Enology's Summer Wine Class Comes to Saint James on August 22
Enology Wine Bar & Bistro hosts A Saturday Afternoon with Summer Wines on August 22 in Saint James. Crisp whites, bright rosés and light reds, $69 a person, seats limited.
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Babylon Cited Its Groundwater to Ban Batteries. The Same Night, It Ended Groundwater Testing at a Deer Park Warehouse.
by Long Island Wave ·Two unanimous votes on July 8. One extended a three-year battery storage ban citing the town's aquifer. The other ended twice-yearly groundwater testing on Long Island Avenue.
Sands Point Warned Its Water Towers Could Run Dry. Then It Gave Every Street a Sprinkler Window.
by Long Island Wave ·The village's second alert of the summer ties lawn sprinklers directly to fire protection, sorts its streets into six watering windows, and promises violations for anyone who ignores it.
A Floral Park Developer Offered to Ban EV Charging on Its Own Property Forever. The Village Accepted.
by Long Island Wave ·The applicant volunteered a successor-binding ban on charging stations, rooftop access and cell antennas. Only the underground parking permit has been granted, and the real hearings are still ahead.
Amityville Will Pay Up to $15,000 for a Mural on Broadway. You Do Not Need to Have Painted One Before.
by Long Island Wave ·Three Broadway walls, $100,000 set aside from state downtown money, and an RFP that says mural experience is welcome but not required. Submissions close August 12.
A Sound Avenue Farm Brewery Has New Owners and an Open Door. Its Hop Festival Lands August 29.
by Long Island Wave ·The brewery at 5873 Sound Avenue is open again under new ownership, with a lobster bake on August 14 and the Long Island Hop Festival across the last weekend of the month.
Northport's 10K Sold Out Before August. The Rest of the Weekend Is Still Free.
by Long Island Wave ·Registration for the September 19 race has closed. Cow Harbor Day follows on September 20 with a noon parade, a 2 p.m. boat race and an America's 250th theme.
Port Jefferson Has Borrowed $5.2 Million for Its Bluff. The Wall at the Top Still Is Not Built.
by Long Island Wave ·Nearly a decade in, the village is still waiting on redesign plans for the upper wall while storm damage, FEMA signoffs and a contractor dispute pile up.
Great Neck Spent One July Night on Apartment Towers, Fire Hydrants and Whether You Can Keep Hens
by Long Island Wave ·More than 20 residents, developers and attorneys packed village hall for a agenda that ran from a $180,000 permit-fee settlement to a debate about backyard coops.
A 425-Seat Theater Pays an Artist the Same Fee a 5,000-Seat One Does. Westhampton Beach Is Doing Something About It.
by Long Island Wave ·The village's performing arts center won a $6 million state award and wants to break ground this fall. The mayor's two questions are parking and sewer capacity.
Greenport's Maritime Festival Is Back, and the People Who Run the Village's Shops Are Running It Now
by Long Island Wave ·After the East End Seaport Museum stepped back from 35 years of running it, a coalition of Greenport business owners took the festival on. Here is the full weekend.
Patchogue Has Never Had a Hotel. A Bowling Alley Site on West Avenue Is About to Change That.
by Long Island Wave ·A 96-room Tempo by Hilton won site plan approval for the old Bowl Long Island property, a short walk from both the LIRR station and the Watch Hill ferry.
Long Beach Had 16 Blank Ticket Booths on Its Boardwalk. Local Artists Took Care of That.
by Long Island Wave ·Sixteen beach-entrance ticket booths along the Long Beach boardwalk have been painted by volunteer local artists, funded by sponsors at no cost to taxpayers.
Oyster Bay Just Got Its Waterfront Back After 63 Years. Now Comes the Hard Part.
by Long Island Wave ·Twenty-one oil tanks that stood on Oyster Bay Harbor since 1962 are gone. The town wants a public waterfront there. The ground underneath has other ideas.
Huntington Village's Nightlife Row Is Turning Into a Daytime Destination, One Lease at a Time
by Long Island Wave ·A bookstore bar, an all-day cafe, a pasta-class restaurant and a Peruvian kitchen took over four Huntington Village spaces. The pattern is no accident.
The Entenmann's Plant in Bay Shore Sat Quiet for a Decade. Food Is Being Made There Again.
by Long Island Wave ·Redefine Meals is converting the 107,000-square-foot former Entenmann's bakery in North Bay Shore into a plant capable of 200,000 meals a day, adding 200 jobs.
Farmingdale Closes Main Street to Cars Twice More This Summer. Here Is How to Do It Right.
by Long Island Wave ·Music on Main shuts two blocks of Farmingdale's Main Street on August 6 and August 20 for free live music, food and vendors. Parking, timing and where to go.
Suffolk County Wants to Own Plum Island. Washington Has to Let Go of It First.
by Long Island Wave ·Suffolk County intends to acquire Plum Island from Washington. What has to happen first, what is on the island, and why Southold still holds the zoning.
Nearly 70,000 Long Islanders Lost a Health Plan on July 1. The Window to Replace It Closes August 30.
by Long Island Wave ·New York's Essential Plan dropped its top income tier on July 1. Long Islanders who lost coverage have until August 30 to enroll in a replacement.
A Shuttered Greenvale Supermarket Reopens August 14 as an Italian Market, With 250 Jobs Attached
by Long Island Wave ·Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace opens at 130 Wheatley Plaza in Greenvale on August 14 and is hiring roughly 250 people across every department.
Four Pipe Bands, a Caber Toss and a Gold Coast Estate: The Celtic Festival Returns August 22
by Long Island Wave ·The Long Island Celtic Festival and Highland Games runs August 22 at Old Westbury Gardens. Tickets, the lineup, the Highland Games and what to bring.
Ten Dollars, Two Days of Lobster Rolls, and an 1888 Oyster Sloop in West Sayville
by Long Island Wave ·The Long Island Seafood Festival runs August 22 and 23 at the Maritime Museum in West Sayville. Admission is $10 and the shuttles from Sayville are free.
26 Revolutionary War Sites, One Selfie Each, and a $1,776 Prize. You Have Until September 30.
by Long Island Wave ·The History Hunt's Redcoats and Rebels edition runs through September 30 across 26 Revolutionary-era sites in Nassau, Suffolk and Brooklyn. Free to enter.
Long Island Brings Together Seven Specialists for a Multidisciplinary Clinical Forum
by Long Island Wave ·The Long Island Health & Wellness Society brings its second annual Pain Management Symposium to The Piermont in Babylon on September 10. Tickets run $50 to $100.
A Free Literacy Panel and Book Drive Lands in Hicksville on August 5. Admission Is One Book.
by Long Island Wave ·The Melville Chamber's NexGen Professionals group hosts a literacy panel and community book drive at The Book Fairies in Hicksville on Wednesday, August 5. Free, 8:30 a.m., registration required.
Amazon Filed for a $1 Billion Building in Holbrook. Here Is What the Application Actually Says.
by Long Island Wave ·Amazon wants to put 4.2 million square feet on 140 wooded acres in Holbrook. The jobs, the truck counts, the zoning change it needs, and the review that decides it.
Two Moratoriums in Three Days: New York and Brookhaven Both Hit Pause on Data Centers
by Long Island Wave ·The Governor paused hyperscale data center permits on July 14. Brookhaven banned new applications on July 16. What that does to a $1 billion proposal in Yaphank.
Long Island Office Vacancy Fell Below 12% for the First Time Since 2020. Some of That Is Demolition.
by Long Island Wave ·Long Island office vacancy hit 11.8% in the second quarter of 2026, the first sub-12% reading since 2020. A good deal of the improvement is buildings leaving the market.
Suffolk Is Trying Again on 48 Acres in Ronkonkoma, and Proposals Are Due in September
by Long Island Wave ·The $2.8 billion Midway Crossing plan is gone. Suffolk County issued a new RFP on July 3 for the same 48 acres, this time with $50 million of county money attached.
Islip Picked a Developer for a New MacArthur Terminal. Its Own Board Then Withheld the Money.
by Long Island Wave ·Islip named Fly LI Partners, an RXR and Avports joint venture, its preferred developer for a new MacArthur terminal. Days later the town board voted to withhold consultant funding.
Sunrise Wind Is About Half Built, and the First Turbine Is Standing 30 Miles Off Montauk
by Long Island Wave ·New York's largest offshore wind project is roughly halfway through construction. What is finished, what is left, and what Suffolk County actually gets out of it.
Long Island Buys Nearly Half of New York's Legal Cannabis. Nassau County Sells None of It.
by Long Island Wave ·Long Island accounts for 47% of New York's annualized adult-use cannabis sales across ten regions. Every licensed dispensary on the Island is in Suffolk County.
Every Long Island Employer With 10 Workers Had a Retirement Deadline This Year. All Three Have Passed.
by Long Island Wave ·New York's Secure Choice retirement mandate hit employers with 10 or more workers in three waves this year. The last deadline was July 15. Here is what it requires.
Casa Stellina Is Farmingdale's Argument for the Long Italian Dinner
by Long Island Wave ·A Michelin Italy Guide chef, pasta rolled every morning and $10 cocktails at four, on Main Street in Farmingdale. Inside Casa Stellina's room, menu and hours.
A Painkiller That Is Not an Opioid Came Out of a Stony Brook Lab. This Month It Got New Data.
by Long Island Wave ·ART26.12 was invented in two Stony Brook labs and is the first selective FABP5 inhibitor in human trials. New data presented this month extends it to spinal cord injury pain.
New York Is Phasing Out the Horseshoe Crab Harvest. Long Island's Beaches Are the Whole Point.
by Long Island Wave ·New York will end all horseshoe crab harvesting by January 2029, cutting the quota every year until then. Why an animal older than the dinosaurs matters to Long Island.
Five Acres in Oyster Bay Cove Will Never Be Built On. The Reason Is Underneath Them.
by Long Island Wave ·A five-acre woodland off Yellow Cote Road, held by one family for more than a century, has been permanently preserved. What it really protects is the aquifer below it.
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