Upcoming Events This Week
Let’s Find Something Good to Do.
We have some (mostly) non-Halloween events that still feel like a treat. So get your detective hat and your travel mugs and enjoy something good this week. These are our faves but there’s much more on the website.
- Michael 🕵
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Final Tanglewood Preserve Garden Day — Rockville Centre
It's the last Sunday of the season at ReWild Long Island's native garden at Tanglewood Preserve, tucked beside a quiet pond in Rockville Centre — and a great excuse to spend a crisp fall morning outside doing something good for local wildlife.
Volunteers will plant native species, collect seeds for next year, pull invasive plants, and handle some pruning and watering, all while picking up practical tips on sustainable gardening from the South Nassau chapter crew. No experience needed. Bonus: once you log 10+ volunteer hours with ReWild, you get 20% off at their spring and fall native plant sales.
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Photo courtesy of Drew Nemetz / Save the Sound
He Swam the English Channel for the Long Island Sound
Port Chester's Drew Nemetz crossed from England to France in 14 hours and 16 minutes, raising $21,000+ for cleaner water in Long Island Sound.
At around 3 a.m. on October 3, 2026, Drew Nemetz slipped into the dark water off Dover, England, and started swimming toward France. Fourteen hours and 16 minutes later, he walked onto the French coast as one of only a few thousand people in history to complete a solo crossing of the English Channel.
"When they took that off, I said, 'It's done. I've got it,'" Nemetz told Save the Sound, describing the moment his support crew on the boat Masterpiece lowered the dinghy to bring him in.
The crossing is officially 21 miles. Because of rough conditions and shifting currents, Nemetz actually swam about 31. Along the way he dealt with choppy water, cold temperatures, and jellyfish (no wetsuit allowed) while keeping a steady stroke. At one point he could see the silhouette of France but had to swim a longer route with the boat to avoid fighting the current.
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