By Mike White 🇺🇸 July 14, 2026

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1. 21-year-old opens 7-Eleven at former Speedway in Miller Place

🍩 Talk about a Big Gulp of ambition. A 21-year-old SBU grad is now running a new 7-Eleven at the corner of Miller Place Road and Route 25A — on a site that had housed a Speedway gas station since 2015.

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2. The story behind Enology Wine Bar in St. James goes well beyond wine

🍾 For this 50-year-old dentist, opening Enology wasn’t about starting a second career. It was about finally bringing together two lifelong passions that had quietly run side by side since childhood. Click here to read.

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3. Dwyane Wade, Donovan Mitchell thrill Manorville kids with workout at ESM gym

🏀 NBA stars Dwyane Wade and Donovan Mitchell showed up at Eastport-South Manor Junior-Senior High School on Friday for a workout that turned into an impromptu meet-and-greet, delighting middle schoolers and members of the high school team who were at the gym.

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More headlines to highlight

🎶 Downtown Farmingdale turned into one big summer block party once again. Click here for some great GLI photos.

❤️ The Massapequa community is rallying around a family after a devastating house fire.

🩺 The transformation of Patchogue's former Burlington building is nearly complete.

🍝 One of the East End's most iconic waterfront buildings just welcomed a familiar new name.

🍦 Coyle's is scooping up even more of Bay Shore with a new downtown location.

🏒 Islanders fans have already submitted nearly 40,000 ideas for the team's next jersey.

🥣 Port Jefferson just got a colorful new spot where your favorite childhood cereals become ice cream.

🍨 Ronkonkoma just got a taste of authentic Turkish ice cream — and a café designed for lingering over coffee and dessert.

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BAY SHORE

Sessions launches weekly dance party at Great South Bay Brewery

Long Island dance music brand Sessions is launching a new weekly residency at Great South Bay Brewery in Bay Shore, transforming the venue into its new Wednesday night headquarters. Party starts tomorrow.

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