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With More to Show, Long Island Film Series Grows (New York Times) - This may be a year of retrenchment in the arts world, but the Long Island International Film Expo, which starts on Thursday at the Bellmore Movies, has expanded since last year.

Sixty-five-year-old NY man dies after boat capsizes during Long Island regatta (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - WEST ISLIP, N.Y. - Police say a New York man has died after his boat capsized during a regatta on Long Island's Great South Bay. Suffolk County police say John Everitt was participating in the 83rd Annual Babylon Yacht Club Sailboat Regatta when the boat suddenly capsized at noon Saturday.

More Dolphins Returning To Long Island Sound (FOX 61 Hartford) - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Experts say more dolphins are visiting Long Island Sound this summer.

More dolphins returning to Long Island Sound (Boston Globe) - Experts say more dolphins are visiting Long Island Sound this summer. They say they've recorded a pod of at least 100 bottlenose dolphins in the Sound. Joseph Schnierlein of the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk says dolphins are often spotted in the Sound, but nobody's seen this many there since the 1950s.

Police: Long Island man sold fireworks to preteens (Staten Island Advance) - NEW CASSEL, N.Y. -- Police say a man turned his aunt's Long Island home into an underground fireworks shop, selling the devices to children on the eve of July Fourth. Kevin Wilkins was being held on $8,500 cash bail...

Body found in Long Island Sound (WTNH-TV New Haven) - A body was found in the Long Island Sound off Shippan Point Saturday morning.  

Woman Armed With Handgun Robs Bank On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Police on Long Island say a woman armed with a handgun robbed a bank in Melville. Suffolk County Police say the woman entered the Madison National Bank branch Friday and pointed a handgun at a teller and demanded money. She also pointed the weapon at other bank employees and told them not to notify police.

More Dolphins Returning to Long Island Sound (WCBS 880 New York) - Experts say more dolphins are visiting Long Island Sound this summer. READ MORE>>

Police: Long Island Man Sold Fireworks to Preteens (WCBS 880 New York) - Police say a man turned his aunt's Long Island home into an underground fireworks shop, selling the devices to children on the eve of July Fourth. READ MORE>>

Second Dog Beach Opens in Long Beach Island, NJ (KYW News Radio 1060) - Fido will be able to join in on all the family fun at New Jersey shore this weekend. There is now a second dog beach on Long Beach Island.