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Lawmaker on Long Island Wants Worker Status Verified (New York Times) - HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — In the latest move on eastern Long Island to crack down on illegal immigrants, a freshman Suffolk County legislator proposed a bill on Thursday that would require the estimated 15,000 licensed contractors there to verify their workers’ legal status.

Long Island priest considered for sainthood (WABC-TV New York) - A priest who set up an orphanage on Long Island is being considered for canonization.

More Than 200 Pot Plants Found In Long Island Basement (FOX 5 New York) - A basement in Holbrook, Long Island looked more like a garden when narcotics officers barged in. Police in Suffolk County say they found 234 marijuana plants, a hydroponics system, filters, fans, fertilizer and a plant cloning system. Two pounds of marijuana, a rifle, steroids and hundreds of hypodermic needles were also found. Police arrested Jason Schaal, 26, and William Zuckerman, 25, both of ...

Hearing Held to Discuss Long Island Sound Tunnel Proposal (Manhasset Press) - Senator Carl Marcellino (R-Syosset), chairman of the state Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, held a joint hearing on Thursday, Jan. 24 with the Senate Transportation Committee, which is chaired by Senator Charles Fuschillo regarding the Long Island Sound Tunnel proposal, dubbed "the Sound Link." The hearing took place at Town Hall in Oyster Bay.

Long Island orphanage founder up for sainthood (Greenwich Time) - An Irish-American priest who considered himself "an adopted son of the Negro race," and who battled the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and 1930s to found an orphanage for black children on the north shore of Long Island, is now a candidate for sainthood, the Brooklyn Roman Catholic Diocese said Friday.

Allison Haspel Wins Long Island Junior Equitation Championship (Manhasset Press) - On Jan. 18, the Long Island Professional Horseman's Association (PHA) named Allison Haspel the 2007 Year-End Champion of their 3'6" Medal Equitation Class. Allison is a junior at Manhasset High School and received this honor with her new horse, Arion.

Suozzi, Levy: Long Island has a lot of work ahead of it (Long Island Business News) - In two wide-reaching speeches before the assembled Long Island business community, Suffolk and Nassau county executives Steve Levy and Tom Suozzi provided a lot of repeated rhetoric but shared optimism that the region's long-held problems could be fixed.

Senator McCain Gets Support from Long Island's Jewish Business Community: Mark Broxmeyer of Fairfield Properties to ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) - Senator John McCain's presidential campaign announced that a Jewish Advisory Committee would be chaired by Mark Broxmeyer, co-founder of "Fairfield Properties," familiar to many apartment dwellers living here in Long Island. Mr. Broxmeyer is also a member of John McCain's National Finance Committee and a strong supporter in the Senator's bid for the presidency: "John McCain is the only ...

Long Island Rail Road From Penn Station to Ronkonkoma, N.Y. (New York Times) - This route on the L.I.R.R. doesn?t have the best reputation.

Civil rights on Long Island: Living to tell (Newsday) - We're telling the stories of those who fought for equality. Do you have something to share?