Nicole Wagner

Giving Back to Community Corporation, an Elmont-based nonprofit that helps fight hunger locally and overseas, raised roughly $16,000 during its Breaking Bread, Building Futures gala on Oct. 5.

Kathleen Mauceri has devoted countless hours to helping youth in Franklin Square since she moved there 11 years ago — from teaching pre-kindergarten, to helping at Parent Teacher Association events, to teaching religion at Saint Catherine of Sienna Church and beyond.

Valley Stream and area residents are invited to get into the spooky spirit with Rescuing Families this October as the local nonprofit hosts various Halloween events throughout the month.…

As renovation plans have stalled, residents of Franklin Square’s Dogwood Terrace — an affordable senior housing complex at 1178 Martha Place — have been living in limbo since the …

A 22-year-old man was airlifted to a local area hospital after he struck two parked cars and a tree in Elmont Oct. 17 at 4:30 p.m.

Roughly 200 Franklin Square community members, including leaders of civic associations, places of worship and the school district, attended a revitalization meeting for the hamlet on Oct. 17. There, neighbors and community leaders advocated for the preservation of the downtown area.

Sports can provide life-changing opportunities for young athletes, opening doors for them that may otherwise be closed. The 43 Oak Foundation, a charity that helps develop underprivileged and …

The third annual 3 Keys Cup charity hockey tournament at Elmont’s UBS Arena boosted the efforts of the 43 Oak Foundation.

The Rescuing Families’ Halloween community marketplace fundraiser took place in Franklin Square on Oct. 19.

Paola Meyer, of Westhampton, competed in the National Amateur Association of Pickleball’s first East End Fall Pickleball Tournament at Pickleball Smash It in Riverhead on Nov. 2. (Credit: Nicole Wagner)