By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 6/30/2025 2:31 PM
Toast Coffee + Kitchen is about to open its fifth Long Island location, this time at the brand-new … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 6/30/2025 1:48 PM
Brookhaven Town officials have announced “a major legal victory” against a corporate landlord they say has long plagued … Continued
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Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) celebrated Juneteenth at the Roosevelt Public Library during their second annual Children’s Day Festival and Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 21. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislator Olena Nicks (D – Uniondale) is bringing her district office’s resources directly to residents by hosting mobile office hours at Kennedy Memorial Park in Hempstead (co-hosted with Nassau County Legislator Scott M. Davis... ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Julianne Mosher | 6/30/2025 12:22 PM
Hanover Bank is the newest arrival in upper Port Jefferson, officially opening its doors June 25 at 1 … Continued
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Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) joined the Freeport Chamber of Commerce and her colleagues in government on Thursday, June 26 to commemorate the grand opening of the Freeport Station Laundromat. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Debra Mulé (D - Freeport) brought her district office’s resources directly to residents by hosting mobile office hours at the Freeport Memorial Library on Wednesday, June 25. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Debra Mulé joined the Baldwin Chamber of Commerce and her colleagues in government on Wednesday, June 25 in Baldwin to celebrate the grand opening of Tulum Tacos and Tequlia’s newest location. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislature Arnold W. Drucker is joining forces with the Nassau County Police Department’s Second Precinct, Legislative colleagues Samantha Goetz and Rose Walker, and an array of community stakeholders to celebrate National Night Out. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Staff | 6/30/2025 11:09 AM
In the eighth episode of GLI Sports Guys, hosts Jamie Stuart and Andrew Rappaport discuss the following: About … Continued
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On Thursday, June 26, Nassau County Legislators Scott M. Davis, Olena Nicks and Seth I. Koslow attended a road renaming ceremony in Bethpage honoring former NCPD Chief of Patrol Kevin Canavan, who lost his life to 9/11-related illnesses. ... Read full Story
On Thursday, June 26, Nassau County Legislators Scott M. Davis, Olena Nicks and Seth I. Koslow attended a road renaming ceremony in Bethpage honoring former NCPD Chief of Patrol Kevin Canavan, who lost his life to 9/11-related illnesses. ... Read full Story
On Thursday, June 26, Nassau County Legislators Scott M. Davis, Olena Nicks and Seth I. Koslow attended a road renaming ceremony in Bethpage honoring former NCPD Chief of Patrol Kevin Canavan, who lost his life to 9/11-related illnesses. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/29/2025 7:29 PM
Animal rescuer John DeBacker saved a squirrel caught in a foot-hold trap under a fence in Ronkonkoma and rushed it to emergency care. The use of such traps is banned in most cases in New York.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/29/2025 2:51 PM
Three people were arrested and four BMWs were impounded after a street takeover in Deer Park, where police say drivers shut down the roadway and performed reckless stunts.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/29/2025 10:07 AM
A DWI crash on the Montauk Green early Sunday destroyed tents and artwork stored overnight for an event, police said. A Farmingville woman was arrested at the scene.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/29/2025 9:02 AM
Jamie Atkinson, a treasured figure in community service, law enforcement, and emergency response, passed away on June 27 … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Peter Schwartz | 6/28/2025 7:45 PM
With the 2025 NHL Draft now in the rearview, the Islanders are gearing up to welcome their newest … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/28/2025 1:21 PM
Police say a Coram man hit 130 mph without headlights on the LIE before fleeing a traffic stop. He was later arrested at home and faces 13 summonses.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Guest | 6/28/2025 7:11 AM
By Sam Desmond From the biblical B.C. era, to the soulful songwriting of the 1960s, The Argyle Theatre … Continued
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 9, 2025 is:
simulacrum \sim-yuh-LAK-rum\ noun
A simulacrum is a superficial likeness of something, usually as an imitation, copy, or representation. The plural of simulacrum is either simulacrums or simulacra.
// The surprise still succeeded, thanks to the simulacrum of confusion expressed by two guests when they were spotted before the big moment.
"Under the lid, there are no strings to move the air, but rather speakers that create an uncanny simulacrum of a grand piano." — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 July 2024
Did you know?
There is more than a crumb of similarity between simulacrum and simulate: both words come from simulāre, a Latin verb meaning "to pretend, produce a fraudulent imitation of, imitate." At the root of simulāre is the Latin adjective similis, which means "having characteristics in common." Many "similar" words trace back to similis, hence the resemblance between simulacrum and familiar terms like simultaneous, simile, and of course similarity.