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All right. Well, it is a way to take in beautiful summer sunsets as the season winds down. Yes, it is a trip on a boat where you can hang with your friends, eat dance. But most of all enjoy an incredible sunset in this road trip. Close to home, we introduce you to the Shoreline Trading Company. The summer is slipping away as it always does. But if you're looking for one more special thing to do, we've got the boat for you on this road trip close to home, we take you on a sunset cruise in kitchen, teamed up with the Fire Island ferries to create shoreline trading company. The goal providing amazing sunset cruises along the Great South Bay. This is just a chance for small groups of people to come out whether they want to do a private event or just come out on a public cruise, an opportunity to just get out and explore the Great South Bay, have some drinks, have some fun. Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. We have music and it's just, uh, it's just something new and different. The star of the show is this 1920 styled yacht called the running wild and she gets her name from the rum runners found in the Great South Bay during the prohibition era. The big thing is 21 and over. So, you know, people that are looking to go out for a couple hours to possibly get away from their kids won't have to worry about being around someone else's kids. You can get picked up here in Bay Shore where the ferries are or on Fire Island. Either way you are seeing amazing views of the sunset under the Robert Moses bridge, the sunset on the Great South Bay, there's nothing. So grab your friends, your coworkers have on a date or even just treat yourself to a happy hour on the water to send off summer in style.

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Whether you’ve got two legs or four legs, everyone can stretch their sea legs on Greenwood Lake - and what's a better way to experience the beauty of this region on the water than with Jersey paddle boards?

Greenwood Lake

Get up close with aquatic animals at Norwalk's Maritime Aquarium (Photo: Brian Heyman).

Maritime Aquarium

A dozen traditional costumes, historical videos and artifacts are displayed for visitors to explore at the Lefferts Historic House.

J'ouvert Genesis Immersive Experience

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And you're going to love this on this all new edition of a road trip close to home. Our very own Nick Medani scopes out the New Paradox Museum at American Dream Mall, New Jersey known for its diners. But you've never seen one like this. It's the Paradox Museum at American Dream. There is surprise and wonder and curiosity and explanation that you can find here at Paradox Museum. Each room has a different theme or I guess how do they vary? Yeah. So every room is sort of catered to give you a very unique experience defy reality. Like with the symmetry room, you'll come into our entrance and watch a welcome video and you're immediately into a room where you're questioning what images are actually present? Is it an older man's face or is it a dog chewing a bone? Is it a younger woman or an older woman? So we want to play on what your perceptions are very early in the museum and that theme will carry through um throughout each of our spaces. Have you seen Nick Nick

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23 ribbon cutting at Freedom Park in Randolph where new inclusive playground equipment was installed. The new equipment allows Children with disabilities and from different backgrounds to join in on the fun and there's now areas for wheelchair access, a big language board to teach kids Spanish and so much more. We hope that the new inclusive equipment will allow all Children to play together and build a philosophy of inclusion, togetherness and kindness. We're not only including pieces for wheelchair users, there's pieces for sensory needs. We have a communication board that's bilingual in English and in Spanish, there's sign language on that board. So, so many Children can communicate and play with one another. Never heard of anything quite like that. It's pretty cool and the project was possible after the community raised nearly $50,000 to make it a reality.

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Pulled up to a restaurant and wished you could just bring your dog inside with you. Well, at a new cafe in Williamsburg, bringing your pups is encouraged. News, Julia Joseph has that story. Boris in Horton every day is bring your dog to work day. We like the office for folks who have to work. They sit on their laptops or if they can bring their four legged friend with them at times, it may look like a dog park in Brooklyn, right down the street is mccain dog park. But the cafe offers a weather controlled indoor space for you and your pup with food and drink with its success in East Village, Boris and Horton just opened a second home in Brooklyn. Co owner, Coy Holdman says it's all about building communities. You know, from my own experience, dogs are a catalyst for conversation. Nothing breaks the ice and having a dog come up and try to steal your grilled cheese sandwich while some Brooklynites come here to work, just getting like a quiet space to work outside of my apartment and then also being around other dogs. It's like improves my work life balance. Nacho comes for the treats. Nacho. What are your favorite treats? Here? We can do the sweet potato fries. The one thing that Boris and Horton offers that's not on the menu is happiness. We are the happiest place in the world and it's like really good therapy to me because I'm stressed out doing work, but I love seeing dogs. I love petting dogs in a city where space is tight. This cafe helps break up the isolation of your smaller apartment to a community for you and your dog. And at the end of the day, some dogs just don't want to leave reporting in Williamsburg, Julia Joseph News 12. All right. If you're interested in learning more about Boris and Hart Horton, like the hours and the location, you can head to our website news 12 dot com. Click on numbers and link.

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In Huntington. Tonight's cafe is celebrating 30 years of business. It's a Greek and Italian family owned restaurant in Huntington Station. And business owners say it's been hard to stay afloat since the hit from the pandemic. But despite their hardship, they pitched in by donating more than 1000 Face Shields and say they are determined to thrive for their family's legacy and the community. We wouldn't be here without the community and the friends. So from the bottom of our hearts, we thank you very, very, very much. The cafe and 10th district New York State Assemblyman Steve Stern was there to present the eatery with a legislative proclamation. Well deserved.

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Summer may be winding down but you can still hit up some outdoor adventures. This week, we take some aquatic adventures on Long Island and in Westchester before heading to the Maritime Aquarium in Connecticut - then expect the unexpected at the Paradox Museum at American Dream in New Jersey.

Your Road Trip: Close to Home adventure guide for Sept. 7

Interested in more adventures? Check out last week's destinations close to home.