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Mountainside woman suffers injury in Long Beach Island surf (The Star-Ledger) - LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP -- A Union County woman suffered a possible spinal injury today after being knocked over by a wave while swimming at a Long Beach Island beach, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press. Kelly Waters,...

Long Island Beaches Reopen after Hurricane Bill (1010 WINS New York) - All of Long Island's Atlantic Ocean beaches are open again after Hurricane Bill's weekend visit.

Camden Riversharks and Long Island Ducks Split Doubleheader (OurSports Central) - The Riversharks and Long Island Ducks split a doubleheader tonight, with Camden winning game one by a score of 5-4, and Long Island taking game two 6-5. Camden reliever Felix Rodriguez (4-4) picked up the win in game one, as he pitched 1 shutout inning.

Off Long Island, the world is once again your oyster (The Record and Herald News) - Out on Long Island Sound, it seems inconceivable that some scientists and fishermen were ready a decade ago to write off what arguably is the world's richest oyster ground.

Long Island dealers named in bottle recycling scheme (Long Island Business News) - Five Long Island beverage dealers are among seven people who have been arrested as part of an elaborate scam to re-redeem bottle deposits at 7 cents a clip. The dealers, four operating in the town of Islip, made hundreds of thousands of dollars by redeeming beverage containers more than once. The scheme involves BORO Recycling NYC shipping [...]

Spota: 5 Long Island bottle shops involved in deposit scam (Newsday) - A scheme to take advantage of New York 's bottle deposit law by redeeming beverage containers multiple times netted "hundreds of thousands of dollars" for the owners of a Queens recycling company and five Long Island bottle shops, prosecutors said. Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo were expected to announce details of the investigation ...

Long Island Surfer Saved (FOX 5 New York) - A 12-year-old boy who was surfing off East Atlantic Beach on Long Island is alive thanks to the quick actions of a doctor who happened to be at the same beach.

Long Beach Island aims for younger crowd (Asbury Park Press) - In an effort to get a younger audience, the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce has taken to social networking Internet sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, to better sell Long Beach Island as a tourism hot spot.

"Historic Photos of Long Island" showcases East End history (The Southampton Press & The East Hampton Press) - Photos of Long Island from years past are the subject of “Historic Photos of Long Island,” a recently-released book from Turner Publishing.

Riversharks top Long Island, 7-1 (OurSports Central) - The Camden Riversharks defeated the Long Island Ducks tonight, by a final score of 7-1. Camden starter Ryan DiPietro (5-7) picked up the win, as he gave up just 1 run and 6 hits in 7.1 innings of work.