Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Siela A. Bynoe and Nassau County Legislator Scott M. Davis sent a letter to Maura O’Brien of Ahold Delhaize USA, regarding plans to close their Stop & Shop supermarket in Hempstead Village. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 7/26/2024 12:53 PM
The final production of Argyle Theatre‘s fifth season is well underway.
The Babylon Village playhouse, which brings Broadway-caliber musicals to the Island, is finishing off the summer with “Bye Bye...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 7/26/2024 12:44 PM
A tract of land just south of the Boys & Girls Club in North Bellport will soon give way to 32 new single-family homes — each with a legal one-bedroom...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 7/26/2024 11:04 AM
The long-awaited return of South Bay Cinemas is finally here.
The independent theater, located at 495 W. Montauk Highway in West Babylon, announced it will be reopening Friday, July 26...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 7/26/2024 10:36 AM
Crowds flocked to Tiana Beach in Hampton Bays on Thursday to watch release of four rescued and rehabbed sea turtles back to the ocean.
Three of the turtles were rescued...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/26/2024 9:50 AM
The lead singers of a popular Long Island party band, who suffered devastating injuries in a car wreck this month, are receiving huge support from the community.
Bryan Zamzam and...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 7/26/2024 9:00 AM
Downtown Patchogue was packed for the third installment of its Alive After Five on Thursday.
For the uninitiated, Alive After Five, run by the Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce, is...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/26/2024 8:22 AM
An Oakdale woman and a Valley Stream man each claimed $1 million lottery prizes this week, New York Lottery officials announced.
Jessica Dull of Oakdale got lucky with a second-prize...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/25/2024 10:58 PM
A pair of Suffolk County cops arrived in the nick of time on Thursday to help an Amityville woman in labor deliver a baby boy in her home, police said....
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Mineola, NY – The Nassau County Department of Health announced that a feral cat collected in Cedarhurst by the Town of Hempstead has tested positive for rabies. This marks the first reported case of rabies in Nassau County since 2016. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Matt O'Leary | 7/25/2024 3:19 PM
Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater has a fresh look for 2024 after undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation.
The Long Island premier waterfront concert venue now boasts several upgrades:
A...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 7/25/2024 12:43 PM
Fresh on the heels of news this week that four rescued and rehabbed sea turtles will be released at Tiana Beach in Hampton Bays tonight, Greater Long Island has just...
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Due to heavy rainfall, the Nassau County Department of Health is issuing an advisory against bathing at 16 beaches, effective today, July 23, 2024. ... Read full Story
(OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) joined the leaders and members of the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce at their summer Backyard Bash event on the patio of EGC Oceanside on Thursday, July 18. ... Read full Story
(ROOSEVELT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) joined the Roosevelt community at the second annual Uzo Felix Health Foundation’s Prostate Cancer health fair outside Western Beef on Saturday, July 13. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé (D – Baldwin) joined the Baldwin Civic Association on Saturday, July 13 at their Arts and Crafts Festival – a free community event featuring an array of original art and handmade crafts by local artisans for sale. ... Read full Story
(BALDWIN, N.Y) – Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) and Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Siela A. Bynoe (D – Westbury) visited the Baldwin Community Garden on Friday, July 12 to join the Baldwin Civic Association at Food Truck Friday. ... Read full Story
(BALDWIN, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) and Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Siela A. Bynoe (D – Westbury) joined the Baldwin community at the St. Christopher’s Feast at the Parish of St. Christopher on Thursday, July 18. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/22/2024 9:33 PM
A pilot and his single passenger died Monday evening in a small plane crash on the runway at Long Island’s MacArthur Airport, police said.
Suffolk Police confirmed to Greater Long...
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 26, 2024 is:
herald \HAIR-uld\ verb
Herald is a verb meaning "to give notice of"; it is synonymous with announce, publicize, and foreshadow. Herald may also mean "to greet especially with enthusiasm."
// The appearance of robins heralded the advent of spring.
// She is being heralded as the year's best new author.
"Trumpets herald the arrival of the players at the arena." — Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
Did you know?
While herald the verb is more common today, herald the noun is older. When the word was first welcomed into English in the early 14th century, it referred to an official at a tournament (one of those knightly sporting events the Middle Ages are famous for). The herald's duties included making announcements, hence the word's uses relating to announcements both literal and metaphorical. The word is ultimately Germanic in origin, though like so many words of 14th century vintage, it came to English by way of Anglo-French. The resemblance between herald and the name Harold is not coincidental: Harold is a modern form of Chariovalda, the name of a 1st century C.E. leader of the Batavi, a tribe who lived on the lower Rhine. The Germanic source of Chariovalda, haria-, is also the source of herald.