By Mike White 🇺🇸 May 12, 2026

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Weather: Today will be sunny with a high near 67 in Syosset. 😎

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1. Inside the massive new Main Event before it opens at Tanger Deer Park

🎳 Greater Long Island got a sneak peek inside Main Event ahead of its May 18 opening — and the nearly 62,000-square-foot venue is packed wall-to-wall with games, attractions, food and family-friendly fun.

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2. Just opened, Wok Out Asian Cuisine is already building a loyal following

🐉 Authentic flavors, freshly made sauces and house-made boba tea are already drawing crowds to a new restaurant in downtown Wantagh, just steps from the Wantagh LIRR station and down the block from Mulcahy’s.

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3. Crabby Amy’s closing after 27 years at Seaford’s Treasure Island Marina

🦀 Crabby Amy’s at Treasure Island Marina in Seaford muscled through a global financial crisis, survived Sandy, even COVID. But last summer’s devastating marina fire proved too much to overcome.

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The News Sections

FOOD & DRINK

🥪 Update: The viral sandwich favorite Smart’wich has opened its fifrst standalone shop in Syosset. Click here for our initial coverage.

🥖 Mademoiselle in Patchogue is reopening as a sourdough-only bakery concept.

🌊 Long Island’s favorite seasonal waterfront hangouts are beginning to reopen for summer 2026.

🥗 NYC-born salad chain Just Salad has opened its 10th Long Island location in North Babylon — with another Suffolk spot already on the way.

🍔 Oakdale’s new American Times Restaurant & Tavern is opening Friday in the former Village Idiot space with coastal cuisine, cocktails and a completely redesigned interior.

COPS & COURTS

🍸 Suffolk’s Human Trafficking Unit descended on Gossip Night Club in Melville. Here was our original post. Here is the update after we heard back from Gossip.

✈️ A Southampton business owner is accused of posing as his ex-partner to cancel a $4,000 Aruba vacation while the victim was already at JFK Airport.

🚔 Three men have been indicted in the hijacking of a $1.2 million Apple delivery truck along the Miracle Mile area of Manhasset.

🏈 Parents were arrested after a girls flag football game in Wyandanch erupted into a brawl that allegedly included a knife and school shooting threat.

GREAT KIDS

👬 Twin brothers at Chaminade finished No. 1 and No. 2 in their graduating class — together.

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GREAT STORIES

As temperatures rise, GallettAir’s family legacy keeps L.I. cool

After losing an HVAC job just days after his honeymoon, this Long Islander hit the streets in a van with a promise: honest service, every time. Decades later, GallettAir Inc., s a family-run powerhouse built on loyalty, legacy and a ringing phone. Click here to read the full story. It's a great read.

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Greater Babylon coverage is funded in part by The Argyle Theatre, where Broadway comes to Babylon Village. Click here for tickets to The Prince of Egypt, starting April 16 and running through June 7.