By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/8/2025 1:13 PM
Feds have dropped serious charges against alleged MS-13 leaders tied to Long Island violence.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/8/2025 12:35 PM
The King Kullen in Middle Island will close permanently this Wednesday, as the landlord searches for a new grocery tenant to replace the longtime anchor.
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(FREEPORT and MERRICK, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) congratulated the leaders of the Rotary Club of Freeport-Merrick Rotary at the organization’s installation dinner on Thursday, June 26. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/8/2025 11:48 AM
Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union are soaking up summer at their new $2.6M beach house in Jamesport, embracing Long Island life with neighbors and waterfront views.
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County Legislator Seth Koslow, the ranking member of the Public Safety Committee and a longtime Little League coach, introduced legislation Monday that would require automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at every county-owned athletic field and court. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/7/2025 5:31 PM
Lenore Ringer-Prezioso, beloved Bayport-Blue Point community champion and past Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, died July 5 after a courageous battle with cancer. Friends, family, and neighbors remember her fierce dedication, kindness, and leadership.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/7/2025 3:22 PM
A truck fire near Exit 49 on Sunrise Highway in Bohemia shut down eastbound lanes for nearly two hours Monday afternoon, causing major traffic delays, police said.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/7/2025 2:06 PM
Shelters across Long Island are overwhelmed after a surge in runaway pets spooked by Fourth of July fireworks. “They take off, terrified,” one supervisor said.
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Nassau County Legislature Legislator Seth I. Koslow is partnering with the Freeport Memorial Library, Merrick Library and North Merrick Public Library to host his second annual back-to-school supply drive. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/7/2025 12:11 PM
Lucharitos is making its general managers partial owners, offering up to 10% profit-sharing at each of its seven Long Island locations.
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Following a devastating Thursday, June 26 apartment fire in Baldwin that displaced nearly 200 people, Nassau County Legislators Debra Mulé and Scott M. Davis joined the greater Baldwin community in supporting the grassroots relief effort... ... Read full Story
Following a devastating Thursday, June 26 apartment fire in Baldwin that displaced nearly 200 people, Nassau County Legislators Debra Mulé and Scott M. Davis joined the greater Baldwin community in supporting the grassroots relief effort... ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/6/2025 8:03 PM
Hospitalized in what his family feared were his final days, retired NYPD officer Alan Beck is now rallying. As donations pour in, his loved ones are holding on to hope — and promising to refund every dollar if he makes it home.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/4/2025 2:22 PM
A driver who sped away from police on the LIE at more than 110 mph remains at large, but authorities impounded the vehicle in Brentwood Thursday night.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/4/2025 12:13 PM
Arya Parikh, 6, believed in magic and swam like a mermaid. After her sudden passing, the Long Island community came together to support her family with an extraordinary wave of love.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Ben Fiebert | 7/3/2025 10:35 PM
Nassau County officials are stepping up beach patrols and issuing reminders about ocean safety after a woman was … Continued
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The third installment of Wantagh’s Thursday Night Live summer festival series took place this week — and the … Continued
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Merriam-Webster defines courage as “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear or difficulty.”
In local government, we don’t expect the type of courage that you saw in the people who stormed the beaches of Normandy,... ... Read full Story
Legislator Arnold W. Drucker proudly supported a fundraiser where pickleball pro Dekel Bar and community members rallied behind the family of Omer Neutra – a Plainview native who was killed in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist assault upon Israel. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 7/3/2025 4:06 PM
Separate motorcycle crashes in Suffolk leave one teen dead, another in critical condition.
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“[Director, Oliver] Hermanus again shows highly polished craftsmanship, adding the subtlest hint of sepia tones to evoke the period in the early sections, but never to the point where the characters compete with the settings. His direction of the actors is exemplary, even with characters seen only briefly ...” — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2025
Did you know?
It’s usually not a good thing if someone wants to make an example of you, unless, of course, it’s because you happen to be exemplary. Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, someone or something may be deemed exemplary if they, by their example, are worthy of imitation. Like a few other English words beginning with ex—such as exceptional and extraordinary—exemplary describes that which is a cut above the rest. But though exemplary, which comes from the Latin noun exemplum (“example”), describes something “excellent,” it almost always carries the further suggestion that the thing described is an excellent model to follow.