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$15M Long Island Home Built For French Royalty — No Really $15M Long Island Home Built For French Royalty — No Really
$15M Long Island Home Built For French Royalty — No Really It's a home that looks like it was plucked from Versaille and placed in New York. That's because it was.  "Haut Bois," a 108-year-old home in the exclusive town of Brookville on Long Island's Gold Coast was designed to look like Louis XIV Hunting Lodge, now known as the Palace of Versailles, the listing reads. This one-of-a-kind regal Brookville manor could be yours for $14.9 million.  Zillow The 18-room home sits on eight acres at the end of a private drive. It was originally built in 1916 and has undergone two major renovations in the past century.  Zillow Th…

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by Josh Lanier
Lifestyle
HGTV Media Company Looks To Long Island For New Home Makeover Episodes HGTV Media Company Looks To Long Island For New Home Makeover Episodes
HGTV Media Company Looks To Long Island For New Home Makeover Episodes If you live on Long Island, want to be on TV, and also need a home renovation, the company that produces many popular HGTV shows wants you. High Noon Entertainment, a media production company behind HGTV favorites like “Fixer Upper,” “Good Bones,” and “Unsellable Houses,” is casting Long Islanders in need of a home makeover, according to its website. Though the show and the network it will air on are being kept under tight wraps — the application only says “major cable network” — a new casting call announced that it is only looking for homeowners who live in Nassau or western Suffolk coun…

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by Sophie Grieser
Obituaries
'Everyone Was Family To Him': Community Mourns Long Island Dad, Husband After Sudden Death 'Everyone Was Family To Him': Community Mourns Long Island Dad, Husband After Sudden Death
'Everyone Was Family To Him': Community Mourns Long Island Dad, Husband After Sudden Death Days after the unexpected death of a Long Island man, community members have amassed funds to support his widow and their four-year-old daughter. “Brian didn’t have acquaintances or friends, he only had family. Everyone was family to him and that’s how he lived and loved.” On Sunday, Aug. 6, Brian Flaherty died of a heart attack in his sleep, according to his wife Lenora and a GoFundMe set up by her sister, Arianna Zee. Zee said that, though Lenora attempted to revive him with 911 on the phone, it was too late. Now, as Lenora and the couple’s four-year-old daughter Francesca navigate l…

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by Sophie Grieser
Lifestyle
HGTV To Kickstart Hudson Valley Town In New Series HGTV To Kickstart Hudson Valley Town In New Series
HGTV To Kickstart Hudson Valley Town In New Series HGTV has announced plans to feature a small Hudson Valley community in its new renovation series, "Home Town Kickstart." The Orange County town of Cornwall will be one of the six communities featured on the show, the television channel said in an announcement on Tuesday, Nov. 16. HGTV said the show will premiere in the spring of 2022. Three projects will take place in the town: refreshing the home of a local hero, upgrading a small business and revitalizing a public space. Ben and Erin Napier will star in the show.   “We see the positive impact of this small town renaissance ev…

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by Nicole Valinote