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By Mike White · May 1, 2025

☕ Good morning, Long Island!

🍣 Spring Long Island Restaurant Week is fully underway.

☀️ Today will be mostly sunny with a high near 64, though it looks like a rainy weekend.

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✍🏼 Feel free to respond to this email with feedback, even the tinfoil hat stuff. (I get a lot of it.)

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First, King Umberto is set to unveil ‘Serata,’ an elegant new dining experience

🍝 Venerable Italian eatery King Umberto, a fixture in Elmont since 1976, is upgrading with a new, upscale dining room, a reinvigorated menu and other changes, including a new name. Click here to read all about it.

Second, after two no-shows, actor John Cusack rebooks Patchogue for August

🎤 Hoping the third time’s the charm, the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts has once again scheduled “An Evening with John Cusack” — now set for Aug. 22.

Third, JetBlue cancels Long Island to Boston route ahead of inaugural flight

🛩️ Speaking of cancellations, JetBlue has called off its planned new route from Long Island to Boston — just two days before the inaugural flight.

GREAT DAYS

CLAY Home Décor set to host Spring Fling Grand Opening on Saturday

CLAY Home Décor is now open at 26 Main Street in Kings Park. Head there Saturday for the Spring Fling Grand Opening and enjoy:

• 10 percent off your entire purchase
• Delicious homemade goodies
• A chance to explore CLAY’s carefully curated collections
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