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Long Island officials prepare for hurricane season (Newsday) - As summer swings into the heart of Atlantic hurricane season, Long Island officials are checking backup generators, drilling emergency responders and keeping a wary eye on faraway storms, such as Hurricane Bill, that could spell disaster if they made landfall here. Local officials began seriously tracking Bill late last week - "before it was even named Bill," said Greg Caronia, Nassau's deputy ...

Long-term lane closures on Neville Island bridge set to start (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - The state Department of Transportation plans to start long-term lane closures and traffic restrictions tonight on the Interstate 79 Neville Island Bridge, officials said.

66-YEAR-OLD LONG ISLAND MAN CLEARED IN DWI CASE (New York Post) - CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- Criminal charges have been dropped against a Long Island man involved in a June crash that killed two people. Police had initially said 66-year-old Michael Koss was driving while intoxicated. But prosecutors say results of...

Long Island party crasher drives into club after getting bounced (New York Daily News) - A drunken Long Island man crashed a party early Sunday - literally. Edwin Baquedano, 32, was so incensed over getting booted from a shady nightclub that he intentionally drove his car into the building.

Ex-Long Island Fire Official Busted (FOX 5 New York) - A former Long Island fire official has been arrested on charges he stole more than $38,000 from the department's treasury.  

Long Island driver cleared in head-on crash that killed 2 (Kingston Daily Freeman) - CENTRAL ISLIP (AP) — Criminal charges have been dropped against a Long Island man involved in a June crash that killed two people.

15-Year-Old Long Island Boy Drowns in Conn. River (1010 WINS New York) - A Long Island teenager who was on a family picnic drowned while swimming in the Housatonic River in Connecticut.

Body found on Long Island beach (Newsday) - ATLANTIC BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — The body of a man has been found on a Long Island beach. Authorities are trying to determine the cause of death. Two joggers found the body in the sand in Atlantic Beach on Sunday, near the Lawrence Beach Club. Police are investigating.

Outdoor prayer services on Long Island (Newsday) - Many of the faithful on Long Island are emerging from inside their churches, synagogues and cathedrals this summer and inviting others to join them in worshiping God outdoors. Services take different forms - from a prayer service beneath a canopy of stars, to a praise party in a supermarket parking lot, to a Mass on a hilltop overlooking the ocean - and yet the desire to commune with God in ...

Long Island man beaten in racially charged robbery (Staten Island Advance) - NEW YORK -- A Hispanic man told investigators he was beaten and robbed in a racially charged attack in a Long Island community where another Hispanic was killed in an alleged hate crime last fall, police said....