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The $3,000 grant each was awarded through an initiative at the Connecticut State Library, the Conservation ConneCTion, and a partnership with the Connecticut League of History Organizations.

Veterans Place, a 23-bed shelter for homeless veterans in Yaphank, is closing after 26 years.

The second round of New Yorkers was awarded licenses to sell cannabis, including on Long Island.

Over 15,000 businesses applied before deadline Wednesday night for retail cannabis licenses in Connecticut.

The draft ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court would not ban abortion nationwide. It would allow individual states to pass restrictions — or outright bans — on abortion, according to Planned Parenthood of Southern New England.

The tribe brought in a ground penetrating radar team to capture images below and surrounding a Hamptons mansion — potentially discovering more ancestral graves.

Hope for Youth provides drug prevention, residential housing and foster care services for young people in Nassau and Suffolk counties. They said they developed the nation’s first Assertive Community Treatment team to help young people who have severe mental health challenges.

The MTA said Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North will follow guidance from the New York State Health Department to keep passengers masked while it reviews the Florida court decision. Masks are still also required at Kennedy and LaGuardia airports. Bradley International Airport in Connecticut will no longer require masks.

Property was damaged in Monroe over the weekend by bears.