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By Mike White ❄️ Dec. 2, 2025

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☕ Good morning, Long Island!

🥧 The Thanksgiving Day poll results are in, and Pumpkin Pie beat out Sweet Potato Pie by 78.3 to 21.7 percentage points.

🎄 Now it's onto Christmastime at Brightwaters Farms. We headed to the farm this past weekend and took some great photos.

🌧️ Today will be rainy with a high near 47. No snow, but maybe some Friday night!

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SHOP: DREW PATRICK SPA

​Drew Patrick Spa also doubles as a gorgeous home store, stocked with cozy lifestyle gifts, furnishings and more so you can bring that “ahh” feeling home. Think candles, decor and their own skincare line, all curated with the same calm, coastal vibe as the spa itself.

First, Frozen Bellport Bay comes alive as scooters fly in new GLI mini-doc

⛵❄️ As another Long Island winter rolls in, we’re sharing out a video project that’s been a year in the making. Click here to watch, or try the link below.

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Second, self-pour bar and tasting room Tapster coming to Patchogue

🍻 Tapster, a self-pour tasting room featuring over 50 taps of beer, wine, ciders and hard seltzers, is set to open at 48 W. Main St. this May — inside the former home of Long Island Pinball in downtown Patchogue.

Third, Syosset family pushes for mandatory gluten warnings on all foods

🗞️ A Syosset family is pushing for stronger protections for people with celiac disease — beginning with mandatory gluten warnings on packaged foods and restaurant menus. Click here for full coverage.

More headlines to highlight

🚨 Morning commuters and downtown visitors encountered a chaotic scene in Patchogue on Monday after a sedan crashed into multiple businesses along South Ocean, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

💔 A memorial tree will be planted to honor the 18-year-old West Sayville police say was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend in Nesconset as part of a national initiative to commemorate young lives lost to gun violence.

⚓ Port Jeff Brewing Company, a longtime staple of Long Island’s craft beer scene, will close its doors by the end of the year, owner Mike Philbrick confirmed last week to Greater Long Island.

🥩 The team behind the popular Park Avenue Grill in Amityville is set to open a second restaurant on Thursday. The new spot gives customers a bigger dining room and a larger kitchen built for more creativity.

Greater Babylon coverage is funded in part by The Argyle Theatre, where Broadway comes to Babylon. Click here for tickets to Annie.