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By Mike White · May 13, 2025

☕ Good morning, my fellow Long Islanders!

🚚 And a very good morning to our Long Island expats as well.

🗞️ We've got some great stuff for you today, from nature, to real estate, to one very odd SUV crash in Port Jefferson.

☁️ Today will be mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. The high will be near 69.

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First: SUV flies off Port Jeff marina dock; sticks miracle landing

📹 The Grand Cherokee went over the bulkhead, turned sideways in the air and landed nearly flat on a small strip of floating dock. Click here to watch.

Second: 2 houses on 1 property just hit the LI market for $700K combined

🏠🏠 Call your mom, dad, brother-in-law or best friend and start pooling resources, because a super rare home-buying opportunity has just opened up on Long Island. Or, should we say, homes-buying.

Third: Get ready to stomp; lanternfly season starts now on Long Island

📰 The buzz on the street is real — spotted lanternflies are expected to make their annual return to Long Island as the region enters its fifth year dealing with the invasive (and pretty disgusting) insects.

Fourth: LI’s Hildebrandt’s makes it to the Kentucky Derby winner's circle

🏇🏼 If you looked closely during the two-minute sprint at Churchill Downs, eagle-eyed Islanders might’ve noticed something familiar on the winning jockey's pants, and turtleneck. That's right, the Hildebrandt's logo.

More posts & headlines to highlight

🌸 Babylon’s unofficial start of summer was marked once again this past Saturday by its Spring Fling Festival in the downtown. Click for photos.

🎻 Fiddler on the Roof, the iconic musical and nine-time Tony Award winner, is now showing at the Argyle Theatre in Babylon Village.

🌮 Check out these new eateries that opened on the Island last month.