Brianne Ledda

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Brianne Ledda

When Jeff Bloom, 58, pulled up to Barkgata in Farmingdale recently, he was hoping to find a groomer for Leo, his 11-year-old dog. Many locations turned him down, the Melville resident said, because Leo — who sat calmly in a blue stroller while Bloom talked — has three legs and a spinal injury after an accident five years ago. Barkgata, a luxury dog hotel, daycare and spa, does not style fur, but owner Bianca Caras, 27, still took Leo in the back for a quick nail trim.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Brianne Ledda

Elyse Strober, of Merrick, has earned $6,000 in the past two years from a favorite hobby, selling old clothes on Poshmark. The 41-year-old tax accountant said she uses the digital marketplace to both buy and sell secondhand clothes for her sons, who are 7 and 3 years old. She stores shorts and shirts the kids have grown out of andjeans and blouses from her own closetin clear labeled boxes in her basement. “I felt like I was hoarding things just because I felt bad throwing them away,” Strober said.

1 month ago | newsday.com | Brianne Ledda

When Crystal Walker divorced her husband in 2019, she moved from a four-bedroom house with her four kids to a two-bedroom apartment. The divorce put a strain on her finances, making it more difficult for the social worker and newly single mother to survive on a $53,000 salary at the time.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Brianne Ledda

10 hours agoA pint-sized Hamptons abode is having a very large impact on the housing market after being listed for the extraordinary price of $2.2 million—despite offering just 1,100 square feet of living space on a 0.1-acre lot. The quaint, robin's-egg blue cottage looks like something from a storybook …

1 month ago | newsday.com | Victor Ocasio |Brianne Ledda

Juliana Mello, a regular online shopper who buys products from fast fashion website Shein roughly once a month, is already noticing increasing prices from the China-based retailer. Earrings that might have cost between $3 and $5 cost $20, said Mello, 48, of Farmingville. She's also seen the price of a sideboard buffet cabinet she purchased for her kitchen for around $150 rise to around $300, before the product was discontinued.