By Mike White 🇺🇸 June 9, 2026

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Weather: It'll be sunny today with a high near 79 in Cold Spring Harbor.

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Greater Sayville coverage is funded in part by The Shed, your scratch kitchen for brunch and dinner daily in West Sayville.

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1. Fire setback leads to sweet new beginning for Wading River bakery

🍰 For Goodness Cakes has officially opened its first brick-and-mortar bakery after a neighboring fire left the business unable to use its longtime commercial kitchen.

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2. Laurel Hollow's Marshall Warren to return to Islanders next season

🏒 Warren appeared in eight games with the Islanders last season, recording three assists. He also posted 32 points — six goals and 26 assists — in 56 games with the Bridgeport Islanders, leading all defenseman.

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3. Helicopter buzzes Rocky Point home, knocks giant clock off wall

🚁 Nick Petroccionne and his wife keep an immaculate home — the kind of place where a well-chosen clock on a staircase wall isn’t just décor, it’s a focal point. That made the wreckage at the bottom of the stairs hit harder.

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More headlines to highlight

🎓 Two Sayville standouts have earned the Butch Dellecave Award, recognizing the top male and female student-athletes in the Class of 2026.

🎤 The Great Long Island Laugh-Off is back at Governor’s, with local comics competing for laughs, cash and bragging rights.

🎉 Babylon kicked off Block Party season with live music, local vendors and crowds filling Main Street for the village’s first celebration of the summer.

🎡 Adventureland is turning up the volume this summer with a new “Party on the Midway” series featuring live DJs and giveaways.

COPS & COURTS 🚨

A Baldwin teen has pleaded guilty to murder in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy during a Hempstead house party last summer.

Federal prosecutors say a Suffolk man led a cocaine trafficking operation that moved large quantities of drugs across Long Island and beyond.

A warm June night on the bay quickly turned into a waterborne game of cat-and-mouse Friday between a West Islip boater and police — ending with a beached boat, an engine fire and a boating drunk charge.

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GREAT DAYS

Rev up Father’s Day weekend at Jamesport Farm Brewery Car Show

Classic cars, cold beer and North Fork vibes are coming together at Jamesport Farm Brewery’s first-ever Car Show on Sunday, June 21.

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Greater Babylon coverage is funded in part by The Argyle Theatre, where Broadway comes to Babylon Village. Click here for tix to the Main Stage.