Newly opened restaurants often have kinks to work out, but at Green Olive Bistro, that is not the case. Italian cuisine is prepared with a flair that states experience. Management is a trio of seasoned restaurateurs. Antonio Canale and Michael Costigline owned Angelina’s in Lynbrook and Marsala in Massapequa, and Joseph Genova owned Steve’s Pier One in Bayville. more

Make your game day party on Sunday a day that really scores with guests. Try some tasty and easy-to-eat recipe ideas that will appeal to all the fans at your gathering. more

On Dec. 28, Nassau Coliseum was being used for something other than sports games and concerts: Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization, was shipping out its record-high 8 … more

One of Merrick’s most popular eateries will soon be put in the national spotlight. The Pit Stop, on Sunrise Highway, is scheduled to be featured on an episode of Guy Fieri’s hit show on the Food Network, “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.” more

The Newbridge Road Elementary School PTA, student council representatives and their teacher advisers, Karen Collins, Michelle Hooker and Joan Slutsky, recently prepared 12 food baskets to present to families in need from the community. The project was the culmination of a food drive that the school took part in. more

Please don’t tell me we are what we eat, because that would mean a guy I read about is actually a USB storage device. He was in the process of using a flash drive to steal information from an ATM when the cops broke in. He swallowed the device and had to give it up the hard way at the insistence of police. more

About 40 members of the Merrick Kiwanis Club, the Calhoun High School Key Club and the Merrick Avenue Middle School Builders Club loaded up vans full of food and toys and distributed the goods among families throughout the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District last Sunday. Students at elementary schools in the Merrick and North Merrick school districts, along with the MAMS and Calhoun, collected the toys in recent weeks. The Kiwanis Club collected food donations outside of local supermarkets. more

Traditionally, food drives to benefit the hungry are scheduled around Thanksgiving and extended through the December holidays, at most through the turn of the New Year. This year, however, as the economy took a turn for the worse, Assembly Dave McDonough, a Republican representing Bellmore-Merrick, kept his annual food drive going year 'round, the need for food just as compelling this summer and early fall. Since November, hundreds of pounds of food have been collected, but much more needs to be done, the assemblyman said. Donations of canned goods and other non-perishable food items may be dropped off at McDonough's district office at 404 Bedford Ave. in Bellmore. All donations are delivered to local food pantries in the area for distribution to families in need. more