Free meal boxes for struggling musicians on Long Island

Live performance venues were among the first to shut down and will likely be the last to reopen. That is why Long Island Cares is teaming up with local theaters and concert venues to get performers up on their feet and back at the microphone.

Northport parents seek answers after student relocation
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Parents demanded answers from the Northport-Eastport School District Board of Education on Thursday after administrators decided to close Northport Middle School after toxic chemicals were found in the soil near classrooms, but not inside the school or in the air.

Long Island students relocated to new schools over toxic chemical complaints

More than 650 sixth, seventh and eighth graders and faculty from Northport Middle School have been relocated to three other schools in the district while administrators address years of complaints about odors and hazardous chemicals possibly sickening students and staff. 

Long Island school closed over chemical fears

Septic tanks at Northport Middle School recently tested positive for benzene.

Families protest outside a school they say is making people sick

Instead of going to school on Thursday, some students and their parents staged a so-called sickout outside to voice concerns about environmental hazards at Northport Middle School.

Students and parents protest outside school
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Instead of going to school on Thursday, some students and their parents staged a so-called sickout outside to voice concerns about environmental hazards at Northport Middle School.

Teen in cancer remission receives guitar autographed by Billie Joe Armstrong

Liam Noonan got a big surprise on Friday. The 17-year-old from East Northport, Long Island, was diagnosed with cancer last March and through all of his treatments was a superstar. He is now in remission.

Parents complain about odor at Long Island school

Bethany Watts has been complaining about a foul smell inside a school that she says made her child and others inside the building sick.