By greaterlongisland.com | Staff | 3/21/2025 8:07 PM
Kismet Coffee brewed up more than just delicious drinks Friday in downtown Bay Shore. It brewed up joy … Continued
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Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) encourages eligible residents to take advantage of free cardiac screenings at Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre on Saturday, March 29. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 3/21/2025 3:12 PM
Barnes & Noble had announced in August that a new Huntington Station location was set to open last fall. … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 3/21/2025 1:22 PM
Frontier Airlines is ditching its pesky fees — at least for the next few months. The budget carrier … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 3/21/2025 12:54 PM
The Suffolk County Police Department is advising drivers of road closures in Brentwood on Saturday, March 22, for … Continued
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Dozens of community members joined Nassau County Legislator Olena Nicks (D – Uniondale) at the John J. Byrne Community Center on Tuesday, March 18 for an in-person assessment grievance workshop presented by assessment expert Jeff Gold. ... Read full Story
On Tuesday, March 11, participants in a “Shed the Meds” event at the Syosset Public Library, hosted by Nassau County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker and the Nassau County Police Department’s Second Precinct, were forced to evacuate... ... Read full Story
Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D – Glen Cove) is teaming up with Greenberg Cosmetic Surgery and Dermatology and dermatologist Dr. Eve Lupenko Ferrante to provide free skin cancer screenings at the Glen Cove Senior Center from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Friday, May 2. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 3/21/2025 11:27 AM
The ooey-gooey creations from Duchess Cookies are now being served at Smith Haven Mall. This past fall, the … Continued
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In recognition of March as Women’s History Month, Nassau County Legislator Seth I. Koslow (D – Merrick) is hosting a Women’s History Month celebration in partnership with the Moore 4 You Community Development Center in Freeport. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislator Scott M. Davis (D – Rockville Centre) joined the Hempstead Chamber of Commerce and his colleagues in local government on Wednesday, March 19 in celebrating the grand opening of the Global School of Health ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislator Scott M. Davis (D – Rockville Centre) joined officials and community members on Wednesday, March 19 for the unveiling of a new speed awareness device at North Centre Street in Rockville Centre. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 3/20/2025 6:00 PM
Brownstones Coffee just got an upgrade in West Islip. The popular breakfast eatery recently relocated to a larger … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 3/20/2025 3:17 PM
Long Island’s latest installation of Dark Horse Tavern is up and running in downtown Bay Shore, marking the … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 3/20/2025 2:10 PM
It’s like a wine trail, but for seafood lovers. Specifically, lovers of seafood that’s locally harvested off Long … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 3/20/2025 1:55 PM
As St. John’s gears up for its long-awaited return to March Madness, former team captain and Babylon native … Continued
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Nassau County Legislator Seth I. Koslow (D – Merrick) encourages Nassau County residents to start their spring cleaning by taking advantage of the “Sound the Alarm” initiative ... Read full Story
Seth I. Koslow joined the leaders of supporters of The Cedarmore Corporation at Oheka Castle in Huntington on Saturday, March 15 to congratulate the honorees of that evening’s “Lifting as we Climb” Women’s History Month celebration and fundraiser. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislator Seth I. Koslow (D – Merrick) on Saturday, March 15 presented a $50,000 grant to the Freeport-based Cedarmore Corporation during its annual “Lifting as we Climb” Women’s History Month celebration at Oheka Castle. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 23, 2025 is:
de rigueur \duh-ree-GUR\ adjective
De rigueur is a formal adjective that describes things that are necessary if you want to be fashionable, popular, socially acceptable, etc.—in other words, things required by fashion, etiquette, or custom.
// Dark sunglasses are de rigueur these days among fashionistas.
“Summer swimwear has come a long way since itty-bitty string bikinis were de rigueur for the beach and by the pool.” — Amanda Randone, Refinery29.com, 31 May 2024
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It takes a lot of work to be cool. One needs to wear the right clothes, understand the right pop culture references, and use the right lingo before it ceases to be, ahem, on fleek. Rigor is required, is what we’re saying—a strict precision in adhering to the dictates of fashion. Such rigor is at the crux of the adjective de rigueur, a direct borrowing from French where it means “out of strictness” or “according to strict etiquette.” Rigor is also what distinguishes de rigueur from a similar French borrowing, du jour. While the latter describes things that are popular, fashionable, or prominent at a particular time, as in “topic/style/buzzword du jour,” de rigueur describes that which is considered mandatory by fashion, etiquette, or custom for acceptability within a given social sphere or context. A bucket hat, for example, may be the chapeau du jour if it is currently popular or prevalent, but it would only be de rigueur if, among a certain crowd, you would be given the side-eye for not wearing one.