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She Sings Café Owner Honored as New York State Phoenix Entrepreneur of the Year
(WNY News Now) – Mayville, NY — On August 14, 2024, Rebecca Magnuson, owner of She Sings Café in Mayville, New York, was awarded the prestigious New York State Phoenix Entrepreneur of the Year award by the New York Small Business Development Center (NYSBDC). This award is presented to a business owner whose efforts have not only enabled their business to thrive but also strengthened their community.
Here We Go Again: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Returns to Upstate New York
The entirety of New York State is under an air quality alert due to smoke billowing in from the raging Canadian wildfires. Summer 2023 was memorable because of one thing: the Canadian Wildfires. The thick, pungent smoke painted the skies gold and partially obscured the sun. Not only did the smoke make it look slightly apocalyptic outside, it also made it reek of campfire.
The Halston Kitchen & Bar to Open in Melville
The Halston American Kitchen & Bar will open Thursday in Melville, featuring the same owner but a new menu and name for the former Bijou. The 250-seat restaurant at 400 Broadhollow Road will offer dinner and cocktail service. Owner Anthony Scotto plans the restaurant as Read More ...
Tesla’s deal with New York State is about to change dramatically
Tesla’s deal with New York State officials regarding the Gigafactory in Buffalo is about to change dramatically as the current agreement is set to expire this year. The factory produces Tesla’s Solar Roof and Superchargers. There are also Autopilot data analysts employed at the factory. Tesla currently has...
Supplies drive collects school items for children
Nassau County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview) thanked supporters of the Scott Martella “Supply our Students Drive” for donating more than 50 large bags filled with supplies that will help ensure that deserving local youngsters will start the school year off ready to learn.
Remembering the historic flash flooding on the South Shore 10 years ago
It was 10 years ago Tuesday when flash flooding put the South Shore underwater, from Babylon to East Islip. Locals remember it like it was yesterday. One Greater Long Island reader, Nicole Stephanie, has a constant reminder. “I went into labor that morning,” she wrote on our GreaterBayShore Facebook feed....
Great Meadow leaders accuse state leaders of misrepresenting staff troubles
The leaders of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association accuse New York state of misrepresenting the staffing situation at Great Meadow Correctional Facility. It’s the first time since the state announced it’s closing Great Meadow that NewsChannel 13 is hearing from the union representing corrections officers....
Lily Flanagan’s Restaurant Group to reopen The Argyle in Babylon
Greater Babylon coverage is funded in part by The Argyle Theatre, where Broadway comes to Babylon. Click here for tickets to ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ performing July 11 through Sept. 1. The beloved Argyle restaurant in Babylon is being saved. That, and the rapidly expanding Lily Flanagan’s Restaurant Group...
Barnes & Noble Store to Open in September
The Barnes & Noble store will open in late September, relocating to a prime literary address at 301 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station. The new store, which replaces the East Northport site that closed in January, has about 14,000 square feet of space. That site was Read More ...
Conducting Research to Power the Future
FSC Physics Faculty/Student Team Publishes Dynamistic Research. Farmingdale State College (FSC) Physics Department faculty members Yaping Li, PhD, and Jack Simonson, PhD, together with their respective students, Dylan McCoy and Justin Bordonaro, know what matters--especially when it comes to condensed matter. . The faculty/student team authored, "High ionic conductivity materials Li3YBr6...
Two people stabbed on Times Square subway train by 14-year-old suspect: NYPD
The NYPD is searching for a 14-year-old suspect following a stabbing early Thursday on a subway train in midtown Manhattan sending two victims to the hospital, police said. The attack happened on a southbound 'Q' train at the 42nd Street-Times Square station around 6:54 a.m. Thursday, according to the NYPD.
Freeport Man Facing Multiple Charges After Allegedly Assaulting Woman with Firearm
The First Squad reports the arrest of a Freeport man for an Assault that occurred on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 10:00 p.m. in Roosevelt. According to Detectives, defendant Darryl Goins, 64, of 186 Prince Street, physically assaulted and used a firearm to threaten a 29-year-old female victim. The assault occurred in the vicinity of Greenwich Avenue and Nassau Road.
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