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By Mike White · June 26, 2025

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☕ Good morning, Long Island!

🌧️ The heat wave is over. Today will be mostly cloudy with chances of showers and thunderstorms and a high near 77.

🎉 Tonight is the year's first installment of Alive After Five, Long Island's biggest street festival series.

🎡 And the Empire State Fair returns to Uniondale this Friday through July 13, with Grucci Fireworks shows each Saturday night, and July 4.

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First, Patchogue greenlights Hilton hotel at former bowling alley site

🏨 A new Hilton-branded hotel has been officially cleared for construction in Patchogue — and village leaders say it could be the final piece in the South Shore community’s decades-long revitalization puzzle.

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Second, start stomping, because Long Island’s lanternfly season is in full swing

🦶🏼Experts say early detection and removal of these nymphs can help reduce overall lanternfly population growth heading into the late summer.

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Third, St. Anthony’s is the nation’s top-ranked girls lax program, yet again

🥍 The girls of St. Anthony’s High School in South Huntington went a perfect 17-0 this year and have now won 48 straight games dating back to 2023.

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Fourth, ‘At Home’ stores on Long Island not closing as company restructures

⛱️ Despite filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the home décor superstore says it’s business as usual at its Bohemia and E. Northport locations.

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Fifth, Meet Mor Koren, LI’s own Olivia Newton-John and creative force

🎤 Schwartz’s next turn as “Olivia” is this Sunday at the CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale, where “Hopelessly Olivia” returns for its second run with a full live band.

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More GLI headlines

📰 Netflix star Sara Burack cited $200K ‘fight for justice’ before Hamptons hit-and-run

⚕️Mather Hospital unveils $78M emergency department built for the future

🦷 Sensory suite debuts at SUNY Farmingdale’s dental hygiene school

🍎 Wantagh Schools puts landmark Beech Street building up for sale

🦆 Nine ducklings rescued by cops from Gilgo Beach storm drain
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