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Day Of Service In Long Island City (Queens Chronicle) - More than a thousand volunteers gathered at four Long Island City locations on Monday to participate in a “day of service” to honor the message of Martin Luther King Jr.

Tunnel vision for Long Island Sound (New York Daily News) - IT WOULD be the world's longest highway tunnel - a stretch of more than 16 miles under Long Island Sound that could help ease the chronic traffic congestion on New York's clogged highways.

NYC, Long Island Hurt by Subprime Woes (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The subprime mortgage meltdown is taking a toll in New York, with New York City and Long Island feeling the brunt, according to data released Friday.

Long Island Boy, 17, Dies of Meningitis (New York Times) - A Long Island teenager died of meningococcal meningitis on Thursday, health officials said, prompting a warning for people who had close contact with him to seek preventive medication.

16-Mile Tunnel Under Long Island Sound Proposed (WNBC) - It would be the world's longest highway tunnel -- a more than 16-mile stretch under Long Island Sound that could help ease the chronic traffic congestion on New York's clogged highways.

Fed data show NYC, Long Island stung most by subprime woes in state (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Associated Press - January 25, 2008 6:15 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The subprime mortgage meltdown is taking a toll in New York, with Long Island and New York City and Long Island feeling the...

Meningitis Cases on Long Island and Queens (FOX 5 New York) - A guidance counselor at a Queens high school and a teenager on Long Island died from meningitis. Fox 5's Charles Leaf talked to nervous people in both communities.

The Long Island Tres Dias choir performs for the holidays (Massapequa Post) - The Long Island Tres Dias interdenominational choir offered a series of concerts throughout the month of December 2007. Ray Turner, of Amityville, directed the choir, assisted by Debbie DeCillis of Seaford. The concerts were held at St. William the Abbot R.C. Church in Seaford, the Church of the Nazarene in Massapequa Park and First Baptist Church of Babylon.

Long Island Country Music Association western dance (Babylon Beacon) - The Long Island County Music Association will be holding its monthly country western dance, Sat. Feb. 2 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 400 South Broadway, Lindenhurst. It will be held 7:30 p.m. to midnight and the band starts at 8 p.m. Admission is $10 for members and $15 for prospective members. Music and dance instruction will be provided by Ronnie Gentile.

How does Long Island real estate compare? (Newsday) - After 40 years of rising numbers, the national median home price fell for the first time last year, a 1.4 percent drop to $218,900, even as 2007 ranked as fifth-highest in sales records, according data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors. Sales of existing homes dropped 12.8 percent, the trade group said. Long Island and Queens did better in some ways, including an 11 ...