Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) partnered with the Nassau County Department of Assessment to bring the Homeowner Exemption Liaison Program (HELP) to the Elmont Public Library on Thursday, Sept. 4. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) was honored by Salem French Seventh-Day Adventist Church during the Uniondale church’s Community Guest Day on Sunday, Aug. 23. ... Read full Story
In observance of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Nassau County and across America, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) is partnering with Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages and the Adelphi NY Statewide ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislator Scott M. Davis (D – Rockville Centre) joined the community in enjoying the Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce’s “Playing on the Porch” musical event on Saturday, Sept. 6. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislator Scott M. Davis recently joined his colleagues in Rockville Centre Village government as they congratulated Margarita Grasing on the occasion of her retirement from the Hispanic Brotherhood and her more than four decades of ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 9/15/2025 4:00 PM
Nine Long Island locations will host events all weekend long, with simulators, giveaways, even tickets to the Cup … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 9/15/2025 1:42 PM
Police have arrested one of the drivers who tore up a Port Jefferson intersection with donuts and burnouts … Continued
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Big name celebrities are heading to Bethpage Black next week for golf’s biggest international event. But it’s not … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 9/15/2025 12:01 PM
There’s no shortage of star power hitting Stony Brook this fall. The Staller Center for the Arts is … Continued
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Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Debra Mulé (D – Baldwin) was the guest speaker at the Baldwin Chamber of Commerce’s monthly meeting at Sonny’s Canal House on Wednesday, Sept. 10. ... Read full Story
Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Debra Mulé (D – Baldwin) welcomed the members of Cub Scouts Pack 230 to her Mobile Office Hours event at the Oceanside Library on Tuesday, Sept. 9. ... Read full Story
By greaterlongisland.com | Andrew Rappaport | 9/15/2025 11:11 AM
It was a party with the paisans in Huntington on Saturday — and everyone was invited. Pizza lovers … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 9/14/2025 6:51 PM
Lindenhurst native Jeremy Ruckert scored his first regular-season touchdown with the New York Jets on Sunday. The tight … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 9/13/2025 9:46 PM
A candlelight vigil Saturday night for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk drew what appeared to be thousands of … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Nick Esposito | 9/13/2025 10:45 AM
The lights, music, and aromas of authentic Greek cooking filled the air Friday evening as the St. Paraskevi … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Andrew Rappaport | 9/13/2025 10:03 AM
The week started like every other week for Sayville’s sophomore lineman John Andruszkiewicz. Since training camp began, the … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Peter Schwartz | 9/12/2025 3:44 PM
He either makes the team or returns to the Ontario Hockey League until next year When the Islanders … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Staff | 9/12/2025 3:16 PM
If you go When: Saturday, Sept. 27, 9:30 a.m.Where: Lakeview Cemetery, West Main Street and Waverly Avenue, Patchogue … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 9/12/2025 2:45 PM
A 35-year-old Queens man riding an e-bike was killed in a collision with a pickup truck early Friday … Continued
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“Conspiracy theorists (and those of us who argue with them have the scars to show for it) often maintain that the ones debunking the conspiracies are allied with the conspirators.” — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Did you know?
To debunk something is to take the bunk out of it—that bunk being nonsense. (Bunk is short for the synonymous bunkum, which has political origins.) Debunk has been in use since at least the 1920s, and it contrasts with synonyms like disprove and rebut by suggesting that something is not merely untrue but is also a sham—a trick meant to deceive. One can simply disprove a myth, but if it is debunked, the implication is that the myth was a grossly exaggerated or foolish claim.