Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White ๐บ๐ธ Aug. 4, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP โ Good morning, Long Island! ๐ง๏ธ I enjoyed the rain yesterday. It's nice if you work from home. Waiting for a train is a different story. ๐ One LIRR train actually struck a downed tree in Smithtown early Monday. The storms were intense at times. ๐ฅ Looking to meet up with friends this week? The GLI Happy Hour Guide now has a whopping 79...
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Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White ๐บ๐ธ July 30, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP โ Good morning, Long Island! ๐ Greater Long Island just got nominated for a New York Emmy award. This is our fourth nominated video. So far we've come home empty handed. Wish us luck! The gala is Oct. 10. โ๐ผ Feel free to respond to this email with feedback. ๐ชงAlso, click here if you're looking to promote an event or a great local business!...
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Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White ๐บ๐ธ July 28, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP โ Good morning, Long Island! ๐๐ผ Moth-balled since 2009, the East Bathhouse at Jones Beach finally reopened to bathers this past weekend after a $100 million transformation. ๐ And here's a column I wrote about clueless drivers. ๐ โ๐ผ Feel free to respond to this email with feedback. ๐ชงAlso, click here if you're looking to promote an event or...
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Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White ๐บ๐ธ July 23, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP โ Good morning, Long Island! โ๏ธ It's absolutely gorgeous outside, a good day to touch some grass if you haven't already. Or maybe get out fishing on the bay. ๐ท We've been running our first-ever summer photos contest. Nearly 400 entries poured in, with Final Four voting taking place on the GLI Instagram feed now. โ๏ธ Voting closes tomorrow,...
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Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White ๐บ๐ธ July 21, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP โ Good morning, Long Island! ๐ฌ The Stony Brook Film Festival is in full swing through this Saturday. Click here for tickets and for additional details. โ๐ผ Feel free to respond to this email with feedback. ๐ชงAlso, click here if you're looking to promote an event or a great local business! Weather: We're looking at showers and thunderstorms...
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Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White ๐บ๐ธ July 16, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP โ Good morning, Long Island! ๐ธ Looking for a great Happy Hour deal? Let us help. ๐ซ Breeze Airways has added Tampa, Fla., to its growing list of direct flights out of MacArthur Airport. If I could always fly out of MacArthur, I might actually pivot from just taking road-trips. It's such a pleasure. ๐ฌ And the Stony Brook Film Festival gets...
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Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White ๐บ๐ธ July 14, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP โ Good morning, Long Island! ๐ฆซ Last week I made the case for bringing a Buc-ee's to Medford's former Boomers site off the Expressway. โก๏ธ Maybe forward the column to some execs. ๐คฃ โ๐ผ Feel free to respond to this email with feedback. ๐ชงAlso, click here if you're looking to promote an event or a great local business! Weather: Today will be...
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Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White ๐บ๐ธ July 10, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP โ Good morning, Long Island! ๐ฌ Guess what? Every GLI newsletter subscriber can receive a pair of free tickets to any film during the 10-day Stony Brook Film Festival at the Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University. Simply click here and submit your request for two complimentary tickets The celebration of independent cinema...
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Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White ๐ July 7, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP โ Good morning, Long Island! ๐บ๐ธ Hope everyone had a glorious 250th Fourth of July holiday. โ๐ผ Feel free to respond to this email with feedback. ๐ชงAlso, click here if you're looking to promote an event or a great local business! Weather: We're looking at a 30 percent chance of showers before 11 a.m. today in Smithtown. Mostly cloudy with a...
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