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Shelton's Spicer to sign National Letter of Intent with Long Island (Connecticut Post) - Shelton's Jen Spicer , a two-time Connecticut Post All-Star, will sign a National Letter of Intent to play soccer at Long Island on Wednesday. Spicer, a four-year varsity starter, finished her career with 41 goals and 36 assists.

Motorist dies on Terminal Island Freeway in Long Beach (Long Beach Press-Telegram) - LONG BEACH - A woman was killed on the Terminal Island (103) Freeway today when her car crashed into a security gate at the end of the freeway, authorities said.

Pastor Sentenced for Scamming Long Island Immigrants (Long Island Press) - A Queens pastor who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to scamming more than 100 immigrants—primarily from the Ecuadorian community, some of them from Long Island—out of more than $50,000 by promising to get them U.S. visas and legal status, is going to jail. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown says 57-year-old Gregorio Gonzalez, who operated a storefront church [...]

Long Island diocese offering buyouts (Greenwich Time) - ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (AP) — One of Long Island's largest employers, the Diocese of Rockville Centre , plans to offer voluntary buyouts to 25 percent of its 6,000 employees.

7 charged in drug sweep on Long Island (New York Post) - HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Prosecutors on Long Island have announced the arrests of seven people on charges they sold or possessed Ketamine, an animal tranquilizer. Two of the suspects were charged with operating as major traffickers, part of a new law enacted last year. An 18-month investigation uncovered evidence the group...

Long Beach Island towns scramble to have usable beaches by summer (Press of Atlantic City) - Long Beach Township Mayor Joe Mancini passes the eroded beach Wednesday near 79th Street in the Beach Haven Crest section of the township. Mancini pledged that his township’s beaches will be open for Memorial Day weekend.

Long Island Press Names New Editor-in-Chief (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN)) - (Syosset, NY) -- Michael Patrick Nelson joined the Long Island Press at its inception in 2003 and has been a writer, columnist and senior editor at the Syosset, N.Y.-based alternative newsweekly. He is also an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University, his alma mater.

Wind Knocks Out Power For Thousands On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Dramatic flooding added to the dangers already created by the incredibly strong winds on Long Island. Karen Orsetti, of Lake Ronkonkoma, narrowly escaped death on Monday afternoon when a 30 foot power pole came down in the treacherous winds directly onto the driver's side of her windshield. "I'm OK, I'm just shaken up," she told CBS 2. "I was just driving down the road when all of a sudden right ...

Long Island diocese offering buyouts (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Associated Press - January 26, 2010 9:35 AM ET ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (AP) - 1 of Long Island's largest employers, the Diocese of Rockville Centre, plans to offer voluntary buyouts to 25...

Long Island Rail Road riders get real time train arrival information by texting Coocoo (New York Daily News) - Long Island Rail Road riders can get real-time train arrival information texted to their cell phones under a pilot program announced Monday.