Those hard-to-shop-for people on your list? Here are local gift ideas for them

Newsday's Elisa DiStefano and Meghan Giannotta shop local boutiques in Huntington and Massaspequa for last-minute holiday gift ideas. Follow along as they visit Nicolette's For The Home, with locations in Massapequa and Southold, Kate & Hale in Huntington Village and Penny Lane in Huntington.

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TOP STORIES

Those hard-to-shop-for people on your list? Here are local gift ideas for them

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One-on-one with Debbie Gibson before her holiday Paramount show

Famous Flanders duck lights up the holiday season

Suffolk County employee Social Security numbers breached in cyberattack

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Nassau County hosts Christmas tree safety awareness

Nassau County gets new area code starting Jan. 20

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Lynbrook teen killed in 3-car crash was key player on Roosevelt HS football team

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Theresa Caputo is home for the holidays

'It took so long to make this but it was worth it.'

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Tony Danza brings his show to Long Island this weekend

MTA considers 5.5% fare increase and service cuts

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A chat with best-selling author Nelson DeMille

Ex-school official pleads guilty to steering contracts to local business

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Trivia night in Oyster Bay: 'This has really become something special'

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East Side Access project delayed past end of year

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Suffolk faces possible conflicts of interests over security matters

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Watch highlights from the Long Island Championships

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Blakeman to make $211,821 after nearly 8% increase

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N.Y. Governor Race: Campaign spending, donations way up

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Riverhead Raceway – the center of LI's racing universe

HOLIDAY SEASON 2022

Where to find gifts under $25

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Where to find the hottest toys

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Where to find gifts made on Long Island

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Where to find the hottest games

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Exploring LI winter light shows

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LONG ISLAND LIFE

Headstones in historic cemetery at East Setauket church getting a refresh

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Inspiration for Levittown LAX for Autism game remembered

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COVID boom in pet adoptions

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'Camp Siegfried:' What happened in Yaphank in the 1930s?

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Doctors' tips for staying healthy with flu, RSV on the rise

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What to do if you see a turtle on the beach

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Holiday movie preview: 'Avatar,' 'Black Panther' sequels and more

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Tunnel to Towers Foundation helps an NYPD family in Baldwin

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LI volunteer on helping to restore planes: 'It's in my blood'

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Sayville mom welcomes son and nephew on the same day

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Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame set to open

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Helping those in need this Thanksgiving

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FEED ME

Dough & Co.'s owner takes us inside one of LI's top pizza spots

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Trivia night in Oyster Bay: 'This has really become something special'

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Thanksgiving dinner from fast food menus? It's a happy meal

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Getting salty with a mystery box of exotic snacks

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Rail-ly good news for pizza-loving Penn Station commuters

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Inside a dozen of LI's best restaurants

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Food critic Scott Vogel goes clamming with LI's Clamity Janes

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Ben's Kosher Deli owner: 'Nothing is as good as pastrami that's steamed twice'

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What's your favorite LI diner?

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How these LIers created the newest halal food craze

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A slice of LI pizza history is saying goodbye

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Food critic explores LI's beach bars

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Food critic tries LI's spiciest chicken tenders

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Peek inside Jordan Lobster Farms in Island Park

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The Good Steer restaurant in Lake Grove closes after 65 years

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Food critic tries $85 lobster roll

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Meet Fire Island's busiest restaurateur

New ice cream shop serves unusual flavors

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Food critic tackles LI BBQ tour

Who really invented grandma pizza?

ROADS & RAILS

MTA considers 5.5% fare increase and service cuts

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East Side Access project delayed past end of year

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Widespread driver's license info exposed in Suffolk County cyberattack

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Grand Central Madison: When will LIRR's new terminal open?

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Rail-ly good news for pizza-loving Penn Station commuters

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10 years after Sandy damaged tunnels, LIRR service cuts to Penn remain

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Everything old is new again on the LIRR

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Newsday's Alfonso Castillo reports on the changes coming on the LIRR

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'Hole in my heart:' Mother of victim of one of LI's deadliest roads speaks

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LIRR officials: 'This is a game-changer'

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'It's an incredibly exciting time for' LIRR customers

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First look at LIRR Penn Station facelift

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For-hire companies: Congestion pricing plan 'devastating'

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Sayville Ferry Service gets new 10-year lease to Cherry Grove on Fire Island

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Heartbreak measured mile-by-mile on the Southern State

LIRR's Third Track welcomes first riders

LIRR: Battery-operated trains too expensive

MTA celebrates completion of Denton Avenue bridge

High gas prices have affected transportation for some school districts

$2.8 billion Ronkonkoma redevelopment plan gets mixed views

YOUR SCHOOLS

'It took so long to make this but it was worth it.'

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Baldwin High students learn trade to provide wigs for Bethany House

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Ex-school official pleads guilty to steering contracts to local business

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LI students' mosquito sequencing published in national database

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Native American mascot ban: Districts that fail to comply risk losing state aid

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Veterans Day parade with disabled students 'means everything to us'

Check out locally sourced Thursday school lunches in Copiague

Our Lady of Guadalupe head of school talks dual-language program

Protest at Roosevelt High School before reinstatement of teacher

Discipline at Eastport-South Manor school district after racist TikTok

Under 40% of 3rd- to 8th-graders pass state math assessments

LI students going on weeklong tour of HBCUs

Teaching assistants at Jackson Main School help bridge gap for students

Learning at their own pace

Learning about leadership at Westbury H.S.

A look at the contentious Smithtown library board elections

Offense was the best defense for QB's fight vs. cancer

More than $500M in COVID relief is coming to LI schools

Families upset about closure of Jewish day camp in Brookville

Teaching future generations about the Holocaust

YOUR HEALTH

RSV cases on the rise in LI hospitals

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'I had the suit laid out for my wife to bury me in'

The new normal means figuring out life with Long COVID

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Two younger women talk about their fights against breast cancer

Annual breast cancer walk at Jones Beach draws large crowd

'What are the odds?' Surviving breast cancer together

Supporters participate in annual Autism Speaks walk at Jones Beach

Families and friends gather at Jones Beach for Lustgarten Foundation Walk

First Gift of Life patient returns to St. Francis Hospital, 47 years later

Long Islanders struggle with symptoms of long COVID

Schumer: 'We need to get this done' in 2022

Executive Blakeman: 'There is no active case of polio in Nassau County'

Riders can take off masks if they want

Kyle Buttner on mental illness: 'Mental health is not a joke'

State to start distributing monkeypox vaccine differently

Hochul announces new COVID-19 requirements for schools

Inflation Reduction Act caps Medicare drug costs for some seniors

Why one pregnant woman chose to use an LI midwife

Monkeypox: What you need to know

Bill approved for veterans exposed to burn pits

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Watch highlights from the Long Island Championships

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Watch Finnell's 62-yard TD for Garden City in the LIC

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Highlights: Ward Melville, Garden City win county titles

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This week in high school football: County championships highlights

Chaminade vs. St. Anthony's highlights, plus playoff plays of the week

Seaford football players hitting the right notes

Under the helmet: Inside high school football helmets on Long Island

Plays of the Week: Plainedge, NHP, Sayville and more

Homecoming: Former UFC fighter and NFL player return to coach football on LI

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Sayville vs. East Islip, plus plays of the week

Garden City defeats Mepham in game of unbeatens

Offense was the best defense for QB's fight vs. cancer

High school football plays of the week

The McKenna sisters will go from field hockey to freshman year in college

'GMA' anchor Lara Spencer inducted into sports hall of fame

High school football plays of the week

Heads Up Tackling at Calhoun

How Schutt reconditions football helmets

Schutt CEO on helmet safety: 'There's the band, there's debate teams'

The science behind Virginia Tech's helmet ratings

THINGS TO DO

Those hard-to-shop-for people on your list? Here are local gift ideas for them

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'Every week we met, we came up with a new song idea'

Barber apprenticeship program at Roosevelt High School allows students to graduate with trade

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Dough & Co.'s owner takes us inside one of LI's top pizza spots

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Trivia night in Oyster Bay: 'This has really become something special'

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Blush, lipstick and eyeliner: Makeup tips for your holiday parties

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Travel to the worlds of 'Frozen' and 'Encanto' on ice with Newsday's Elisa DiStefano

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Thanksgiving dinner from fast food menus? It's a happy meal

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Chocolate wishbones, kids crafts and more fun twists for your Thanksgiving table

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Where to find gifts under $25

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Where to find gifts made on Long Island

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Where to find the hottest toys

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Where to find the hottest games

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What it's like to host a foreign exchange student

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Exploring LI winter light shows

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Getting salty with a mystery box of exotic snacks

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Newsday's Elisa DiStefano chases Long Island's changing colors

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Exploring downtown Stony Brook on foot

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Newsday's Elisa DiStefano checks out the new Giraffe Experience at White Post Farms

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Newsday's Elisa DiStefano visits the new Pod Spa & Wellness in Long Beach

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BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE

Cannabis businesses have many hoops to jump through just to open a bank account

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State investing grant funds at Farmingdale State, LIU and Stony Brook

John's Crazy Socks sees increase in sales over holiday weekend

Black Friday shopping at Roosevelt Field mall

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'Inflation is absolutely devastating my family,' LIer says as Black Friday is here

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The new normal means figuring out life with Long COVID

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Discover Long Island forecasts 2023 tourism boom

How inflation will impact your Thanksgiving dinner

'We would not have made it': LI entertainment venues split $93M in COVID grants to keep the lights on

The Pérez family of Bohemia is selling their partially built mansion to travel and enjoy retirement.

Esther Fortunoff: Backyard furnishings was a 'growth trend'

Esther Fortunoff: 'Retail is ever-changing'

Fortunoff Fine Jewelry an online business 'with personal service'

Surcharges on credit cards are legal if proper information is disclosed to customers

Giant statues, old doors and horse saddles ready for repurposing at the North Fork's Lumber + Salt.

Faith Jessie speaks with Newsday's Jonathan LaMantia about rising home prices and climbing mortgage rates

Mercy Haven offers housing for homeless at new Central Islip location

LI merchants charging more for credit card purchases

Developer: 'I see a tremendous opportunity here'

Long Island home prices fall below summer highs

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Testing the Divide

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Gilgo Beach murders: 10 years later

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American Gangster: Episode 1

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On the shoulders of giants

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A doctor's sacrifice: The Dr. Michele Reed Story

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Inside a Long Island maternity ward during the coronavirus

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Orient woman spends 3 years searching for 'More Good'

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Bohemia girl struggles to recover from rare paralyzing disease

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'It will end eventually, just gotta hold out'

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'I'm just worried to bring it home'

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Couple combines native cuisines to create one of LI's best restaurants

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Restoring an 1834 mansion in Oyster Bay, and uncovering its surprising history

After surviving Sandy, waterside eatery prepares to return from coronavirus shutdown

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An accident almost derailed her baking career. Now her cake shop is a runaway success

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American Gangster: Episode 2

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Back to the front lines, hospital workers tackle the holiday COVID surge

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Plume: Decades of Deceit

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Police hiring data reveals barriers to jobs for minority candidates

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Proving Innocence: The Story of Keith Bush

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'Back Inside the Red Zone' news promotion

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'He is going to kill me.' Watch Jo'Anna's story, a Newsday TV documentary

Plume: Decades of Deceit

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Police hiring data reveals barriers to jobs for minority candidates

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Proving Innocence: The Story of Keith Bush

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DWI officer drank, drove, crashed and injured a driver — yet escaped arrest

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