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By Mike White · June 24, 2025

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☕ Good morning, Long Island!

☀️ Today will be sunny with a high near 95, with heat index values as high as 102. We are still under an excessive heat advisory through tonight, when temps dip to 75.

🌻 But it is supposed to reach 91 Wednesday as well.

🔬 If you're looking for fun indoors, Brookhaven National Laboratory will be hosting free open house events all summer.

✍🏼 Feel free to respond to this email with feedback!

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Great Shows: The Music Man

The Broadway-caliber Argyle Theatre in Babylon will close out the season with Meredith Willson’s six-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy.

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First, No snacks? Fire Island villages have rules tourists never see coming

🏖️ Thinking of tossing a Frisbee or sipping a seltzer on the sand? Not so fast — Fire Island’s got rules. Lots of them. So know before you go.

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Second, the 2025 dates for Long Island’s popular summer street festival series

🌭 Long Islanders, summer festival season is here. So we put together a list of all the dates from the bigger series on the Island. See them all.

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Third, where Beechwood Homes is quietly changing life on Long Island

🏡 With dozens of projects underway or in the pipeline, we compiled a full list of Beechwood’s newest and most notable communities to watch —from beachside condos to large-scale lifestyle neighborhoods.

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More headlines to highlight

🌴 Palm Tree Festival brings big crowds and star power back to the Hamptons

🛒 Costco is adding more hours, including just for Executive Members

🎙️ Kevin Hart, Norah Jones headline Montauk Lighthouse shows this summer

🐟 Greenport's Claudio’s branches out — to Nassau (but not the one you’d expect)

🔍 You can go on a history hunt across the Island this summer — and win prizes

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COLUMN

Islanders need to draft with their minds, not hearts with No. 1 pick

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🏒 Most insiders believe defenseman Matthew Schaefer is the favorite, and multiple reports suggest he’s who the Islanders are leaning toward.

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Long Island is hiring!

GallettAir Inc. is offering lucrative careers for techs and more.

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