By Mike White 🇮🇪 March 12, 2026

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☕ Good morning, Long Island!

📆 We've got lots coming up this weekend and beyond in our Featured Events calendar, with two St. Patrick's Day parties on Saturday.

🌮 Hope you all enjoyed Tuesday's all-foodie newsletter. I had fun putting it together.

🏠 And, btw, my story about the 0-bedroom house selling for $329,000 in Selden that we published Friday has since got national. The original post is below — in case you still haven't heard or read about it.

✍🏼 Feel free to respond to this email with feedback!

Weather: Today we're looking at showers, mainly before 5 p.m., with a high near 55 and winds of up to 15 mph. Source: NWS

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1. Small but mighty Selden home hits the Long Island market for $329K

FIRST IN GLI: Do you have absolutely zero plans of raising a family, or even settling down? Then do we have the home for you. This 0 bedroom, 1 bath, 446-square-foot cottage built nearly a century ago is up for sale.

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2. Gym makeover lands on Long Island as Club Studio flips two LA Fitness sites

🏋🏼‍♂️ Club Studio, operated by the parent company of LA Fitness, is rebuilding former LA Fitness sites in Smithtown and Garden City Park. Club Studio is marketed as a high-end competitor to brands like Equinox

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3. Coyle’s prepares to unveil its much bigger ice cream shop in Islip

🍨 The beloved South Shore ice cream shop is relocating its Islip location to a new storefront that’s nearly three times the size of its current space, giving the business room to expand production for further expansion.

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More headlines to highlight

📰 A grandson of John Gotti is asking a judge to avoid prison, saying he may be the only viable kidney donor for his mother, Victoria Gotti.

🎤 Massapequa Park’s Jesse Findling is headed to the American Idol Top 20 after another standout performance that brought the judges to their feet. Now, America’s votes will decide what comes next.

Ronkonkoma’s growing Station Yards neighborhood is preparing to welcome its next wave of residents — and GLI got a sneak peek inside.

🥪 Crosstown Chef in Sayville has closed after six years, bringing an end to the North Main Street grab-and-go spot known for prepared meals and catering.

🎸 The lineup is set for this summer’s Great South Bay Music Festival in Patchogue, with Sublime among the headliners, July 23–26.

🩺 Former News 12 anchor Amy McGorry is urgently searching for a living liver donor after suffering liver failure. Friends and family are spreading the word in hopes of finding a match and saving her life.

🏒 Smithtown native Ryan Ufko scored his first NHL goal — and it was a beauty — helping lift the Nashville Predators to a win.

🥗 Hummus Fit is opening a new Miller Place location, bringing the fast-growing healthy meal-prep brand to its 14th Long Island storefront.

🍽️ The Chas has debuted in Smithtown. The owners transformed the former Carrabba’s space into a sleek steakhouse-style dining and nightlife spot.

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FEATURED PARTNER

How this Suffolk lawyer ended up running a doggy daycare

At Hounds Town Brookhaven, there are no toys to fight over in the spacious playrooms and no humans constantly entertaining the dogs. Just dogs being dogs — and the "townies" are loving it. Click to read more.
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You can book your pup’s free evaluation at Hounds Town Brookhaven through the website or by calling 631-775-0250 in time for Spring Break!