By Mike White 🇺🇸 Sept. 8, 2026

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1. Chick-fil-A pulls the plug on long-planned West Babylon restaurant

🐮 The mystery surrounding a long-planned Chick-fil-A in West Babylon finally has an answer. It’s not coming. However, the chicken giant's plans for the old TGI Fridays site in Bay Shore are still in the works.

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2. Woman spotted swimming feet from whale, shark and school of fish off Montauk

🐋 A humpback whale on one side. A school of fish on the other. A shark cruising around nearby. And in the middle of it all: a woman swimming, seemingly frolicking and perhaps unaware of the company she was keeping.

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3. Who let the dogs fly? MacArthur Airport lands a pet-first airline

🦮 RetrievAir, the pet-first airline that lets dogs fly in the cabin, is moving its Long Island operation from Republic Airport in Farmingdale to Ronkonkoma. Fares are dynamic and average around $775 per seat.

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More headlines to highlight

🙏🏻 Widow of Shelter Island drowning victim delivers heartbreaking eulogy: ‘Forever isn’t long enough’

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👮🏻‍♂️ 25 years after 9/11, Hauppauge man puts remembrance on the road

🛩️ 58 Long Island veterans set to fly to D.C. on Honor Flight trip

⛪ Major facelift in the works for 114-year-old Lake Grove church​

🎸 Oogee Wawa bandmates bring beach-bar vibes to new Patchogue pub​

🍿 Commack native named artistic director of Babylon’s Argyle Theatre

🍪 A year in the baking: The Village Cookie opens storefront in Northport​

🏈 Massapequa eyes a four-peat with historic Garden City showdown looming​

🏀 Alicia Keys’ son Egypt Dean lands in Brookville for basketball

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Greek food, music and dancing return to Greenlawn Sept. 18-20

🇬🇷 The annual three-day celebration at St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church runs Friday, Sept. 18 through Sunday, Sept. 20, bringing Greek food, music, dancing, carnival rides and more to Greenlawn.

Greater Babylon coverage is funded in part by The Argyle Theatre, where Broadway comes to Babylon Village. Click here for tickets to On Your Feet!