By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/4/2026 12:51 PM
Nassau police say the Gambino grandson slapped, punched and choked a 29-year-old woman at his East Norwich home — weeks before he's due to report to federal prison on a COVID fraud conviction.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/4/2026 11:18 AM
A man shot a 40-year-old woman and fled during a domestic incident in Greenlawn early Thursday, leaving the victim seriously injured and the gunman at large.
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The four-hour performances take place in the late afternoon and evening near the Frisbee ride area of Adventureland.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/3/2026 5:10 PM
A new hot yoga and Pilates studio is opening in Shoreham this week, with Suffolk County Councilwoman Jane Bonner on hand for the ribbon cutting.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Staff | 6/3/2026 3:29 PM
The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center is preparing for its biggest transformation in decades after landing a $6 … Continued
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By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 6/3/2026 3:16 PM
The Giving Table is launching with a Westbury restaurant partnership, but organizers hope to grow the concept across Long Island.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 6/3/2026 1:57 PM
"This station has been transformed into a bright and modern facility that both our customers and the community can be proud of," said LIRR president Rob Free.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/3/2026 1:44 PM
A former NYPD detective from Valley Stream was sentenced to four years in federal prison Tuesday for running a COVID relief fraud scheme that helped more than 65 people — including fellow cops and family members — fraudulently obtain PPP loans.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/3/2026 12:48 PM
A Cutchogue trust claimed a $3 million Mega Millions prize after a 3X Multiplier turned a second-prize ticket purchased at a Mattituck shop into a $3 million windfall.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/3/2026 12:35 PM
A Mastic Beach man has been charged with attempted assault and weapons counts in a June 1 shooting that wounded two people outside a Woodside Road home.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/3/2026 11:55 AM
NYU Langone Health announced plans Tuesday to build a new academic medical center in Melville — the first ground-up hospital on Long Island in more than four decades.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Mike White | 6/3/2026 9:53 AM
The new testing schedule, approved by Suffolk County Civil Service, will begin in the spring of 2027.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/2/2026 2:15 PM
olice say Kristin Sculley, 22, stabbed Bobby Carragher in the neck as he slept, and he climbed the stairs screaming to his parents before dying.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Julianne Mosher | 6/2/2026 2:13 PM
A Bay Shore mom who battled postpartum depression is opening a new center designed to help mothers find support, resources and community.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Jose Martinez | 6/2/2026 12:20 PM
Greg Durso's story has earned recognition around the world while spotlighting a growing movement for accessible outdoor adventure.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/2/2026 12:09 PM
The owners of the Watershed Kitchen and Inn are opening a second restaurant in downtown Riverhead — and their Yorkie is getting the naming credit.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/2/2026 11:03 AM
A gunman shot two people during a street argument outside a Mastic Beach home Monday night and fled before police arrived, Suffolk County authorities said.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Julianne Mosher | 6/2/2026 11:01 AM
The June 6 event in Kismet will support youth education, relationship awareness and other initiatives planned by the newly established nonprofit.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/1/2026 11:59 PM
State police stopped an Arizona man for traffic violations on the LIE in Old Westbury — and found a loaded handgun and knife beneath his seat, police said.
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By greaterlongisland.com | Brian Harmon | 6/1/2026 11:24 PM
A 67-year-old Islip Terrace woman advertised under the name "Phyllis" and managed to keep a residential brothel running for more than a decade before neighbors complained and detectives moved in, police say.
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 18, 2026 is:
acquiesce \ak-wee-ESS\ verb
To acquiesce to something is to accept it, agree with it, or allow it to happen by staying silent or by not arguing. Acquiesce is somewhat formal, and is often used with in or to.
// Eventually, the professor acquiesced to the students’ request to have the seminar’s final class be a potluck lunch.
“It may be just the right time for a chicken burger to become a significant stop on the American burger’s continual evolution—but whether beef-clinging purists will acquiesce to a poultry spin, or cry fowl, remains to be seen.” — Talib Visram, Slate, 6 Apr. 2026
Did you know?
If you’re looking to give your speech a gentle, formal flair, don’t give acquiesce the silent treatment. Essentially meaning “to comply quietly,” acquiesce has as its ultimate source the Latin verb quiēscere, “to be quiet.” (Quiet itself is also a close relation.) Quiēscere can also mean “to repose,” “to fall asleep,” or “to rest,” and when acquiesce arrived in English via French in the early 1600s, it did so with two senses: the familiar “to agree or comply” and the now-obsolete “to rest satisfied.” Herman Melville employed the former in Moby-Dick, when Ahab orders the “confounded” crew to change the Pequod’s course after a storm damages the compasses: “Meanwhile, whatever were his own secret thoughts, Starbuck said nothing, but quietly he issued all requisite orders; while Stubb and Flask—who in some small degree seemed then to be sharing his feelings—likewise unmurmuringly acquiesced.”