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Long Island School Cancels Prom, Doesn't Want to Sponsor 'an (Fox News) - Long Island high school cancels prom after administrators get fed up with the 'bacchanalian aspects' of the event.

Cancel the tux and turn the limo around: Long Island principal nixes senior prom (Newsday) - UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Kenneth M. Hoagland had heard all the stories about prom-night debauchery at his Long Island high school: Students putting down $10,000 to rent a house in the Hamptons for a weekend bash. Pre-prom cocktail parties followed by a trip to the dance in a limo loaded with liquor.

Woman's Body Found On Long Island Road (1010wins.com) - Oct 16, 2005 1:00 pm US/Eastern (1010 WINS) (SANDS POINT, Long Island) A woman's body was found early Saturday morning off a road in the Long Island village of Sands Point.

Lake Long Island (Newsday) - It's official -- another five inches of rain Friday made this Long Island's wettest October on record. And the month is just half over.

Long Island prom cancelled because of "financial decadence" (Blogging Baby) - The principal of a Catholic Long Island high school has cancelled the spring prom, calling the tradition a “flaunting of affluence, assuming exaggerated expenses, a pursuit of vanity for vanity’s sake—in a word, financial decadence.” The decision from Principal Kenneth Hoagland was handed down in a 2,200-word letter (PDF) to the parents of Kellenberg Memorial High School students.

Long Island Principal Nixes Senior Prom (CBS 2 New York) - Kenneth M. Hoagland had heard all the stories about prom-night debauchery at his Long Island high school: Students putting down $10,000 to rent a house in the Hamptons for a weekend bash. Pre-prom cocktail parties followed by a trip to the dance in a limo loaded with liquor. Fathers chartering a boat so their kids could go out on a late-night "booze cruise." Enough was enough, Hoagland said.

Cancel the tux and turn the limo around: Long Island principal nixes senior prom (New York Newsday) - Kenneth M. Hoagland had heard all the stories about prom-night debauchery at his Long Island high school: Students putting down $10,000 to rent a house in the Hamptons for a weekend bash. Pre-prom cocktail parties followed by a trip to the dance in a limo loaded with liquor. Fathers chartering a boat so their kids could go out on a late-night "booze cruise."

Long Island principal cancels prom (CNN.com) - Students putting down $10,000 to rent a party house in the Hamptons. Pre-prom cocktail parties followed by a trip to the dance in a liquor-loaded limo.

Long Island Man Sentenced In Wife's Death (1010wins.com) - Oct 14, 2005 10:45 am US/Eastern (1010 WINS) (LONG BEACH, N.Y.) A Long Island man has been sentenced to 17 years to life in prison in the death of his estranged wife, whose body was found after their 6-year-old daughter emerged from their home and told a neighbor she couldn't wake her mother.

Rainy weather continues to soak Long Island (Newsday.com) - With rainfall already pounding Long Island before dawn yesterday, the battle against flooding began in earnest at 4:30 a.m. at the corner of Mill Dam Road and New York Avenue near Halesite Harbor.