Covering news from Babylon and its neighbors. Published through greaterlongisland.com.
07/10/2025
If you're heading to the film festival later this month at Staller Center for the Arts, you'll also find an art show. Tap for all the details.
If you're heading to the Stony Brook Film Festival this month, you’ll also be in for a visual arts treat just steps away from the theater.
07/10/2025
Support pours in as Lindenhurst 6-year-old fights brain tumor.
A Lindenhurst girl diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor is undergoing treatment while her family’s GoFundMe campaign has raised over $160,000.
07/09/2025
Did you see this at the beach last weekend?
If you looked up at the sky over Fourth of July weekend and saw “Surrender Dorothy” floating above the beaches — you weren’t dreaming. And you definitely weren’t in Kansas.
07/08/2025
UPDATE: The top bid so far is $10,200. About 14 hours remain in the online auction.
A Vietnam-era jeep once owned by alleged Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann is now up for auction on eBay, with a starting bid of $1,000.
07/08/2025
Two major MS-13 cases tied to violence on Long Island have been dropped.
Federal prosecutors have dropped serious MS-13 charges tied to Long Island violence.
07/07/2025
July 4 sent pets running. Long Island shelters are scrambling to reunite them with their owners.
Animal shelters across Long Island are dealing with an influx of lost pets following Fourth of July fireworks, as scared dogs and cats fled homes and yards.
07/07/2025
Lucharitos' general managers getting a real stake in the Tex Mex game.
Lucharitos is giving general managers across its seven Long Island locations a share of the profits, a move founder Marc LaMaina says will fuel the chain’s next wave of growth.
07/06/2025
Greater Babylon went live in 2017!
Business is booming for a local news site covering suburban communities in New York State.
07/04/2025
Arya Parikh twirled through life with the bright belief that unicorns were real and magic lived all around us.
Arya Parikh, a joyful 6-year-old from Long Island, died following complications from a routine surgery. The community has raised close to $150,000 in her memory.
07/04/2025
"Those beaches will be open for this weekend!"
The county executive said Nassau is increasing surveillance with helicopters, drones, lifeguards, beach patrols and boats.
07/03/2025
Community shaken by second devastating teen motorcycle crash in days.
Back-to-back Suffolk motorcycle crashes leave one teen hospitalized, another dead
07/03/2025
Long Islanders have plenty of options over the next nine days and nights to celebrate Independence Day.
Looking for July 4th plans on Long Island? Here’s your full 2024 guide to fireworks shows, parades, concerts, and family events across Nassau and Suffolk counties.
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GreaterBabylon seeks to be the premier community information resource for all of Babylon Town.
The site has a daily newspaper feel, with a focus on quality writing. But the emphasis here is on features and community news — as opposed to crime and politics.
Greater Long Island Media Group’s first site, GreaterPatchogue.com, launched on July 1, 2015, then expanded in 2016 and 2017 with three additional sites out of the Bay Shore, Babylon and Port Jefferson areas, including GreaterBabylon.
Company founder Michael White was previously a staff reporter at the New York Post and the Daily News. He later edited two weekly newspapers on the East End of Long Island.