By Mike White 🇺🇸 April 30, 2026

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☕ Good morning, Long Island!

🛒 Pathmark, of all things, is returning to Long Island with a new concept in East Meadow.

The big question is this: Could we rent videos? 📼

🐕 If you're looking for a wonderful doggie day care or boarding spot and you live in or around Brookhaven, we highly recommend Brad and the entire team at Hounds Town. Fantastic!

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

🌼 April absolutely flew by this year, huh?

Today's weather: Showers, but mainly before 8 a.m. High near 62.

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MEET OUR SPONSORS

ConnectOneBank is a proud sponsor of Greater Huntington and much of our Nassau Coverage. Connect with them at ConnectOneBank.com.

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1. A first look at New York City’s first full-fledged casino, now open in Queens

🎲 ♦️ The $5.5 billion upgrade transforms what was once a video lottery terminal facility into a sprawling, next-generation casino experience. Greater Long Island was there. Click here >> for a photo tour.

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2. Long Island's only Smokey Bones closes as chain shutters locations nationwide

🐖 Smokey Bones, whose parent company FAT Brands Inc. filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, also shut down its remaining locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Rhode Island on Tuesday.

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3. Video: pair survive Bayport crash after being thrown from car

🚗 The clip, shared by driver Christopher Delgrosso and provided to News 12 shows a 2022 BMW sliding across the eastbound lanes of Sunrise Highway near the Nicolls Road exit.

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More headlines to highlight

🌴 Waterfront favorite South Swell won’t reopen in West Babylon for this season after a clash with town.

⚖️ Queens man has been sentenced to 115 years to life in the killing of NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller of Massapequa.

⛳ From Romo to J.T. Miller, a group of athletes better known for their careers in other sports are trying to qualify for one of golf’s most difficult tournaments, the U.S. Open at Shinnecock HIlls.

📸 Meet the winner of Greater Long Island’s first-ever Spring Photo Contest.

🥒 The Baldwin brothers are bringing a celebrity pickleball showdown to Centereach.

🍣 Long Island’s Italian sushi, the brainchild of Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace, goes viral and lands all over TV — including the Today show.

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Greater Babylon coverage is funded in part by The Argyle Theatre, where Broadway comes to Babylon Village. Click here for tickets to The Prince of Egypt, starting April 16 and running through June 7.