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Syosset, Woodbury, Jericho chamber holds member BBQ
The Syosset Woodbury Jericho Chamber of Commerce dressed up its typical meeting with new surroundings at the Syosset-Woodbury Community Park.
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The Wandering Page mobile bookstore goes brick-and-mortar in Bellmore
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Gurney’s Summer Music Series Heats Up for July 4 in Montauk
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Low Tide Bean brings new waterfront café to West Babylon docks
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Rell Sunn Surf Contest Returns to Ditch Plains in Montauk July 11
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Restaurant of the Week.
📷 The Lobster Roll · Amagansett
At The Lobster Roll, the line is part of the meal.
"You don't go to the Lobster Roll for the roll. You go for the parking lot, the picnic table, the late afternoon. The roll is incidental." — Long Island TodayRead the full review →
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Best of LI 2026 · Editors' picks
Best of Long Island 2026.
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The cheat sheet.
- Beach parking. Jones Beach Field 6 empties out by 7 p.m. — sunset crowd's gone home.
- Best slice after midnight. Little Vincent's on New York Ave, Huntington. No debate.
- Vineyard shortcut. Take the LIRR to Mattituck — Macari runs a Saturday shuttle.
- Rainy-day kids. Heckscher Museum has free Sundays. LI Children's Museum: $5 Wednesdays.
- The walk. Centerport Beach loop, 35 minutes, all flat, prettiest at low tide.
- LIRR park-and-ride. Greenlawn lot is half the price of Huntington's, one stop away.
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Long Island, frequently asked.
What are some free things to do on Long Island today?
There's almost always something free happening on Long Island today — free concerts at the bandshells, farmers markets, library programs, street fairs, and beach boardwalks. Every free event on our events calendar is tagged Free right on the listing, so you can scan today's and tonight's free things to do in one pass. The boardwalks at Long Beach and Jones Beach, downtown strolls in Port Jefferson, Northport, and Greenport, and most town parks and harbor walks are free year-round.
What are the best family things to do on Long Island?
Long Island is packed with family-friendly outings: kid-friendly festivals and fairs on the weekly events calendar, the beaches and boardwalks, apple and pumpkin farms out east in season, and rainy-day standbys like the Long Island Children's Museum. For where to take the crew for ice cream, bagels, or pizza afterward, our editors rank the best of each in the Best of LI 2026 guide.
What's happening on Long Island this weekend?
Every Thursday we publish the weekend's top picks — the five events across Nassau and Suffolk that are actually worth leaving the house for, plus the full dated calendar for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. See what's happening this weekend, or get the free Weekend Briefing and have it land in your inbox every Thursday morning.
What are the best activities on Long Island?
The classic Long Island activities: the ocean beaches (Jones Beach, Robert Moses, Cooper's Beach), the North Fork wine trail, whale watching and lighthouse climbs out in Montauk, Gold Coast mansions and arboretums on the North Shore, and boardwalk-and-brunch weekends in Long Beach. We keep a running list of the 50 best things to do on Long Island, and the weekly events calendar covers what's on today, tonight, and this weekend.
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