By Mike White 🇺🇸 Nov. 10, 2026

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☕ Good morning, Long Island!

📲 So last month I asked if anyone here would pay for an ad-free GLI App experience — if we kept it reasonably priced, like under $10.

🗳️ Get this: 155 people voted and a whopping 98.1% of you voted "no" for a paid app. "I don't mind seeing ads if the content is free," was the overwhelming yes response.

Guess we could shelf this paid app idea for now.

In the meantime, we do have a free Greater Long Island iPhone app, through which you could get L.I. news beamed to your phone.

✍🏼 Feel free to respond to this email with feedback. 🪧Also, click here if you're looking to promote an event or a great local business!

Weather: Today will be partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny with a high near 60 in Bayport.

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1. Topgolf cuts prices in Holtsville and nationwide after customer feedback

🏌️‍♀️ Topgolf says its customers’ biggest reason for not returning more often comes down to the bill. Now the golf entertainment chain is cutting its regular gameplay prices nationwide — including at its Holtsville location.

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2. The Scoop N Scootery opening first Long Island location in Franklin Square

🍨 The Scoop N Scootery, which is based in Boston, offers 18 premium ice cream flavors made specifically for its shops, with a menu built entirely around sundaes. There are no cones. Coming soon!

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3. Long Beach approves pilot program for offseason beach access for dogs

🐕 Dogs are getting their day on the sand in Long Beach.

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More headlines to highlight

🏗️ Bellport Center proposal at Montauk Highway intersection heads to hearing​

🇺🇸 Scenes from Red, White & Boots for vets at Pal-O-Mine in Islandia

🍳 Cracker Barrel dominates GLI vote for most wanted chain

🌯 Bang Bang Burritos opens in Wantagh with 2 more LI spots on the way

🎣 Seatuck wins grants to remove barriers for fish in Patchogue and Mattituck

🍕 One more slice for Levittown as Vincenzo’s Pizzeria plans to reopen

⚾ Replay Sports Cards to open its first Long Island shop in Bellmore​

🥞 Panda Pancakes opens first Long Island shop in Hicksville

🚨 Check out our Cops & Courts page for more

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BEST BUDS

A year in the making, East Coast Buds opens in West Babylon

The former Food & Fun Deli in West Babylon, remembered for its Hulk statue and comic book memorabilia, is now home to a cannabis dispensary called East Coast Buds. The place was more than a year in the making.

Greater Babylon coverage is funded in part by The Argyle Theatre, where Broadway comes to Babylon Village. Click here for Mary Poppins tickets.