Nassau County Legislators Seth I. Koslow (D – Merrick) and Olena Nicks (D – Uniondale) congratulated the leaders and members of the Uniondale Fire Department for the commitment to community service during the Department’s 101st installation dinner. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislators Olena Nicks (D – Uniondale) and Seth I. Koslow (D – Merrick) congratulated the leaders and members of the Uniondale Fire Department for the commitment to community service during the Department’s 101st installation dinner. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 6/17/2025 6:28 PM
Safety, accessibility and environmental resilience. Those were the goals when the Town of Islip set out to make … Continued
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Nassau County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker is partnering with the Nassau County Police Department’s Office of Community Affairs and Nassau County’s Department of Traffic Safety to provide free Child Car Seat Safety Checks ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/17/2025 2:32 PM
An East Meadow man was arrested after Nassau County police discovered a large stash of illegal fireworks in his vehicle during a traffic stop.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/17/2025 12:58 PM
Nearly $40,000 has been raised to help the family of Army hopeful and East Hampton High School student Scarleth Urgiles, who was killed in a crash blamed on drunk driving that also injured six other teens.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Staff | 6/17/2025 12:57 PM
Long Island Ice Cream Tours is marking 15 years of creamy crawls with two special events set for … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Staff | 6/17/2025 10:08 AM
Wonder is cooking up yet a fourth location on Long Island. The fast-growing food hall and delivery concept … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/16/2025 6:55 PM
More than eight ounces of fentanyl — enough to kill over 113,000 people — was allegedly found at … Continued
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Nassau County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker joined his colleagues in government and the more than 100 members of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Seniors Club on Friday, June 13 for the club’s annual barbecue. ... Read full Story
Nearly 110 people came to the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library on Thursday, June 12 for a New York State Emergency Preparedness Workshop County hosted by Nassau County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/16/2025 4:20 PM
A petition demanding an end to circumcisions in neonatal intensive care units has surpassed 1,000 signatures, following the … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Staff | 6/16/2025 2:55 PM
Tous Les Jours, the French-Asian bakery chain, is set to open its second Suffolk County location — this … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/16/2025 2:54 PM
One of the Hamptons’ hottest EDM events of the summer is nearly here. The Palm Tree Music Festival … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Ben Fiebert | 6/16/2025 2:12 PM
Local businesses say the rain has put a real damper on spring earnings A sun-splashed weekend is finally … Continued
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Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) and Legislator Scott M. Davis (D – Rockville Centre) joined with the Baldwin community on Saturday, June 7 at Baldwin Park for their annual Relay for Life. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) and Legislator Scott M. Davis (D – Rockville Centre) joined with the Baldwin community on Saturday, June 7 at Baldwin Park for their annual Relay for Life. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislator Scott M. Davis (D – Rockville Centre) joined his colleagues in government at the Rockville Centre Historical Society’s second annual Night at the Museum fundraiser on Saturday, May 31. ... Read full Story
Due to heavy rainfall, the Nassau County Department of Health is issuing an advisory against bathing at 3 beaches, effective today, June 14, 2025. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislators Olena Nicks and Scott M. Davis joined the New Greater Hempstead Chamber of Commerce and the Hempstead community on Friday, June 6 in celebrating important milestones for two local businesses. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 21, 2025 is:
litmus test • \LIT-mus-TEST\ • noun
A litmus test is something (such as an opinion about a political or moral issue) that is used to make a judgment about whether someone or something is acceptable.
// At our family’s Thanksgiving dinner, the litmus test for good mac and cheese is whether or not it is baked.
“The audience in a Broadway show can be intoxicating, and it’s like a litmus test. If a joke doesn’t land one night, you tell it differently the next night. It’s terrifying, on set, to have no idea if something is working.” — Erika Henningsen, quoted in The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2025
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It was in the 14th century that scientists discovered that litmus, a mixture of colored organic compounds obtained from lichen, turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions and, thus, can be used as an acid-base indicator. Six centuries later, people began using litmus test figuratively. It can now refer to any single factor that establishes the true character of something or causes something to be assigned to one category or another. Often it refers to something (such as an opinion about a political or moral issue) that can be used to make a judgment about whether someone or something is acceptable or not.