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Opening on March 22^nd, Long Island’s most popular amusement park will add more value this year through the new ‘Wave Twister’ ride, new games, and additional amenities—at last year’s prices

Farmingdale, NY — Get a head start on your Spring fun this weekend! Adventureland in Farmingdale is gearing up for an exciting expansion with its 2025 Season which kicks off this weekend of March 22^nd and 23^rd.

Trout Stocking Events Planned across Long Island, Encouraging Families to “Get Offline, Get Outside”

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) today announced the annual Spring Family Fishing Festival on Saturday, April 5, at Belmont Lake State Park.

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Westbury, NY (February 10, 2025) – Hicks Nurseries, Long Island’s premier garden center will host its 35th annual Flower & Garden Show March 6-30. This year’s theme, ‘Spring is in the Air’ showcases the wonders of spring taking flight.

Farmingdale, NY (March 10, 2025) – Join us for the American Airpower Museum’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 12th, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Can you find the Easter Egg?  Be sure to bring your own basket for the Egg Hunts.  Young and old alike will enjoy the Museum’s Easter Tram Rides around Hangar 3. …

A Presentation About Life on the East End from 1880-1910

Riverhead, N.Y. - On Sunday, March 30, Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead will host a special Women’s History Month presentation about the life of an East End farm wife and mother between the years of 1880 and 1910. Author Debby Warner Anderson will explain how the discovery of a shoebox of letters written by her great grandmother Carrie Warner of Baiting Hollow launched Debby on a journey through local history, family genealogy and a woman’s life on Long Island around the turn of the 19^th century.

Riverhead, N.Y. – Hallockville Museum Farm at 6038 Sound Ave, in Riverhead will host an afternoon of honeybee education and honey harvesting on Saturday, March 15 from 3 – 5 p.m. Master Beekeeper Chris Kelly of Promise Land Apiaries will explain the wondrous work of honeybees and will harvest and bottle honey taken directly from Hallockville’s hives.

Long Island’s most popular amusement park adds more value through the new ‘Wave Twister’ ride, new games, and additional amenities—at last year’s prices 

Farmingdale, NY — Adventureland announced it will be freezing its prices— without freezing the fun! Long Island’s most popular amusement park, offering family fun for everyone since 1962, is offering more value this year, and for the same ticket prices as last year. The park is freezing its admission rates, group rates, season pass rates, and birthday party rates at the same prices from the 2024 season. …

Call for Entries Deadline May 1st on FilmFreeway

Stony Brook, NY – The Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) is proud to launch its inaugural Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Music Documentary Film Festival from August 8^th through the 10^th at LIMEHOF’s museum location (97 Main Street, Stony Brook, NY). Entries are now open to music documentary films from around the world and will be accepted through May 1^st on  FilmFreeway. …

Farmingdale, NY (January 25, 2025) -- In addition to vintage warbirds, there will be love in the air at Farmingdale's American Airpower Museum on Valentine's Day, Friday, February 14, 2025.  Long Island’s only flying aviation museum will conduct two Valentine’s Day C-47 Scenic Flights for eight couples, one at 11:00 a.m. and the other at 12:00 p.m.; there will be eight people on board each 20-minute flight to Long Island’s scenic coast, then back to Republic Airport and Hangar 3! …

My Life, A Piano Man’s Journey’ draws in tens of thousands of visitors from near and far to celebrate legendary Long Island musician

Stony Brook, NY- The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) has announced it will be extending the run of the first ever exhibit dedicated exclusively to LIMEHOF Inductee and Legendary Long Island Musician Billy Joel. The exhibit opened last November and is currently running at LIMEHOF’s Stony Brook Village location (97 Main Street, Stony Brook, NY). It was initially planned to run through September 2024.