By Mike White 🇺🇸 Sept. 24, 2026

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1. For 60 years, Mario Tribuzio has built a concrete kingdom on Route 25A

🦅 His finished pieces decorate lawns and gardens across Long Island, and as far away as Australia and Portugal. He just turned 95, he's legally blind, and he's still cranking. Click here to read one remarkable story.

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2. Inside the Long Island library fitness classes where even 100 is just a number

🤸🏻‍♀️ Long Island is aging right along with the rest of the country. And if Jennifer Frascogna’s Tuesday 10:15 a.m. class is any indication, plenty of people here got the Healthy Aging Month memo ages ago.

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3. ‘Pugnacious’ Manhattan maritime lawyer defending Montauk yacht owner in Martha Nolan case

🗞️ The boat-accident specialist and Garden City native has taken on a case unlike most of the hundreds of others on his résumé — the Montauk Yacht Club death of Irish-born fashion designer Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra.

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More headlines to highlight

🦪 Clammer rescued in Great South Bay after his waders fill with water

🏈 Miller Place lands New Jersey opponent after losing 2 scheduled games to canceled seasons

🍳 The Canopy Club to replace Gourmet Burger Bistro in Port Jefferson​

✂️ There’s a general store hiding inside this Lindenhurst barbershop​

🍊 The Eastern Squeeze brings fresh flavors, family and plenty of personality to Wading River

🫡 Ronkonkoma native selected for chief petty officer in the Navy​

📰 Sachem apologizes for crude signs targeting girlfriends of William Floyd players

🚨 30-year-old man dies after predawn robbery in South Hempstead; police seek suspects

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Long Island Farm Brewery kicks off 2 weeks of Oktoberfest fun

🍻 Long Island Farm Brewery is bringing a taste of Oktoberfest to Manorville with nearly two weeks of seasonal beer, live music, German-inspired food and plenty of stein-hoisting. Sept. 22 through Oct. 4.

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