Lee Meyer

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Athletic apparel retailer Lululemon is opening a pop-up store at Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove. The pop-up will launch Friday — with a grand opening event that offers shoppers free outdoor workouts led by the Trainer Page, a Ronkonkoma fitness studio — and run through Sunday, according to a post on the mall's website. Lululemon could not be reached for comment Thursday. The Vancouver-based company was founded in 1998 and sells athletic apparel for yoga, running and other fitness activities.

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Dede Gotthelf has spent the past weeks preparing her Southampton Inn for the crucial summer season, which began on Memorial Day. But this year, her familiar routine has been interrupted by telephone calls from Canadians canceling their hotel bookings.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Lee Meyer

Mortgage rates continued to increase across the United States, with experts attributing the rise to more real estate inventory. But on Long Island, inventory remains low and continues to put buyers in a financial bind. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.86% nationally as of Thursday, mortgage giant Freddie Mac’s weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Lee Meyer

New York Cancer & Blood Specialists has opened its latest facility in East Islip ahead of a larger expansion plan for Patchogue later this year. The outpatient medical network, which has 16 locations across Long Island and 42 total across the state, sees around two million patient visits a year and 20,000 new cancer patients a year, according to CEO Dr. Jeff Vacirca.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Lee Meyer

NYU Langone Health plans a $650 million expansion at its Patchogue hospital, the hospital told Newsday on Monday. The health care system acquired Long Island Community Hospital in 2022 and completed its merger in March, making it NYU Langone’s seventh hospital. Now known as NYU Langone Hospital — Suffolk, the hospital has already undergone changes, the group said, including the reopening of the hospital's inpatient psychiatric center and an under-construction ambulatory center on Main Street.