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Bracco books trip to "Long Island" (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - "Sopranos" veteran Lorraine Bracco has joined cable channel Lifetime's pilot "Long Island Confidential."

Lorraine Bracco Joins New TV Pilot "Long Island Confidential" (Playbill) - Lorraine Bracco has been cast in "Long Island Confidential," a drama pilot for Lifetime, according to Variety. Jan Oxenberg ("Kidnapped") penned the pilot for Bender Brown Productions. Guy Norman Bee directs. Oxenberg executive produces with Kevin Brown and Lawrence Bender.

Swastikas Turn Up In Long Island Mailboxes (WCBS-TV New York) - More messages of hate have popped up out on Long Island. Nassau County police say swastikas are turning up in mailboxes in several affluent communities. Photo copies of a story with the words swastika highlighted were found in mailboxes at nine homes.

Long Island Railroad Receives Mostly Good Grades On New Report (NY1 News) - The Long Island Rail Road received mostly good grades on a new report. The railroad got high marks for improved customer service, cleanliness of trains and stations, and timeliness of providing information to commuters. But it got low scores on the performance of its diesel locomotive fleet.

Long Island last in customer service (Newsday) - It will come as little surprise that businesses on Long Island and in New York City still have a lot to learn about customer service. New Yorkers trade customer-service war stories the way some Midwesterners complain about the weather.

Pine Island's Main Street open for business once more (Post-Bulletin) - PINE ISLAND -- For Main Street businessman Steve Williams, the long-awaited week had finally arrived. Construction crews on Monday took down the barricades and reopened the Main Street bridge.

Long Island Developers Eye $1B-Plus Resort (Commercial Property News) - Long Island’s hundreds of miles of beaches provide a flourishing vacation trade, and a development team wants to capitalize on that reputation with the island’s largest-ever resort development--a project on eastern Long Island that could command a $1.5 billion investment.

Tax breaks keep Arizona Iced Tea on Long Island (Newsday) - Moving the headquarters of Arizona Iced Tea's corporate parent from one end of northern Nassau County to the other will not be cheap: The county and the state have promised substantial grants and tax breaks, and the company itself will spend millions of dollars outfitting its new Woodbury facility.

The First National Bank of Long Island Celebrates Its 80th Anniversary (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) - GLEN HEAD, N.Y., Oct. 1, 2007 -- Today marks the 80th Anniversary of The First National Bank of Long Island, the Bank "Where Everyone Knows Your Name." "We are proud of our achievements made over the years and remain committed towards providing the highest level of quality service to our customers and solid returns on investment to our shareholders," says President and CEO, Michael N.

Choice and Competition for TV Service on the Way to More Rhode Island Consumers (Broadcast Newsroom) - PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents and businesses in 10 more Rhode Island communities are one step closer to having a long-awaited choice for their video services.