By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 8/25/2024 5:49 PM
After 34-years of operating a business that arguably produces the best doughnuts around, the original owners of Glenn Wayne Bakery are ceding control of operations to the buyout firm that...
The post Longtime Glenn Wayne Bakery owners ‘handing the reins’ to buyout firm appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 8/25/2024 4:06 PM
Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico is following through on his inauguration promise to open up access to Ho Hum Beach on Fire Island to non-Bellport Village residents.
But Bellport Mayor...
The post Ferry flap in Bellport Village as town starts taking non-residents to Ho Hum appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 8/24/2024 2:08 PM
A 33-year-old Hampton Bays man probably didn’t expect such a bad break early Saturday when he allegedly offered a Hamptons nightclub bartender some methamphetamine.
Southampton Police arrested Yeison Gonzalez-Ocampo after...
The post Bartender’s tip leads to patron’s drug arrest in Hamptons nightclub appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
Mineola, NY – The Nassau County Department of Health (NCDOH) has confirmed that a second feral cat, as well as a raccoon, both collected in Valley Stream, have tested positive for rabies. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 8/23/2024 6:03 PM
There never was a Richard York. And soon there will no longer be a Richard York of Patchogue.
The 97-year-old shoe store — an institution in downtown Patchogue started by...
The post Patchogue’s iconic Richard York shoe store bids farewell after 97 years appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 8/23/2024 4:46 PM
Don’t move the fish.
That’s the message the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has for animal rescuers scrambling to rescue the wildlife stuck or trapped in what’s left...
The post DEC warns rescuers not to relocate fish from pond disaster in Stony Brook appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Jose Martinez | 8/23/2024 4:06 PM
Thomas Gamba will have quite the what-I-did-last-summer tale when he goes back to school in early September.
The 16-year–old from Garden City, an incoming junior at Chaminade High School, landed...
The post Calling Yankees game was a dream come true for this Chaminade junior appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
More than 500 backpacks filled with school supplies were distributed at a backpack giveaway event hosted by Nassau County Legislature Minority Leader Delia DeRiggi-Whitton and the Nassau County Police Benevolent Association (PBA) at Glen Cove... ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislator Seth I. Koslow (D – Merrick) is thanking his partners at the Freeport, Merrick and North Merrick Public Libraries and their patrons for their generous support of his office’s inaugural back-to-school supply drive ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé (D - Freeport) partnered with the Nassau County Department of Assessment to bring the Homeowner Exemption Liaison Program (HELP) to the Oceanside Public Library on Monday, Aug. 19, ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 8/23/2024 3:19 PM
One of the biggest stars on social media is coming to Long Island.
Sommer Ray, an online personality, fitness model, and DJ with nearly 40 million followers across her platforms,...
The post Social media star Sommer Ray to headline music fest in Patchogue appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Staff | 8/23/2024 2:48 PM
By Nicholas Esposito and Brian Harmon
Rob Maurus wants his new toy store in Miller Place to look like KB Toys, and, in at least one way, be like the...
The post New Lost Toys store in Miller Place is a collector’s dream come true appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
Drucker (D - Plainview) is partnering with the Nassau County Police Department’s Second Precinct to host a “Shed The Meds” event at the Syosset Public Library on Tuesday, Sept. 24. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 8/23/2024 9:50 AM
With nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram, Fat Boy’s Burrito Co. has established itself as one of the most popular burrito joints on Long Island.
Now, Patchogue is its latest outpost....
The post Fat Boy Burrito Co. is now serving its Instagram-famous creations in Patchogue appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 8/22/2024 10:21 PM
The Fresh Grocer is opening its first New York location on Long Island.
The sister brand to ShopRite will launch on Friday morning, Aug. 23, at the Lighthouse Commons shopping...
The post Photo tour of NY’s first The Fresh Grocer, opening Aug. 23 in Oakdale appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 8/22/2024 6:53 PM
Shelter Island police said the 78-year-old pilot involved in a small plane crash Thursday on Klenawicus Airfield made “a poor aeronautical decision,” leading up to the wreck.
Michael Eli Noam...
The post Police: Pilot at fault for crashing small plane in Shelter Island appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 8/22/2024 4:40 PM
The Lindencrest Diner — an institution for the last four decades in Lindenhurst — is closing down.
Owners of the eatery have posted a note on the front door announcing...
The post After four decades, iconic diner in Lindenhurst bids farewell appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 8/22/2024 3:17 PM
A small plane crashed Thursday afternoon on Shelter Island, police confirmed to Greater Long Island.
Cops said that there were no injuries in the wreck, which occurred just before 12:30...
The post Police: Small plane crashes on Shelter Island appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 8/22/2024 12:17 PM
This was by no means John DeBacker’s first rodeo.
But dodging rush-hour traffic on the Wantagh State Parkway to save a scared kitten — even with some help from a...
The post Hero halts rush-hour traffic to save kitten on Long Island parkway appeared first on Greater Long Island.
... Read full Story
“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.