By Mike White 🇺🇸 June 25, 2026

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1. Coram’s Movieland space is becoming a retro cinema hub — with an arcade and game store

👻 The owner of Game On, a popular retro arcade currently operating at Tanger Outlets in Riverhead, announced this week that he has purchased the former Movieland Cinemas at Pine Plaza on Route 112.

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2. Uncle Louie G opens in Wantagh, two more Long Island stores planned

🍨After helping turn Uncle Louie G into a nearly 60-store brand spanning nine states, Melissa and Ernie Aiello have brought the business home, opening at 3580 Park Blvd. in Wantagh, the former home of Otto’s Deli.

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3. Golf analysts rip Long Island fans after U.S. Open at Shinnecock

🏌🏼 It didn’t take long after the final putt dropped at Shinnecock Hills for the conversation to shift from the golf to the gallery.

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More headlines to highlight

🚜 Tractor Supply Co. has opened its fourth Long Island location on Long Island, and its farthest west. The West Babylon spot is now fully open.

🙂 The Barnyard in Hampton Bays has announced that Summer 2026 will be its last, ending a run that, when combined with Boardy Barn, spans more than 55 years of Hamptons summer tradition.

🛩️ A Great Neck man who groped a sleeping woman on a flight to New York received a six-month prison sentence on Monday.

🍺 Hoptron Brewtique has closed its Port Jefferson Village location, just three months after the beloved craft beer bar held its grand opening.

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GREAT FESTIVALS

Stony Brook Film Festival returns with 36 films from 23 countries

The Stony Brook Film Festival returns to the Staller Center for the Arts from July 16-25, bringing 36 films from 23 countries to Long Island for 10 days of independent cinema, filmmaker Q&As and special events.

Greater Babylon coverage is funded in part by The Argyle Theatre, where Broadway comes to Babylon Village. Click here for tickets to Beautiful.