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The inside of a Kitten Kadoodle Coffee Cafe. One is set to open in Selden in June. JAWAD HOSSAIN/THE STATESMAN

A second cat cafe confirms a trend on Long Island

Jawad Hossain March 24, 2019
A Kitten Kadoodle Coffee Cafe is set to open in Selden in May, making it the second cat cafe, a place where free-roaming cats can be watched and played with, on Long Island.
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Paint and sip franchise Painting with a Twist opened its first Long Island location in Selden on April 9. A study by Harvard University Women’s Health Watch found that painting and other forms of art are therapeutic.BRITTANY BERNSTEIN/THE STATESMAN

Wine and paint studio, Painting with a Twist, comes to Selden

Brittany Bernstein May 6, 2018
Painting with a Twist, a paint and sip franchise, opened its first Long Island location in Selden on April 9. The studio will offer what the website calls “fun art, not fine art.”
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The snowstorm this past Wednesday blankets the ground and trees outside Benedict College. EMMA HARRIS/THE STATESMAN

Snow delay provokes angry response from commuter students

Rebecca Liebson March 25, 2018
Stony Brook students hoping for a second snow day this week were met with disappointment after the school announced a delay on Thursday.
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S A uses the logo, above to represent his alter ego Samsa. PHOTO COURTESY OF SA

Student gains thousands of followers with distinct rap style

David Pepa April 9, 2017
Shayan Afridi is known by his professors as a senior honors English major, but his thousands of SoundCloud followers know him as the rapper “Samsa.”
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Halloween costumes on a college budget

Michael Ruiz October 30, 2013
It seems like the costumes you can buy at those pop-up Halloween stores are getting increasingly expensive, and are of such low quality that they end up in tatters halfway through their first Halloween party.
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