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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Southampton Village Called a Special Meeting for Tonight. The Subject Is Traffic and Public Safety.
by Long Island Wave ·The Board of Trustees meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Village Hall on Main Street. The notice is two sentences long, and the timing says as much as the text.
A Commuter Parking Lot in Westbury Is Set to Become Housing. The Public Gets Its Say Thursday Night.
by Long Island Wave ·The Village of Westbury Board of Trustees meets Thursday on the Gotham Organization plan for the MTA lot beside the LIRR station, a project six years in the making.
Nassau County Approved Nearly $4 Million in Local Grants on a Single Monday. Here Is Where It Went.
by Long Island Wave ·Turnout gear, a library boiler, four playgrounds, a soccer field and a backhoe. The July 27 Community Revitalization Project grants, itemized village by village.
Baldwin Has a Bookstore Again. It Is Also the Only Black-Owned Bookstore on Long Island.
by Long Island Wave ·Two doctors opened an independent bookshop in a hamlet that had none. It is one of about a dozen storefronts Baldwin has filled since March.
Suffolk Will Pay You Up to $45,000 to Replace Your Cesspool. The Application Just Got Easier.
by Long Island Wave ·Nearly 70 percent of Suffolk homes still run on cesspools or septic systems. A new county portal launched this week combines the state and county grants in one application.
Long Island Retail Vacancy Is 4.2 Percent. That One Number Explains a Lot About Your Main Street.
by Long Island Wave ·Almost no new retail has been built on Long Island in five years. A mid-year market report explains why storefronts turn over fast and why the new tenant is usually a chain.
A Medford Avenue Bar Wanted to Open With 8 Parking Spaces Where the Code Requires 34. Patchogue's Zoning Board Said No, 7 to 0.
by Long Island Wave ·Patchogue's zoning board denied a Medford Avenue tavern 7 to 0 over a 26-space parking shortfall, approved a house on half a lot, and left the Stereo Garden permit renewal for August 18.
Eighteen Blue-Green Algae Reports Are Active on Suffolk Waters Right Now. Here Is How to Check Before You Get In.
by Long Island Wave ·Agawam Lake, Mecox Bay, Wainscott Pond and seven other Suffolk waters carry confirmed cyanobacteria reports in the state's system, and the health advice does not wait for a toxin test.
Long Island Added 3,100 Jobs Over the Year. One Industry Added 10,100 of Them.
by Long Island Wave ·State labor data for June shows private education and health services carrying the entire region, eight of ten sectors losing ground, and 7,000 fewer Long Islanders employed than a year earlier.
Glen Cove Is Spending $1.7 Million on Its Streets. It Also Set Aside 30 Feet of Glen Street for Food Delivery Drivers.
by Long Island Wave ·One July agenda carried a citywide road contract, a $90,000 alleyway repair, the city's first solid waste management plan in years, and a small curbside experiment aimed squarely at the delivery economy.
Riverhead Wants to Rezone Six Golf Courses So Cottages Can Be Built on Them. The Comment Window Closes August 25.
by Long Island Wave ·A new GC zoning district, a transfer-of-development-rights receiving area and a code definition for 'golf cottage' enter environmental review this week, with a 21-day written comment period attached to the draft scope.
Riverhead Votes Today on a 94-Room Hotel for East Main Street. The Same Site Was Approved as Condominiums.
by Long Island Wave ·Resolution 2026-746 would grant the special permit and site plan for a five-story hotel at Riverhead Town Square, with a three-year clock to build and every dollar of water and sewer extension on the developer.
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.
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