal and Good Conduct Medal. So a recent fall on his knee that led to a femur fracture wasn't going to sideline the 105-year-old U.
A look at the iconic signs of Long Island (opens the original)
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Think of the red glow of “Burgers Franks” beckoning hungry travelers to All American Hamburger Drive In, in Massapequa. The historic Hildebrandt’s in Williston Park. The 1950s-era “Patchogue Music Center” still above Family Melody Center. Thornhill’s in Sayville. Long before digital printing and LED lighting, signs like these were handcrafted from stainless steel or porcelain-coated metal and illuminated by glass tubes bent by hand and filled with neon or argon gas. Today, fewer of those old sig
Nintendo, iPods and vinyl: Why retro tech rules with younger generations (opens the original)
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Several times a month, 11-year-old Gennaro Vigliotti can be found digging through crates of vinyl at record shops, thrift stores and garage sales across Long Island. "Listening on a record player feels more special than just streaming it online," said Gennaro, who starts sixth grade at Elwood Middle School in the fall. "On a phone, you just hit play, but this is more fun. You drop the needle, and you hear the iconic crackling sound." Introduced to '80s and '90s hip-hop during car rides with his
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