Some Long Island girls are opting for Scouting America over Girl Scouts for reasons including a focus on the outdoors.

For Jimmy Poirier, 18, of Andover, it was the same, but for another reason. Three days before his 18th birthday, this past December, Poirier earned his final badge as an Eagle Scout.

Ford took the boy to safety (Jason Kempin/Getty Images) Using a skill he learned in the boy scouts, Cody took his belt buckle and managed to reflect the sunlight, alerting Ford that he needed ...

(WKRC) — A 14-year-old Boy Scout from Batesville ... Benz is now just one merit badge away from achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.