By greaterlongisland.com | Ben Fiebert | 7/2/2025 7:31 PM
The Long Island Rail Road’s decades-old M-3 railcars are finally headed for retirement — and some sleek, modern … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/2/2025 6:55 PM
Alexi “Blasty” Saenz, the machete-wielding MS-13 gang leader behind a wave of killings and violence in Brentwood and Central Islip, has been sentenced to 68 years in prison.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 7/2/2025 6:24 PM
Taglio Pizza has done it again. For the second year in a row, Rob Cervoni’s Roman-style pizza shop … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/2/2025 5:57 PM
This three-bedroom Mastic Beach ranch just listed at $299,900 offers hardwood floors, a deep yard and walkable beach access — all under $280K.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/2/2025 3:18 PM
The community is rallying around the family of a 17-year-old West Babylon boy who was killed Tuesday afternoon … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 7/2/2025 2:49 PM
Lola’s Southern Cuisine has officially opened in Patchogue, bringing its signature soul food flavors and hospitality to a … Continued
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It started with a phone call from an NBA agent last Thursday, asking to use the Southampton High … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 7/2/2025 12:39 PM
Long Island is getting two new Aldi supermarkets — one in Lake Ronkonkoma and another in Bethpage — … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/2/2025 12:18 PM
A Moriches woman was arrested after police say she kicked and injured a disabled veteran’s service dog during a dispute at a Chuck E. Cheese in Patchogue.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Peter Schwartz | 7/2/2025 10:37 AM
It’s been more than a decade since Ross Mitton first laced up his skates at Northwell Health Ice … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/1/2025 11:08 PM
A sunken PT Cruiser pulled from the waters off Mount Sinai's Cedar Beach may help solve a 15-year-old Long Island mystery. Human remains were discovered after volunteer divers spotted the car and found a bone inside.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 7/1/2025 3:38 PM
Bay Shore’s biggest block party is making its return — with a slight delay. Originally set for Tuesday, … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/1/2025 1:34 PM
The military jeep Rex Heuermann reportedly used for hunting is now for sale on eBay. The accused Gilgo Beach killer’s vehicle could draw collector bids.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Guest | 7/1/2025 1:22 PM
By Sam Desmond A bit of Oakdale history is finding new life on stage. Last week, community members … Continued
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Nassau County Legislators Scott M. Davis (D – Rockville Centre) and Olena Nicks (D – Uniondale) joined the Hempstead Village community on Saturday, June 28 for the Hempstead Police Department's annual Annual Unity in the Community Terrace Block Party. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislators Scott M. Davis (D – Rockville Centre) and Olena Nicks (D – Uniondale) joined the Hempstead Village community on Saturday, June 28 for the Hempstead Police Department's annual Annual Unity in the Community Terrace Block Party. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 7/1/2025 12:51 PM
Check out these new eateries that opened on Long Island in June: Culpers 1778 | East Setauket Steakhouse … Continued
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Nassau County Legislator Scott M. Davis (D – Rockville Centre) joined the community for the Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce’s annual Eat Shop Rock on Saturday, June 20. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislator Scott M. Davis joined the Rockville Centre business community and his colleagues in government in welcoming P. C. Richard & Sons to the Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, June 26. ... Read full Story
Legislator Scott M. Davis joined with the members and leaders of the New Greater Hempstead Chamber of Commerce at the Joysetta & Julius Pearse African American Museum of Nassau County for their annual installation ceremony on Wednesday, June 25. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 3, 2025 is:
desultory \DEH-sul-tor-ee\ adjective
Desultory is a formal word used to describe something that lacks a plan or purpose, or that occurs without regularity. It can also describe something unconnected to a main subject, or something that is disappointing in progress, performance, or quality.
// After graduation, I moved from job to job in a more or less desultory manner before finding work I liked.
// The team failed to cohere over the course of the season, stumbling to a desultory fifth place finish.
“One other guy was in the waiting room when I walked in. As we sat there past the scheduled time of our appointments, we struck up a desultory conversation. Like me, he’d been in the hiring process for years, had driven down from Albuquerque the night before, and seemed nervous. He asked if I’d done any research on the polygraph. I said no, and asked him the same question. He said no. We were getting our first lies out of the way.” — Justin St. Germain, “The Memoirist and the Lie Detector,” New England Review, 2024
Did you know?
The Latin adjective desultorius was used by the ancient Romans to describe a circus performer (called a desultor) whose trick was to leap from horse to horse without stopping. English speakers took the idea of the desultorius performer and coined the word desultory to describe that which figuratively “jumps” from one thing to another, without regularity, and showing no sign of a plan or purpose. (Both desultor and desultorius, by the way, come from the Latin verb salire, meaning “to leap.”) A desultory conversation leaps from one topic to another, and a desultory comment is one that jumps away from the topic at hand. Meanwhile a desultory performance is one resulting from an implied lack of steady, focused effort.