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Pipers to appear with Sean Connery on Long Island (Asbury Park Press) - Come Saturday, the Shamrock & Thistle Pipe Band of Ocean County will be marching alongside legendary Scottish actor Sean Connery on Long Island, band members said.

Bicyclist struck, killed by train on Long Island (The Post-Standard) - BETHPAGE, N.Y. (AP) — A bicyclist has been struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train. LIRR officials say the man was hit by a westbound train at the Stewart Avenue crossing near the Bethpage train station about 4:34 p.m. Thursday. The man was pronounced dead shortly after the accident.

Bicyclist struck, killed by train on Long Island (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Associated Press - September 19, 2008 2:15 AM ET BETHPAGE, N.Y. (AP) - A bicyclist has been struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train.

2013 US Women's Open headed to Long Island (AM New York) - An eastern Long Island golf course that Jack Nicklaus had a hand in designing will play host to the 2013 U.S. Open women's championship.

Minor Leagues: Riversharks pulverize Long Island (The Philadelphia Inquirer) - Gabe Suarez homered and drove in two runs yesterday as the Camden Riversharks beat Long Island, 9-1, preventing the Ducks from clinching the Atlantic League's Liberty Division title at Campbell's Field.

Long Island Crisis Center seeks volunteers (Massapequa Post) - Make a Difference in Someone's Life Long Island Crisis Center (LICC), the oldest 24-hour, seven-day-a-week crisis intervention and suicide prevention hotline, is looking for volunteers for the upcoming Volunteer Counselor Training Program.

Catholic Health Services of Long Island sponsors Spiritual Care Companion program (Babylon Beacon) - Catholic Health Services (CHS) of Long Island (West Islip), one of the region's largest integrated healthcare systems, is sponsoring a six-week training program for volunteers of who are interested in becoming a CHS Spiritual Care Companion.

Outdated Long Beach Island school bus garage needs help, but might not get any (Press of Atlantic City) - SHIP BOTTOM - The Long Beach Island School District's 52-year-old school bus garage - whose roof is laced with asbestos - is in need of an extreme makeover. But what that work would entail has the Board of Education asking themselves and the public: Is it worth it?

Mystery odor leaves dozen woozy in Long Island City again (AM New York) - For the second straight day, a mysterious odor in Long Island City left dozens of people feeling ill.

The First of Long Island Corporation Announces Increased Quarterly Cash Dividend of 18 Cents Per Share (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) - GLEN HEAD, N.Y., Sept. 17, 2008 -- The First of Long Island Corporation announced today the declaration of a third quarter cash dividend in the amount of 18 cents per share. This represents an increase of 3 cents per share over the cash dividend declared in each of the first two quarters of this year.