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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Long Island's Pain Specialists Rarely Share a Room. On September 10, Six of Them Share a Stage.
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 start at $25.
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.
Nassau Homes Just Set a Record. Here Is the Income That Actually Buys One.
by Long Island Wave ·Nassau's median crossed $850,000 in June and single-family homes set an all-time record. We ran the mortgage math on what buying at those numbers now requires.
A $155 Benefit Dinner Is Coming to a Saint James Wine Bar
by Long Island Wave ·Enology Wine Bar in Saint James hosts a multi-course benefit dinner for the Suffolk County Dental Society on Sunday, September 20. One 5 p.m. seating, $155.
Glen Cove's Italian Feast Turns 51 This Week, and It Still Runs on Homemade
by Long Island Wave ·The Feast of St. Rocco runs July 30 through August 2 at the Church of St. Rocco on Third Street in Glen Cove. Hours, food and free admission and parking.
West Nile Is Turning Up in Seven Suffolk Communities. The County Answer Arrives at 5:30 p.m.
by Long Island Wave ·Eleven Suffolk mosquito samples tested positive for West Nile virus. Where they came from, what the county is spraying this week, and how to protect yourself.
Long Island's Museum of Flight Is About to Fill Up With Arcade Cabinets
by Long Island Wave ·The Long Island Retro Gaming Expo returns to the Cradle of Aviation Museum August 7 to 9, with three levels of arcades and a Nintendo 64 thirtieth anniversary.
Two More Long Island Ponds Just Went Off Limits, and the Reason Is Growing in the Water
by Long Island Wave ·Suffolk has confirmed blue-green algae blooms at Silver Brook Pond in Flanders and Pond Lane Pond in East Hampton. What to look for, and why dogs are most at risk.
The Serum on Your Bathroom Shelf Was Probably Invented in Melville
by Long Island Wave ·The Estee Lauder Companies has run its R&D labs in Melville for more than 55 years, and now trains Farmingdale State College students two miles away.
Long Island Added 3,600 Private-Sector Jobs in a Year. One Industry Added 10,100.
by Long Island Wave ·State labor data shows Long Island private employment up just 0.3 percent over the year, with education and health services adding nearly three times the region net.
Why Long Island Dentists Are Training in Botox, and What the Course Actually Covers
by Long Island Wave ·A 16-credit hands-on CE course in Hauppauge on August 15 teaches dentists botulinum toxin and dermal fillers, and half the syllabus is therapeutic, not cosmetic.
The Family That Fed Levittown Its First Fast Food Is Coming Back to Long Island
by Long Island Wave ·Tony's Di Napoli is opening on Manhasset's Miracle Mile. Its owners are the Wetansons, who started Wetson's in Levittown in 1959 and once ran 72 burger stands.
Jones Beach's Grandest Building Sat Empty for 17 Years. It Just Reopened With a Pool.
by Long Island Wave ·A $100 million restoration has brought the 1930 East Bathhouse back to life with a zero-entry learn-to-swim pool and a sprayground. Youth lessons start July 29.
Long Island Is Under a Flood Watch. Here Is Why the Water Has Nowhere to Go.
by Long Island Wave ·A flood watch covers Nassau and Suffolk into Wednesday. The reason two inches of rain closes roads on an island made of sand has more to do with pavement than with sky.
Roslyn's 300-Year-Old Dutch Mill Is Getting Its Walls Back
by Long Island Wave ·Closed to the public since 1974, the Roslyn Grist Mill is one of the last Dutch-framed watermills in America. This month its new siding reached the north wall.
The Long Island Village That Owns Its Own Beach on Fire Island
by Long Island Wave ·Bellport Village owns a stretch of Fire Island and runs a 47-passenger ferry across the bay to reach it. How Ho Hum Beach works, what it costs, and who gets on.
A Bandshell, a Greenway and a $3 Million Theater: What State Money Is Building in Long Island Downtowns
by Long Island Wave ·New York has committed $19 million to three Long Island village downtowns. The project lists show what that money actually buys: sidewalks, signage, facades and one theater.
The Trail Meant to Run From Manhattan to Montauk Starts Building This Year
by Long Island Wave ·A nearly 200-mile trail from Manhattan to Montauk begins with 12 miles between Brentwood and Bethpage. Here is what is funded, what is not, and when.
Suffolk County Leads the Country in a Tick Bite That Can Make You Allergic to Red Meat
by Long Island Wave ·Suffolk County had more suspected alpha-gal cases than any U.S. county. What the lone star tick does, and how the red meat allergy presents.
The Oldest Cider Mill in New York Has Been Pressing Apples in Jericho Since the 1820s
by Long Island Wave ·Jericho Cider Mill survived Prohibition, two moves and four generations. It still presses more than 40,000 gallons of cider a year on Route 106.
The 39th Bellmore Family Street Festival Takes Over the Village in September
by Long Island Wave ·Four days of crafters, rides, live music and food across Bellmore Village, September 17 to 20, with full carnival and street festival hours.
How to Check Whether Your Long Island Salon Is Actually Licensed
by Long Island Wave ·New York licenses both the salon and the stylist. The five specialty licenses, the free state lookup tool, and how to file a complaint.
The Wine Has to Audition: Inside Enology Wine Bar & Bistro in Saint James
by Long Island Wave ·A wine program that built a restaurant around itself. Jimmy Kilimitzoglou on the list, the room, and Enology's full calendar of classes and music.
The Second-Largest Industrial Park in America Is in Hauppauge, and It Is Quietly Rebuilding Itself
by Long Island Wave ·Hauppauge's Long Island Innovation Park holds roughly 1,350 companies and 55,000 jobs. Inside the projects reshaping the region's biggest economic engine.
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