By Mike White 🇺🇸 Aug. 13, 2026

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1. First look: Uncle Giuseppe’s gets ready to open massive Greenvale market

🇮🇹 Uncle Giuseppe’s already has additional locations in the works, including a future market in Levittown. For now, all eyes are on Greenvale.

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2. Betty’s opens in Merrick with giant sundaes and loaded smashburgers

🍨 Betty’s Burgers & Ice Cream Bar opened Tuesday, bringing double-stacked smashburgers, creative toppings and some seriously over-the-top desserts to 1960 Bayberry Ave. in Merrick.

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3. Community rallies for family of road worker killed in alleged DWAI crash

⚠️ The community began rallying Tuesday behind the family of the construction worker killed in Monday’s tragic Nesconset crash, while the driver accused in his death was in court pleading not guilty to driving while ability impaired by drugs.

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More headlines to highlight

COPS & COURTS

📰 Drunk driver who smashed into Deer Park nail salon gets 25 years to life in four deaths​

🚨 Nassau Police seek help in search for missing New Cassel 14-year-old girl

🗞️ North Carolina man pleads guilty in Stony Brook Yacht Club attack that followed love triangle​

MORE NEWS

🛒 Nordstrom Rack says shuttered Bay Shore store will reopen ‘as soon as possible’

🥅 80,000 designs later, Islanders jersey contest is down to eight

📸 Medford photographer wins GLI’s ‘Show Us Summer’ contest with picture-perfect Port Jeff sunset​

🏀 Knicks star Jalen Brunson gives E. Hampton players a morning to remember

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Inside Great South Bay Brewery’s growing lineup of L.I. event spaces

With every beer poured, cocktail shaken and burger or burrito served, Great South Bay Brewery continues its expansion across Long Island. And they’re now inviting us all to celebrate life’s biggest moments with them. Check out their diverse lineup of event spaces and start planning.

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