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Behind the Broadway Curtain with Robert Viagas
Playbill.com founding editor, author, and journalist shares lifelong passion for turning theatre into news By Amy Nicole For decades Robert Viagas has been a leading voice of Broadway news, most notably as Playbill.com’s founding editor, but with a new book release, Right This Way: A History of the Audience, his passion for telling stories continues…
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Patchogue Resident Loses Family Home to Fire
Family and friends scramble to help 64-year-old caregiver who lost everything By Amy Nicole In the early hours of February 12, Johnny Barrett woke up to a raging fire tearing through his Patchogue home. As he frantically raced to get himself and others out after his sister Cathy awoke to the smell of smoke, Johnny…
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Helping Makes U Happy Searches for New Home
Non-profit becomes homeless ahead of organization’s 10th anniversary By Amy Nicole Helping Makes U Happy founder, Keith Caputo has dedicated his life to helping others and spreading happiness throughout his community and beyond. However, recently, when the 44-year-old stepped into the space the organization called home the last seven years it brought him to tears.…
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Helping both ends of the leash with Paws of War
By Amy Nicole A pregnant and homeless young pup, now named Cardi, was found in 2022 by U.S. Marines deployed in the Philippines. She was found trapped in a box starved before they broke her free and brought her back to their camp, but that was just the beginning of her rescue story. The Marines…
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Survivor’s Helper returns to help families affected by cancer
‘Family Volunteer Day:’ a day of wrapping, raffles and refreshments By Amy Nicole In 2005, cancer survivor Renee Lynn Scott made it her life’s mission to help other survivors and their families when she founded the non-profit organization, Stepping Stone Support. Survivor’s Helper, a branch of Stepping Stone Support and an annual fundraiser created in…
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Life lessons through baking
Recipes 4 Learning Transition Program created for differently abled students By Amy Nicole The Baking Coach, owner and founder, Lisa Basini said inspiration to start the non-profit of her baking lesson company, Recipes 4 Learning, Inc., initially came from students who took her community classes and kept asking to work for her. She said she…
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Student completes Girl Scouts Gold Award Fitness Track
By Amy Nicole In 2020, Adriana Ancilleri said she had “just an idea” to build a fitness circuit for kids to encourage them to be heart healthy and have fun for her Girl Scouts Gold Award project. That was just the beginning of an unstoppable girl’s mission to help others. 3 years later, with belief,…
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New trend alert! First of its kind Candle making experience
Fire & Wixx Candle Bar opens in Patchogue By Amy Nicole Tangel Local elementary school teacher, Christine Brennen-Chanowsky has been teaching for 30 years, but like many others throughout the pandemic she started looking for something to do at home to help ease anxieties and decided to teach herself how to make candles. With an…
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