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By Mike White · Feb. 4, 2025

☕ Good morning, Long Island! And welcome to February.

📱 For Valentine's Day, all Del Fuego locations are going phoneless. That's right, it'll feel like a more intimate and personal time.

🍜 Also, a warm welcome to Babylon's Thai Station Café, which has joined our romantic date night guide for restaurants.

⛅ This morning will be cloudy before gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 44. But it'll be windy, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

🦫 And Long Island's groundhogs have predicted six more weeks of winter.

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​Drew Patrick Spa of Bay Shore specializes in traditional and medical spa treatments and offers a personal skincare line to pamper your body.

First, it had been nearly a decade, but the Bellport ice boaters were ready

⛵ The prolonged January cold snap made for what’s become a rare opportunity for the South Bay Scooter Club. They actually got to glide across a frozen Bellport Bay in their beloved ice boats, called scooters.
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Watch the video!

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Second, The Parkview has taken over the old Scuttlebutt in Wantagh

🍸 The Parkview bar and restaurant is now open, and things are humming along in Wantagh after an ambitious makeover of what used to be Scuttlebutt Tavern, which had operated since the 1970s.

🥗 In more foodie news, the insanely popular Chopt Creative Salad Co. is preparing to open its first Suffolk County location in Stony Brook.

🌯 And Burrito Mariachi has closed in Patchogue.

Third, more headlines to highlight

🐕 A Long Island man, 24, of Medford, was rescued from chest-high mud in the former lake at Blydenburgh Park while trying to save his dog

🚨 Suffolk County Police released new details Monday about the sedan involved in a hit-and-run that killed a 24-year-old Lake Grove woman early Saturday morning.

🛫 JetBlue will soon offer daily service out of Long Island MacAthur Airport to and from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., it was announced Friday.

🏌🏽‍♀️ Lastly, Smith Haven Mall is getting set to host Long Island’s first Golf Lounge 18 location. This will mark the ninth GL18 in the Northeast.