By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 9/5/2024 10:18 AM
Suffolk County Police arrested a 15-year-old Lindenhurst boy on Wednesday after he allegedly threatened to shoot people at his school during an online chat with classmates, police said.
A 911...
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To help give local students a strong start to the 2024-25 school year, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) teamed up with the Green Acres Mall and community partners to host a back-to-school giveaway on Saturday, Aug. 31. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 9/4/2024 3:02 PM
A Medford local last week stumbled upon a homeless encampment off Route 112 and the Long Island Expressway.
Then the person anonymously uploaded photos and a lengthy video documenting the...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Staff | 9/4/2024 12:47 PM
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Kyra Comiskey of Babylon, owner of Islip’s Harp Hound and Ronkonkoma’s Flanagan’s Pub, delivered a $13,000 check to Good Samaritan Hospital & Pediatric Unit this past...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 9/4/2024 12:40 PM
A GoFundMe campaign for the three grieving children of a St. James man who, along with his girlfriend, was allegedly gunned down and killed by her ex-husband a week ago,...
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Koslow (D – Merrick) is partnering with the Nassau County Police Department to present a Homeland Security Situational Awareness Training workshop at the Merrick Public Library on Monday, Sept. 23. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Staff | 9/4/2024 11:06 AM
Looking for fun-filled activities for the family this September? The Greater Long Island team rounded up all the best events happening on Long Island for the entire month.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 9/4/2024 11:02 AM
More than 1,000 donations have flooded into a fundraising effort for the teenager whose father allegedly shot and killed her mother and the woman’s boyfriend a week ago in St....
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By greaterlongisland.com | Jose Martinez | 9/4/2024 10:27 AM
When Lisa Basini goes to work every day, she is living a dream.
The name of Baking Coach, her cookie-making business, has extended from long-ago visits to libraries, schools and...
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Nassau County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview) recently thanked his team of summer interns for their hard work on behalf of the residents of the 16th Legislative District. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 9/4/2024 8:01 AM
The Town of Islip’s SeaFest returns to the Bay Shore Marina this weekend, featuring local seafood, live music and family entertainment.
Everything is free about the sixth annual SeaFest on...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 9/3/2024 10:06 PM
A disturbing discovery was made this morning in Huntington.
Human remains were found in a suitcase in a wooded area beside a roadway, just outside an apartment building at 320...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 9/3/2024 9:33 PM
The tenth annual Port Jefferson Dragon Boat Race Festival is ready to set sail this later this month.
The Asian-based event, which is sponsored by the Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce,...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 9/3/2024 9:08 PM
Patchogue Village is gearing up for one of its oldest traditions: the Italian Festival of St. Liberata.
The food and fun happens Saturday, Sept. 8, up and down Main Street.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 9/3/2024 5:40 PM
A wrap-around, covered front porch that cries out for a rocking chair, a rear patio that whispers al fresco dining and relaxation, and a formal entryway that says “Step inside...
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 9/3/2024 2:36 PM
As Tumbleweed Tuesday sends summer visitors packing, the Hamptons beaches may be quieting down, but just off the coast, the ocean still teems with life.
Whales and dolphins continue to...
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County Legislator Debra Mulé (D - Freeport) partnered with the Nassau County Department of Assessment to bring the Homeowner Exemption Liaison Program (HELP) to the Freeport Memorial Library on Tuesday, Aug. 20... ... Read full Story
Legislator Mulé is proudly co-sponsoring Sanitary District No. 2’s autumn Operation Shed-The-Meds, document shredding, and E-cycling drop-off day... ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 9/2/2024 10:37 PM
A corporate attorney who served on the litigation team at Goldman Sachs for 15 years and was the general counsel at Major League Pickleball was arrested Monday in the Hamptons...
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“The eagerness to vilify ‘the other side’—usually on social media—complicates the less reactionary work that defines our mission.” — Jerry Brewer, The Washington Post, 11 June 2024
Did you know?
It seems reasonable to assume that the words vilify and villain come from the same source; after all, to vilify someone is—in some ways—to make them out to be a villain. Such is not the case, however. Although the origin stories of both vilify and villain involve Latin, their roots are quite different. Vilify came to English (via Middle English and Late Latin) from the Latin adjective vilis, meaning “cheap” or “vile.” Someone who has been vilified, accordingly, has had their reputation tarnished or cheapened in such a way that they’re viewed as morally reprehensible. Villain on the other hand, comes from the Medieval Latin word villanus, meaning “villager,” and ultimately from the Latin noun villa, meaning “house.” The Middle English descendent of villanus developed the meaning of “a person of uncouth mind and manners” due to the vilifying influence of the aristocracy of the time, and the connotations worsened from there until villain came to refer to (among other things), a deliberate scoundrel.