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Historic Holy Island Bridge to be replaced by 120-foot long, single-span structure (Petoskey News-Register) - BOYNE CITY - The replacement for the defective 100-year-old Holy Island Bridge will be a 120-foot-long, single-span steel truss structure over a freshly dredged stretch of water between the Charlevoix County mainland and 11-acre Holy Island that juts into Lake Charlevoix.

A Long Island School Goes Solar (WCBS 880 New York) - A solar power system has been installed on an elementary school in Carle Place, Long Island.

On Long Island's tip, life is laid back (NorthJersey.com) - Drawn by 20 miles of sparkling white sand, the laid-back feel uncharacteristic of the rest of the Hamptons and the romance of life in an old-school fishing village that is both far away and a drivable jaunt from big-city bustle, tourists and second-home owners flock to Montauk, on the easternmost tip of Long Island, during the spring and summer months.

Tennis kicks off winter, wallops Long Island (The Dartmouth) - The Dartmouth women's tennis team started off its season at home with a decisive victory over the Long Island University 7-0 on Friday, Jan 19. The Big Green came out in force after only four days of team practice to sweep the Blackbirds. Dartmouth ...

Accident slows traffic on Long Island Expressway (Newsday) - A tractor trailer carrying brick, gravel and sand overturned while traveling eastbound on the Long Island Expressway Monday afternoon, snarling traffic for nearly three hours.

12th Dolphin Dies Off Long Island (WCBS 880 New York) - The dolphin rescue in East Hampton, Long Island is over with eight dolphins rescued and 12 dolphins dead in Northwest Harbor Cove.

Death toll at 12 for dolphins off Long Island (The Post-Standard) - East Hampton - Twelve dolphins have died off eastern Long Island, and boaters were searching for any others still trapped in the shallow waters, a rescue leader said Sunday.

Activists hope to snag Long Beach power cable (Newsday) - $600M project is getting a final swat from local activists AS LIPA's 65-mile power cable from New Jersey to Long Island enters the last leg of installation, the $600-million project is getting a final swat from local activists decrying its route through the center of Jones Beach and under the bicycle path of the Wantagh Parkway.

Long Island Mom Being Crowned Miss New York State (WCBS 880 New York) - It's the first time in the 21-year history of the beauty pageant that a Long Islander won.

12th dolphin dies despite Long Island rescue efforts (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. -- Twelve dolphins have died off eastern Long Island, and boaters were searching for any others still trapped in the shallow waters, a rescue leader said Sunday. Chuck Bowman, president of the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, said two of the animals died overnight and were discovered at dawn Sunday. Necropsies were being performed on the dead animals ...