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This Long Island, New York Coastal Town Has Kept The Same Main Street For Sixty Years While Everything Around It Changed

Long Island has changed fast over the decades, with new highways, big box stores, and self-checkout lanes popping up across Suffolk County. Yet one small harbor village on the North Shore has held onto its downtown in a way that feels almost stubborn, in the best sense. Its main street...

Suffolk County, NY · 1d
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25 Famous People You Didn’t Know Were From Massapequa, Long Island

It is hard to think of another community on Long Island that has produced quite the combination of famous people that Massapequa has. Four brothers from one family became Hollywood actors. Three young musicians who grew up in the area took rockabilly to the top of the record charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Three brothers from another family played in the National Football League. And then, of course, there is Jerry Seinfeld.

Massapequa, NY · 2d
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William Floyd, Long Island Signer of the Declaration of Independence

One of the 56 men whose signatures appear on the Declaration of Independence lived in a house that still stands in Mastic Beach. William Floyd, […] The post William Floyd, Long Island Signer of the Declaration of Independence first appeared on SciFisland.com .

Suffolk County, NY · 3d

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Patton Oswalt set to bring the laughs to Huntington

Patton Oswalt, with his quick wit, started as a stand-up comedian in 1988. His career took off after getting a break as a sketch comedy writer for MADtv and starring in his own 1996 comedy special for HBO. He has released ten stand-up specials and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for his Netflix special Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping (2016). Now, on Nov. 19, 2026, Oswalt brings his award-winning stand-up to The Paramount in Huntington. When he was asked what’s in store for fans at that show, he said, “Brand-new material that I’m working on. Whatever is going on in my life, I will be talking about it as clumsily and honestly as I can.”

Huntington, NY · 3d
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Smithtown's 20-Acre History Campus Becomes a Trail of Lights for Three Nights, Dec. 4 to 6

The Smithtown Historical Society will light a path through its grounds at 239 East Main Street for three evenings next month. The Holiday Trail of Lights runs Friday, December 4, through Sunday, December 6, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. each night. Admission is $10 per person, and children under 3 are free.

Smithtown, NY · 2d

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What’s Cooking Out East: Thanksgiving Feasts, BBQ Fundraisers & Fall Fun

November is serving up plenty of reasons to get out, give back and gather around the table! From festive Thanksgiving feasts and holiday catering to a mouthwatering BBQ fundraiser, the East End has something delicious in store for everyone. Plus, get creative with pottery painting, put your knowledge to the test at trivia night and enjoy live music, local fundraisers and more. Here’s what’s cooking out east!

Hampton Bays, NY · 1d

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This Long Island Waterfront Village Finally Got A Bookstore Cafe, And It Looks Like A Fantasy Library

For years, the harbor village of Northport on Long Island had almost everything a small town could want, except a real place to buy a new book. Locals had to drive elsewhere for their next paperback, and the gap on Main Street was hard to ignore. Then a former art...

Northport, NY · 4d

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Village Chabad to host An Evening with Yaniv Hayun, ‘The Israeli Plumber,’ on Nov. 25

Five weeks ago he was a father of two flying home from a family vacation. Today the world calls him a hero. On Wednesday, Nov. 25, Yaniv Hayun will stand before a Long Island audience at Village Chabad in East Setauket to tell, in his own words, how an ordinary plumber stopped a catastrophe in mid-flight.

Setauket- East Setauket, NY · 2d

TBR News Media

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Community Playhouse of Northport kicks off the holiday season with ‘Mary Poppins’

The Community Playhouse of Northport closes out its 4th season with their Fall Main Stage production of Mary Poppins. CPN lives up to its mission statement of a warm, welcoming and inclusive family-friendly environment, with a cast of 50+ adults and children, all jam-packed with talent from their youngest performers who are just 8-years old to adults in their 70’s. CPN invites Long Islanders to start the holidays off early and bring the whole family to a production that promises to warm your hearts “In the most delightful way!”

Northport, NY · 1d

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One Art Teacher, Twelve Former Students and 27 Years of Work on One Wall in Blue Point

A Bayport-Blue Point High School art teacher and a dozen of the students he taught have hung their work side by side at the Bayport-Blue Point Public Library. The show pairs Frank Salino's own art with pieces by former students who kept making art after graduation, across classes from 1999 to this past spring, and it stays up through mid-December.

Blue Point, NY · 1d

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Paintings, a Symphony and Gifts Under $200: Sayville's Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts Sets Its Holiday Season

Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts, the Sayville arts group known as BAFFA, has set a holiday calendar that runs from a weekend gallery show in the historic Gillette House through two concerts the weekend before Thanksgiving and a two-day artisan show in December, where nothing on the tables costs more than $200.

Sayville, NY · 1d

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Rock Out Hunger Turns 17 in Bay Shore on Sunday, With Clyde McPhatter's Drifters Playing for a Food Pantry

The Boulton Center for the Performing Arts on West Main Street in Bay Shore stages the 17th Rock Out Hunger on Sunday, November 15, a Veterans Day weekend concert whose proceeds all go to the St. Mary's and St. Peter's Food Pantry. Doors open at 1 p.m., the show starts at 2 p.m., and tickets are $50 with every fee included.

Bay Shore, NY · 2d

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At Sing Sing prison, incarcerated men get preview of new PBS documentary on nation’s justice system

OSSINING, New York (AP) — As the lights dimmed inside the chapel at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York, around 30 incarcerated men sat scattered across the pews, waiting to preview a new docuseries on the history of the nation’s criminal justice system. Our Lady of Hope chapel was soon abuzz with discussion, […]

New York, NY · 2d

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Why Is Albany the Capital of New York State Instead of New York City?

With New York City being the largest city in the United States, it might seem a little surprising that the capital of New York State is Albany. After all, New York City was once the capital of the entire country. Why, then, did the state government settle in a city roughly 150 miles to the north?

Albany, NY · 3d

Gothamist

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Amtrak's Penn Station plan could funnel taxpayer money to new venue for James Dolan

The Trump administration is moving ahead with a new design for Penn Station. The federal government's plan to rebuild Penn Station would require the purchase of a theater attached to the west side of Madison Square Garden. [ more › ]

New York, NY · 9d

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Billy Joel at Home: 10 Photos of the Piano Man Through the Decades

For Billy Joel, New York is more than just a place. It’s an inextricable part of what makes the singer who he is. “My speech patterns are New York. The music that I like, it was all New York–based. That’s what I think of when I think of home,” he said in his 2025 HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes. “It’s my roots.”

New York, NY · 11d

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Hip-hop feud heats up New York governor's race

New York · 17d

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New York State Broadcasters Association Inducts Seven Into Hall of Fame

The New York State Broadcasters Association inducted seven radio and TV personalities into its Hall of Fame during a ceremony Thursday at the Rainbow Room in New York City. The Class of 2026 spans major-market news operations and regional community stations across the Empire State. “From the biggest stage in...

New York · 22d

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25 Famous Comedians You Didn’t Know Were From Upstate New York

New York City has long been one of America’s great comedy capitals, from earlier vaudeville theaters to Manhattan’s stand-up clubs and television studios. But some of the people who helped define American comedy came from places well beyond the five boroughs. Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Jamestown, Saratoga Springs, and the smaller towns of Upstate New York have their own connections to late-night television, sketch comedy, sitcoms, stand-up, and comic writing.

New York · 10-14