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Owners of the Babylon Bike Shop and Argyle Toys say running a small business is an adventure every day.

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Long Island, we are dealing with a bitter blast, cold weather conditions, gusty winds around Long Island, we've seen wind gusts close to 30 MPH. And with that, it feels much colder outside. And that's one of the things we're going to be dealing with these gusty winds. These feels like temperatures are in the twenties and they will be dropping down into the teens as we head into tomorrow morning. So bundle up the next 24 hours, we are tracking a few flurries and the potential of a snow shower as we go into this evening. So we may have a few festive lakes coming our way as we head towards the evening hours. We'll keep an eye on that as we go through the rest of the day. Don't forget. So, can you download the News 12 app and head over to News twelve.com for those latest weather forecasts on the go. So, tracking a few snow showers, the cold gusty winds as well. And you can see as we go through this evening, wind chills will be in the twenties with air temperatures in the low thirties. I'm not been out shopping or running into errands. Wind chills are in the low twenties coming our way. And in early on Wednesday morning, how about wind in the teens? Cold weather conditions? Tomorrow morning, temperatures start out in the twenties and we're going to stay cold Wednesday afternoon. This afternoon temperatures will be in the thirties to around 40 degrees. The threat of a few flurries or a passing snow shower. Wind chills are in the twenties, wind chills. That's what you dress for tomorrow morning. Wind chills are in the teens and we're going to be looking at air temperatures in the twenties and you can see rain warmer weather by Friday, some showers, Sunday, Monday, but bundle up, watch out for a few floors this afternoon and cold weather into tomorrow morning.

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Small businesses in Babylon celebrate National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day

If you know a small business owner or you are one yourself today is the day to celebrate. It is National mom and Pop Business Owners Day News. 12. Tama Patton is in the village of Babylon and Tama. To be honest, I didn't know there was a day for this Katie. You are not alone. A lot of the people who we talked to as we were going up and down main street. And what are you guys doing here? And what I told them about the day, they had no idea either. But the celebration for this day to honor small businesses has been going on for more than 80 years. National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day was created by two siblings back in 1939 who wanted to honor their parents hat shop that eventually grew into a clothing shop. Now here in the village of Babylon, we went to two small businesses today, Argyle Toys and Babylon bike shop. The toy store was started online by a group of moms during the height of the pandemic and they later opened that walk in store. One of the owners says their young Children are the main of those toys. Now over at the bike shop, one of the owners tells me that the original location which opened in 1969 was just down the road from their current place, which has since expanded over the years. The business owners we spoke with say, running a small business is an adventure every day. And during the pandemic, it has been an especially unique experience. The gym is also closed so people got into riding their bikes outside. Um So I've seen the, the community grow a lot. Um It doesn't seem like it's slowing down being a small business owner with the storefront is it's really a special experience, especially because we live in the community. So we get to be a really big part of the community and March 29 isn't over yet. So you still have time to get out in your community to go to your local small business. And as for those siblings who started the small business National mom and pop day 84 years ago. Well, that hat shop eventually grew into a 10,000 square foot $2 million clothing store.

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