What’s a day in the life of Long Island look like?
It’s the first day of summer and Newsday is chronicling what a day in the life of Long Island looks like. We’re traveling across Nassau and Suffolk, from Elmont to Montauk, capturing the scenes of the day and speaking with Long Islanders. Scroll down to see live updates from our journalists, influential Instagram users and people all over LI. And to participate include the hashtag #dayinthelifeLI in your Instagram, Facebook and Twitter posts. (Make sure your accounts are set to public.)
1:30 p.m.
Ted's East End Market in Southampton is a go-to breakfast/lunch place. It also has a massive Mets bobblehead collection. #dayinthelifeli pic.twitter.com/rzIxmGJtCm
— David Reich-Hale (@drhli) June 21, 2017
1 p.m.
Sean Crowley, a physical education teacher at Sag Harbor Elementary School, is doused with water at 12:44 p.m. after passing through a line of students following his final field day as a teacher, in Sag Harbor, on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Crowley is retiring after 30 years as a physical education teacher in the district. (Credit: Gordon M. Grant)
12:30 p.m.
From dock to dish Reporter Daysi Calavia-Robertson is at Navy Beach in Montauk as owner Franklin Ferguson and chef Randy Santos prepare a “just caught” blue fish.
12 p.m.
Meet Clifford the giraffe We’re at the Long Island Game Farm in Manorville.
Volunteer Joe DeRiso's LI roots run deep!: "I was born and raised here; my family goes back to my immigrant grandparents." #DayInTheLifeLI pic.twitter.com/6i2bJLlpuG
— Taylor Swaak (@tswaak27) June 21, 2017
11:30 a.m.
Grace Industries construction workers labor over the Barnum Bridge in Island Park at 11:07 a.m., readying for summer on Long Island during the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (Credit: Johnny Milano)
11 a.m.
10:40 a.m.
First catch Reporter Daysi Calavia-Robertson, aboard Charterboat OH Brother Montauk, catches her first fish.
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