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Get a sneak peek inside the 2026 Fun Book with guides to apple picking, hidden shops, fall hikes, winter holiday activities and so much more.

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Discover a variety of apples ripe for picking across Long Island's charming orchards.

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LI eatery closes indefinitely due to storm damage weeks after opening

This is the first Long Island location of Queens mainstay.

NYC Greek spot opens 1st LI location

Shaken, not stirred ... That's all you got?

Speakeasy opens on LI with build-your-own martini bar

Apricot Lane, a women's clothing store, has opened its second Long Island location.

Local mom opens new women's boutique with help from her daughters

The shop is located behind a neighboring business.

Hidden coffee truck makes a social media splash on LI

It'll serve the only-on-Long Island L.I.B.E.C., that's right, a bacon, egg and cheese pizza with, wait for it, an everything-bagel crust.

Popular pizza truck to open new stationary location

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The owner and executive chef is a 20-year veteran of Japanese cuisine, with tenure at New York City's Nobu and Sushi Samba restaurants.

New sushi spot opens on LI

Explore four Long Island communities with the most Newsday Top 50 restaurants.

These 4 LI towns have the best restaurants

The chef hopes the menu shows "people that Mexican food is really broad and wide in the spectrum."

High-end Mexican steakhouse opening on LI boardwalk

A slew of new buzzy new eateries enter the dining scene in time for fall.

6 new LI restaurants to try this fall

The operators run three top restaurants in Nassau; this will be their first in Suffolk.

Top LI restaurant team to open casual new spot

The restaurant has gotten a makeover and enhanced its fixed-menu offerings.

Greek eatery transforms on the North Shore

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Long Island is seeing an uptick in trade school enrollment amid growing concern from young adults about job insecurity, financial prospects and the impacts of artificial intelligence on the job market. NewsdayTV's Izzy Mignardi reports.

Long Islanders turning to trade school as a viable alternative to college

The Knicks on Monday held their media day, where they expressed what it would take to repeat as NBA champions. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Knicks say they're ready for this season's high expectations

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed explores a Cutchogue vineyard's unique operation on preserved land.

Out East: McCall Wines

Newsday sports reporter Ben Dickson tasted some of the new menu items at UBS Arena for the 2026-2027 Islanders season.

Taste-testing UBS Arena's new food options

Ken Buffa sees what it takes to make signs glow at Going Sign & Servicing in Plainview in this week's LI Works.

LI Works: Ken is all aglow at neon sign maker

NewsdayTV's Marie Elena Martinez got a sneak peek at the new Babylon Whiskey Down Dine, which plans to open in the fall.

Take a peek inside Whiskey Down Diner's new location

NewsdayTV's Andi Berlin visits No Good Burger Joint in Baldwin.

Newsday's Top 50 restaurants: A burger joint joins the list

Floyd twin seniors Anabel and Lydia Van Cott are double trouble for the competition on the tennis courts, NewsdayTV's Tess Fergurson reports.

Double trouble on the tennis court for Floyd

Residents say deer have been spotted in backyards and local streets as a result of the uptick in population. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn has more.

Nassau's North Shore fights exploding deer population

The Long Island Sound water quality is improving, nonprofit Save the Sound says, but there's more to be done. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

Long Island Sound water quality: See what the latest report card says

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NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa visits Coffee Barn in Albertson to try their pumpkin spice latte.

Classic fall latte served inside a pumpkin

Sample knishes, loaded mashed potatoes, a beer garden and more at the Long Island Potato Festival at Farmingdale State College on Sept. 26-27.

A carb-lover's dream

From the Potato Festival to a "Grease" sing-along, check out all the fun things to do and explore this weekend.

What's up on LI this weekend

Med school or content creator? How this Long Islander's career change led to a six figure business

How this Long Islander's career change led to a six figure business

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits a unique sanctuary in Calverton where veterans and first responders find healing through equine therapy with rescue horses.

Out East: Warrior Ranch Foundation

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed is heading 'Out East' to showcase the ultimate local spots you need to explore.

Out East Show: Milk Pail u-pick farm; Lenny Bruno Farms; McCall Wines; Jamesport Farm Brewery

NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa checks out this viral social media hit that has customers flocking to Chefs Corner in Mineola.

'It just went viral'

As New York picked up the pieces and began to rebuild after 9/11, Newsday's photographers were there. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland has more.

'The world changed that day'

Two Newsday photographers talk about their experiences at Ground Zero on Sept. 11, 2001.

Picture This: When Newsday photographers captured America's Day of Terror

The 22-year-old content creator from Westbury claims these spots are supposedly the BEST on Long Island.

These spots on Long Island are SUPPOSEDLY the BEST

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