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Chick-fil-A Will Be Adding New Sandwich, Other Items To Menu Nationwide Chick-fil-A Will Be Adding New Sandwich, Other Items To Menu Nationwide
Chick-fil-A Will Be Adding New Sandwich, Other Items To Menu Nationwide Chick-fil-A fans can look forward to new flavors this fall as the chain rolls out a limited-time menu nationwide.  The seasonal lineup features the debut of the Pretzel Cheddar Club Sandwich, a sparkling Cherry Berry & Sprite beverage, and two new Waffle Potato Chip varieties, and starts Monday, Aug. 18. The Pretzel Cheddar Club Sandwich, which was tested in Raleigh, North Carolina last spring, is making its national debut after positive feedback.  The sandwich includes a boneless chicken breast filet — available in original, spicy, or grilled — topped with lettuce, tomato, c…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
NY Ex-Hospital Chief Who Stole $1.4M—Including $176K On Pet Care—Gets Prison Time NY Ex-Hospital Chief Who Stole $1.4M—Including $176K On Pet Care—Gets Prison Time
NY Ex-Hospital Chief Who Stole $1.4M—Including $176K On Pet Care—Gets Prison Time A former Brooklyn hospital executive who stole nearly $1.5 million in public funds—including more than $170,000 on pet care—has been sentenced to up to three years in prison. Michael Lucchesi, 67, the former Chairman of Emergency Medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, was sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 6, to an indeterminate term of one to three years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree grand larceny. Lucchesi admitted to using a business credit card for personal expenses, racking up approximately $1.44 million in unauthorized spending between December 2016 and January 2023. Amo…

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by Michael Mashburn
Schools
Back-To-School 2025 Deals: More Families Shopping Early To Dodge Rising Prices Back-To-School 2025 Deals: More Families Shopping Early To Dodge Rising Prices
Back-To-School 2025 Deals: More Families Shopping Early To Dodge Rising Prices Most families are already hunting for back-to-school deals in the summer heat. Roughly two-thirds (67%) of families with children in kindergarten through 12th grade had started shopping by early July, according to the National Retail Federation. That's up from 55% in 2024 and the highest level since NRF began tracking early shopping in 2018. More than half (51%) of families said they're shopping ahead of time because they expect prices to rise due to President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs. "Consumers are being mindful of the potential impacts of tariffs and inflation on b…

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by Chris Spiker
Lifestyle
Best Catered Thanksgiving Dinners Found At These Suffolk County Restaurants, Foodies Say Best Catered Thanksgiving Dinners Found At These Suffolk County Restaurants, Foodies Say
Best Catered Thanksgiving Dinners Found At These Suffolk County Restaurants, Foodies Say Pie-ning to feast without the fuss? Thyme is running out to place your Thanksgiving order with these a-maize-ing Long Island restaurants. Entrepreneur Michael McCormick just isn’t in the cooking mood this year, but still yearns for a scrumptious holiday meal. So he turned to his fellow foodies to find Long Island’s best Thanksgiving caterers. “Concern is it’s going to be a bland, flavorless, low seasoning, small portion, overpriced disaster,” McCormick wrote on the Long Island Foodies Facebook group. “Just want the best meal I don’t have to cook on the table. Where can I get a bird and som…

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by Michael Mashburn
Business
Long Island’s First Cannoleria Gears Up For Grand Opening Long Island’s First Cannoleria Gears Up For Grand Opening
Long Island’s First Cannoleria Gears Up For Grand Opening Holy cannoli: Long Island’s first cannoleria has arrived. What began in 2020 as a humble cart serving up Italian ice and gelato at weddings and bar mitzvahs has graduated to a full-on brick-and-mortar business for Brandyn Williams. “Closed our mall location… for the bigger dream!” Williams captioned a TikTok video documenting his move from the modest spot he briefly occupied at the Roosevelt Field mall in East Garden City. On Saturday, Sept. 28, he will celebrate the grand opening of his first standalone business, Dolce Bella in Oceanside, Long Island’s first full-fledged cannoleria. Fa…

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by Michael Mashburn