Long Island, covered the way locals live it
Long Island Wave is a digital news and lifestyle publication for Nassau and Suffolk: where to eat, what is opening, who is building what, and how to spend the weekend. Health, Wealth & Lifestyle News for Long Islanders.
Built for the Long Island you actually live in
Most coverage of Long Island is written from somewhere else, about somewhere else. Long Island Wave was built to close that gap: a local publication that covers the Island the way locals actually live it, from the new spot in your downtown to the project reshaping your commute.
That means the practical things first. Where to eat this week. What is opening and what is closing. Who is building what, and what it means for your town. How to spend a Saturday without leaving the Island. The businesses, events and people that make Nassau and Suffolk more than a place you sleep.
Long Island Wave is published by Wave Agency, a Long Island digital agency based in Melville. We build for the web for a living, and this is the publication we wanted our own neighbors to have: fast, free, and genuinely local.
If it would not matter to someone who lives here, it does not run.
Four ways in
- Read
The news, every day
Local stories across Business, Food & Drink, Health, Beauty, Lifestyle and Events, all free in the archive.
- Plan
The calendar
A running calendar of local events across both counties, so the weekend never sneaks up on you.
- Find
Resources and the Marketplace
A directory of local businesses and services, plus products and offers from local makers.
- Join
The community
Member conversations with readers across the Island. A free account takes an email and a one-time code, nothing more.
Six things we hold to
Not a mission statement. The actual working rules that decide what runs and what does not.
Local or it does not run
Every story has to matter to someone in Nassau or Suffolk. We do not pad the site with national wire copy dressed up as news.
Useful beats loud
We would rather tell you where to eat on Friday than chase a headline. If a reader cannot do something with a story, we ask why we are running it.
Honest about businesses
We cover local businesses because readers care about them, not because anyone paid for coverage. When something is sponsored, it says so, plainly.
Written by locals
Our contributors live here: business owners, event organizers, and people who know their towns first-hand. The door is open at Write for the Wave.
The writer's voice survives
We edit for clarity and length, never to make everyone sound the same. If a piece stops sounding like the person who wrote it, we have failed at our job.
Free, and staying free
No paywall, anywhere on the site. Long Island Wave is supported by local advertisers who belong in front of this readership, and readers never pay to read.
What you will find here
Everything is built around one question: what does a Long Islander need to know this week?
News & stories
Business, Food & Drink, Health, Beauty, Lifestyle and Events, across both counties.
Read the archive →The events calendar
Openings, festivals, markets and shows across Nassau and Suffolk.
See what's on →Resources
A directory of the local businesses and services our readers actually use.
Browse the directory →The Marketplace
Products and offers from local makers, chosen because they are worth your money.
Shop local →The Weekly Wave
One free email a week: new openings, the events worth your weekend, and the people and places shaping how Long Island lives. It lands on Friday, in time to plan, and it costs nothing. Sign up here.
A two-way publication
Long Island Wave is written with its readers, not just for them. There are four doors in, and all of them are open.
- Write for the Wave: local voices welcome, from business owners to event organizers to people who just know their town.
- Join the community: member conversations with readers across the Island, free with an email and a one-time code.
- Advertise with us: first-party placements on the site, managed in-house, in front of readers in your own backyard.
- Sell for the Wave: a commission-based advertising sales role, open across Nassau and Suffolk.
All of it, free
The latest stories, the full archive, and one good email every Friday. Questions? Reach us at contact us or [email protected].