By Mike White 🇺🇸 Aug. 4, 2026

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☕ Good morning, Long Island!

🌧️ I enjoyed the rain yesterday. It's nice if you work from home. Waiting for a train is a different story.

🚆 One LIRR train actually struck a downed tree in Smithtown early Monday. The storms were intense at times.

🥂 Looking to meet up with friends this week? The GLI Happy Hour Guide now has a whopping 79 restaurants to choose from.

🍔 We've also got an exciting giveaway to tell you about below.

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Weather: It'll be mostly sunny with a high near 80 in Babylon. ☀️

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GIVEAWAY TIME

Ford’s Garage in the Smith Haven Mall is serving up new All-American Value Meals starting at just $10.99! Available all day, every day for dine-in, choose from favorites like the Americana Roadster Burger, Crispy Chicken Sandwich, Mac ‘N Cheese, and more. Check out the menu and enter for your chance to win one of two $75 Gift Cards.

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1. Patchogue’s Hilton Tempo hotel adds rooftop pool, presidential suites amid ownership shift

✨ A rooftop pool. Presidential suites. A bigger event space. The Hilton-branded hotel planned for downtown Patchogue just got a bit of a glow-up — along with an adjustment in ownership.

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2. Baldwin woman accused of stealing elderly man’s home deed has been arrested for this before

👮🏼 Investigators additionally discovered that last month Aurelia Soogea had been renting out multiple residential properties that she does not own to families across Nassau County, police said.

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3. Meat Farms acquiring King Kullen, deal unites Long Island grocery giants

🍒 Giunta’s Meat Farms has agreed to acquire King Kullen Grocery Co. in a deal that will bring together two family-owned supermarket chains with Long Island roots that stretch back nearly a century.

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More headlines to highlight

🍦 Longtime mechanic trades antifreeze for frozen yogurt in Long Beach​

🏚️ Historic East Moriches home gets second chance after demolition plan withdrawn​

⛴️ Police rescue father, two children after jet ski capsizes in Great South Bay in Sayville​

💪🏾 Rocky Point gym owner James Turner has died, community rallies to support his family

⛳ Historic Tam O’Shanter Country Club auction set for today in Glen Head

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Newlyweds bring new life to beloved Deer Park dental office

When you step into the revitalized Long Island Dental Wellness, you’ll immediately sense something refreshingly different: a beautiful space filled with warm, familiar smiles and a subtle, inviting fragrance that instantly puts you at ease.

Greater Babylon coverage is funded in part by The Argyle Theatre, where Broadway comes to Babylon Village. Click here for tickets to Beautiful running now through Aug. 30.