SNAP: As Congress lays down, Long Islanders step up
By TERRY LYNAM // When I was 20 years old, my girlfriend (now my wife) and I applied for and received food stamps for about a month. We’d just driven…
Long Island Cares-The Harry Chapin Food Bank
No. 1009: Curds, shrooms, entrepreneurial Edison and a hall of an invention honor for the Feinstein Institutes
Rain, rain gone away: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as sunshine returns to Long Island and we hurdle the hump of another busy Autumnal workweek. It certainly has been…
No. 1006: In which makers, manufacturers and caramel custard star, and Mickey Mouse joins the club
Cold air, warm wishes: Welcome to a seasonably nippy Friday on Long Island, dear readers, as another Autumnal workweek cools its jets and October officially establishes its chilly presence….
No. 1005: Winterfylleth is here! (So are Manufacturing Month, SBU’s best future and vegetarian cookies)
Winterfylleth (not the band): Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the first Wednesday of October 2025 – the first day of October, in fact,…
A food-insecurity farewell (and bring your own shoes!)
By PAULE PACHTER // Since I announced I was stepping down as president & CEO of Long Island Cares – after 17 1/2 years of the privilege of leading the…
Island charities in panic mode as Trump targets CFC
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // As nonprofits grapple with sweeping federal budget cuts, dramatic executive orders and constant economic uncertainty, the Trump Administration now says it’s taking a hard look…
Bohlsen, wineries, top LI chefs tackle food insecurity
By GREGORY ZELLER // Several of Long Island’s top chefs are raising their spatulas to help Long Island Cares battle food insecurity. Chefs Against Hunger, a unique fundraising campaign organized…
No. 909: Don’t be spooked – we’re fighting Friday the 13th fears with chocolate, African royalty and science
Holy Friggatriskaidekaphobia! Or is that paraskavedekatriaphobia? Either way, welcome to Friday, dear readers – and not just any Friday but Friday the 13th, the first since October 2023. For those…
No. 908: Food for thought, and food for the hungry, on 9/11 (and every day)
Green day: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we jet through another late-Summer/quasi-Fall workweek. Speaking of jets, sincere apologies to New York Jets fans and appreciative thank-yous to the…
Food bank’s ninth LI pantry expands fight against hunger
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s leading hunger-relief organization took Hunger Action Day literally this year, ceremoniously welcoming its latest food pantry. Long Island Cares Inc.-The Harry Chapin Regional Food…
No. 893: Summer steams in with music, law mergers and pharmacogenomics (Don’t know it yet? Well, you will!)
Let there be light: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and the first full day of Summer 2024 – the Summer Solstice graced our Northern Hemisphere late Thursday afternoon, meaning…
No. 854: Raising new towers, defending digital assets and throwing some shade on Punxsutawney Phil
Phil is just a liberal psyop: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the first Friday of February and the second day of the new…
As staffs dwindle, post-COVID nonprofits seek answers
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Long Island relies on community-based nonprofit organizations to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, heal the anxious, support the depressed and addicted and otherwise help our…
No. 709: It’s a heatwave, complete with fiery politics, hot dogs and an absolutely sizzling Carlos Santana
Wave as you go by: Welcome to Wednesday, red-hots, as we sweat out the summer’s first big-time heatwave – but proceed, undaunted, on our super-cool mission of inventive socioeconomic…
No. 708: In which we bounce from Rembrandt to Ronstadt to Google Cloud, with stops at Mars and various pulsars
Final heat: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, with another muggy workweek conquered and another sun-splashed weekend calling. It’s July 15 out there, and before we chill out, we’ve got…