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Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Nov. 12, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP β˜• Good morning, Long Island! Get comfy. We've got a lot of great stuff for you guys today. πŸ“… In the meantime, we're taking pre-orders for the first-ever Greater Long Island calendar. 12 months of awesome local photography. The perfect gift for someone who's moved away. (Or maybe you've moved away.) ✍🏼 Feel free to respond with feedback. πŸ“¬...

Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Nov. 10, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP β˜• Good morning, Long Island! πŸ“² So last month I asked if anyone here would pay for an ad-free GLI App experience β€” if we kept it reasonably priced, like under $10. πŸ—³οΈ 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...

How the Massapequas saved Andrew Garbarino As it turns out, it was the state’s 2nd Congressional District’s small Nassau County slice β€” the one occupied by the Massapequas β€” that put Garbarino over the top and got him elected to a fourth two-year term. HERE'S HOW

Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Nov. 3, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP πŸŽ™οΈ Good morning, Long Island! I hope everyone had a splendid Halloween, and enjoyed plenty of spooky movies along the way. πŸ“Ί Now it's onto Thanksgiving. But first, we vote. βœ… 🍣 Meantime, Long Island Restaurant Week is in full swing. ✍🏼 Feel free to respond to this email with feedback. πŸͺ§Also, click here if you're looking to promote an event...

Before Salem, East Hampton put Goody Garlick on trial for witchcraft In 1658, a teen mother’s accusation sent an East Hampton woman to trial for witchcraft. Greater Long Island explores the case against Elizabeth β€œGoody” Garlick and the neighborhood suspicions that put her life at risk. READ THE STORY β†’

Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White πŸŽƒ Oct. 29, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP β˜• Good morning, Long Island. πŸ• Uncle Giuseppe’s is serving up a monster pizza deal for Halloween! πŸ—žοΈ I don't throw the term "must read" around, but GLI contributor Alan Krawitz's feature on Beverly Munter β€” a 92-year-old comic from Plainview β€” is a must read. Keep scrolling to find her story. She's going to be famous. At 92! ✍🏼 Feel free to...

Inside the Medford condo transformed into a medieval castle Chris McNamee originally hoped to find an old stone church to call home. But that proved difficult. So she rolled up her sleeves. READ THE STORY β†’

Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White πŸ‘» Oct. 22, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP β˜• Good morning, Long Island! 🍱 We've got a foodie-driven newsletter for you today, which I know everybody loves. I can tell by the clicks. 🍏 Oh, and don't forget to follow us on the Apple News app. πŸ“¬ We're also making a big newsletter push in hopes of reaching 20,000 of us! Please text or forward this signup link to five friends, as...

Your weekly roundups of Long Island's biggest stories By Mike White 🍁 Oct. 20, 2026 If you like our content, please forward this email to friends. SIGN UP β˜• Good morning, Long Island! πŸ‚ Attention leaf-peepers: Have you seen GLI's new interactive fall foliage map that guides day trips from NYC and Long Island? Hope you love it! 🍎 We've got some big internal news to share, too. Greater Long Island is now on Apple News, the No. 1 news app in the United States. Click here to give us a follow ⬅️...