Kings Park, NY News & Events

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Hike (or tiptoe) past these abandoned LI haunts

These Long Island ruins offer an eerie look into stories past.

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New Halloween film festival set to haunt historic LI mansion

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Photos: Suffolk Division I football — Longwood at Sachem North

Jon Mullaly catches three TDs to lead Sachem North football past Longwood

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Suffolk's plans for Italian American museum taking shape

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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, October 13

Unfinished Revolutions: First Nations

Oct17

Author Travis Bowman and Montaukett Executive Director Sandi Brewster-Walker will discuss the ongoing struggle of New York's Indigenous communities to achieve the ideals of the Revolution

Where

Nissequogue River State Park

799 St. Johnland Rd.

Kings Park, NY

Phone

631-269-4927

Price

free

Website

parks.ny.gov/visit/events

Hike with Pride

Oct18

Learn about local LGBTQ+ history while hiking among the autumn foliage, meet at the Charles & Helen Reichert Administration Building, register

Where

Nissequogue River State Park

799 St. Johnland Rd.

Kings Park, NY

Phone

631-269-4927

Price

Website

parks.ny.gov/visit/events

Haunted Lantern Walk

Oct23

Walk around the point of Sunken Meadow State Park with only lanterns to guide the way, there will be pauses along the way for some Long Island historical scary stories, meet at the Nature Center in Field 1, register

Where

Sunken Meadow State Park

Rte. 25A and Sunken Meadow Pkwy.

Kings Park, NY

Phone

631-269-4333

Price

Website

parks.ny.gov/visit/events

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