Honorees Luciane Serifovic and Amy Flores enjoy a Champagne toast

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Shoppers feel food price hikes. Grocery shoppers at the Franklin Square Stop & Shop said they couldn’t help but notice the continuing increase in food prices as inflation climbed last spring.

Courtesy Rescuing Families

Elmont resident returning to renovated home. Rescuing Families replaced all of the flooring at the Arcillas family home to ensure smooth passage throughout for Kelly and her wheelchair.

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Hoping to help arm Ukraine. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman purchased a gun at SP Firearms Unlimited in Franklin Square, showing that firearms shops like this can hold donated guns until they can be transported to Ukraine. Elmont school holds inaugural cooking night. Clara Beaumont, a first grade teacher at Dutch Broadway School, with her son during the virtual family cooking night.

Robotics club wires together. The Sewanhaka Central High School District robotics team, known as the RoboPandas, won the Connect Award at the 2021-22 First Tech Challenge Long Island Regional Championships.

Community activist earns Town of Hempstead award. Tiffany Capers successfully petitioned Supervisor Don Clavin and the Hempstead town board to restrict sales of electronic cigarettes or vaping products within 1,000 feet of a schools, playgrounds or parks.