By Mike White 🇺🇸 April 28, 2026

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☕ Good morning, Long Island!

🎂 Thanks for all the birthday wishes last week 😄

🍸 Our Happy Hour Guide is picking up steam — now with 63 spots listed from Atlantic Beach to Amagansett.

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Weather: Today will be mostly cloudy with a low around 45. Light wind.

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1. Suffolk to impound illegal e-bikes under new law; no one under 16 can ride

🚲 County officials announced they will aggressively enforce a new local law strengthening penalties for illegal e-bike and e-scooter operation, including impounding vehicles and issuing fines up to $7,300.

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2. Waterfront favorite South Swell won’t reopen after clash with town

🍹 South Swell, the waterfront sister concept to Swell Taco, will not reopen for the 2026 summer season after a licensing dispute with the Town of Babylon — with ownership blaming an “unexpected” permit issue.

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3. Two paralyzed dogs and the Selden man who never lets them down

🐾 Chi was shot in the eye and twice hit by a car. Crumbs was struck by a car. They’re both from Mexico and came together to Long Island eight in this condition. But rain or shine, they get their walk. Thanks to one man.

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More headlines to highlight

🍕 Dough & Co. expands west, opening its first Nassau County location in Oyster Bay.

🍺 After a longtime general store closed, a new craft-focused spot is stepping in to fill the void in Eastport.

🎭 Rain couldn’t stop the crowds at Sound Beach’s spring festival and street fair.

🍝 It was last call Friday in Babylon Village as Café Il Villaggio closed its doros after more than three decades on Deer Park Avenue.

🍀 A popular Oakdale Irish pub is closing — but a new concept is already in the works.

⛳ A new amateur golf league is teeing off across Long Island with a flexible, play-anytime format.

🎶 Big names are coming to Staller Center this fall, including David Foster and Paul Reiser.

🚔 The man who killed Massapequa native NYPD Det. Jonathan Diller will spend the rest of his life in prison after a 115-years-to-life sentence

🦷 A Huntington Station “dentist” is accused of something far darker — allegedly plotting a murder-for-hire.

🚗 A deadly DWI crash on the Southern State has led to an indictment against an Oceanside mom.

🏃‍♀️ Brentwood’s Sprint Into Spring returns next month, bringing fitness and community together.

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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.