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Spring is in full bloom, but a Long Island school district will have a snow day the Friday leading into Memorial Day weekend. It has nothing to do with the weather — it’s all thanks to the smart thinking of one high school junior.

It’s a big honor for the small town of Metuchen, which was just named among the winners of the Great American Main Street Award. The prize caps off a big turnaround for the town, which just seven years ago saw one in every five storefront vacant, victims of the Great Recession.

KYW Newsradio’s Hadas Kuznits’ son Geffen Reinherz let his hair grow during the COVID pandemic. Three years later, Geffen let the hair go for a cause, Locks of Love. His mom sees it as the “end of an era in his life.”

Sean Grevy’s 43 Oak Foundation is giving young hockey players access to a sport that they might not have had otherwise. NBC10’s Jacqueline London hears from a player glad to be out on the ice.

A 12-year-old boy who has autism hit a long half-court shot during a game in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, to the delight of the crowd.

A 12-year-old boy who has autism hit a half court basketball shot over the weekend, exciting the crowd Wildwood Crest, New Jersey.

Lloyd Devereux Richards wrote the novel “Stone Maidens” 11 years ago. This year, his daughter’s viral TikTok helped it go number one on Amazon.

A man made a unique discovery while at a Pennsylvania state park recently – one that dates back 50 years.  When Joe Fresetta spotted a bottle on the ground at Fowlers Hollow State Park in Pennsylvania’s Perry County, he assumed it was trash, he told NBC affiliate WGAL8 News. He found a message in a bottle containing several faded pieces…

Performing acts of kindness may ease anxiety and depression symptoms and promote well-being, a new study found. Experts explain the advantages of healing by helping others.

A heart-wrenching post from the owner’s daughter has brought former regulars and new customers pouring into the 20-year-old family business.

“John Gladwell is my hero,” Philadelphia Eagles fan Billy Welsh told TODAY about Gladwell, a Kansas City Chiefs fan and an old military friend who donated the kidney that saved his life.

A San Francisco Animal Care and Control officer managed to rescue a puppy who was found trapped under a large pile of rocks at Ocean Beach.

Josiah Vargas says he was picking up his Sausage McMuffin sandwich when he realized that the employee at the window had given him more than he ordered.

The child had dropped the doll while she was waiting for the school bus.

An adorable 1-year-old pup whose New Jersey owner allegedly tied her up outside an airport 1,000 miles from home — and then left her there as he flew back to the East Coast — has been adopted by a family who spotted her the same day she was abandoned, the animal rescue group that took her in announced Thursday. The…

Valeria Franco worked without any EMT equipment on Rev. Anthony Palmer for roughly half an hour, performing chest compressions by herself, until paramedics arrived. Palmer survived the scare, and is now recovering. He hopes to finish the couple’s vows.

The pastor for a New Jersey couple was in the middle of delivering the wedding vows when he collapsed at the altar, going into cardiac arrest — but thankfully a caterer for the wedding was also an EMT, and worked on him for a half-hour by herself to help save his life.

Dr. Steven Lome had an emotional reunion with two fellow runners whose lives he helped save with CPR when they collapsed at a half marathon last month.

Travel nurse Antoinette Smith, her husband and 6-year-old grandson found themselves stranded at San Francisco International Airport on Christmas Eve, staring down the likelihood of sleeping on the airport floor for the next few nights.

How did a massive oil tanker heading from Amsterdam to New York stumble upon the battered sailboat lost at sea, carrying the two friends from Cape May, New Jersey, and Minnie the poodle — all of whom were on the brink of death?