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By Mike White ·April 29, 2025

☕ Good morning, Long Island!

🎙️ As Justin Timberlake once famously sang, "It's gonna be May." 😉

☀️ Today will be mostly sunny with a high near 66 degrees.

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

What the Financial!

Schneps Events and AARP New York are co-hosting a financial empowerment event for retirees and those nearing retirement on Saturday, May 17, at Nassau County Community College in Garden City.

First, sporting bar and restaurant featuring pickleball to open in Babylon

🍸 Construction has started on a new restaurant and pickleball court in Babylon Village, and the owners hope to open later this summer. The renderings look exquisite.

MORE FOOD & FUN

🥪 Cafecito, a new mobile café, has rolled into Mount Sinai Heritage Park. The 24-year-old owner/operator called the journey that led her to the popular community park "a dream come true."

🫖 A local nurse and her husband have brought The Spice & Tea Exchange to downtown Patchogue.

🇫🇷 L'Etoile is open and offering French fine dining in the heart of Oyster Bay, in the historic (and recently restored) Snouder Building.

Second, experience a whopping 15 hours of fun in Farmingdale

🎢 What comes to mind when you think of Farmingdale?

Third, photos from Nassau PD’s 100th anniversary parade

🚔 The Nassau County Police Department marked its 100th anniversary with a huge celebration Sunday. Click here for scenes from the day.

More headlines to highlight

🙏🏼 The Lake Grove newborn whose family says he suffered life-threatening injuries after a botched circumcision, remains in the NICU.

💜 A beloved Long Island teacher and coach’s heart has saved a life on same date as her grandfather’s transplant.

🚨 Suffolk Police issued an alert Monday that they are actively searching for two missing teenage girls from two South Shore communities.

🚔 A joint crackdown by Suffolk Police and Islip Public Safety officers cleared more than a dozen illegally parked vehicles from Brentwood Friday.

Nicolock to unveil its first of many L.I. Design Studios May 1

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Nicolock, the well-known name in paving stones and outdoor living, is opening a new kind of showroom in Huntington Station. More locations are already in the works, with studios set to open in Seaford and Holbrook in June, and three additional spots planned for the fall.
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