Top 5 Stories in Long Island Press This Week: Election Results, Winter Festivals

NYC Winter Lantern Festival Coming to Long Island This Year

The NYC Winter Lantern Festival, a vibrant Chinese-inspired holiday light show, will dazzle families at two locations on Long Island this fall and winter.

GOP Flips 3 NY State Senate Seats on Long Island

Republicans flipped three New York State Senate seats on Long Island in Tuesday’s elections, but Democratic leaders maintain it wasn’t enough to give the GOP the majority in Albany’s upper legislative chamber.

LuminoCity Festival Holiday Light Show Comes to Eisenhower Park

LuminoCity Festival, an interactive holiday light experience, is coming to Eisenhower Park starting Nov. 9.

Garvies Point Brewery & Restaurant A Contender on the Glen Cove Waterfront

Two friends dreamed of having their own brewery after working together at a craft beer distributor in Brooklyn and winning the Pride of Brooklyn Homebrew Competition. In 2015, they founded Garvies Point Brewery and leased 3,000 square feet in an industrial building across from the waterfront.

Sayville Motor Lodge Busted for Alleged Sex, Drug Trafficking

Owners of the Sayville Motor Lodge and their co-conspirators have been arrested for alleged sex trafficking and drug activity at the motel, federal authorities said.