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On the Web With Big Concepts for a Fragmented Long Island (New York Times) - Those whose first thoughts about Long Island usually don’t begin with high-concept, big-think, high-tech regional planning analysis might be surprised by some of the vapors emanating from there.

Michael Watt to head Long Island Builders Institute (Newsday) - Michael Watt, president of the Long Island Partnership, will head the Long Island Builders Institute when executive vice president Robert Wieboldt retires in December.

Long Island doctor accused of reusing needles (WABC-TV New York) - New York health officials say a Long Island physician put hundreds of patients at risk by reusing needles and syringes.

Long Island Grape Harvest is 'Winemaker's Dream' (Beverage World) - David Page of Shinn Estate Vineyards in Mattituck said he has never seen anything like it on Long Island.

Long Island house prices go down slightly (Newsday) - There's a 15.2-month supply of properties for sale on Long Island and Queens, up from 11.5 a year ago, according to the October data released Tuesday by the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island, but decreases in the median price of homes sold is far from breathtaking. On the surface, some numbers seem to contradict reality. Houses languish on the market, buyers wait for bottom prices, the ...

Long Island housing inventory goes up (Newsday) - There were 36,210 residential properties for sale on Long Island in October, according to numbers released today by the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island . That's a jump over last year's figure of 33,739. In Nassau, October's housing supply was 10,036, an increase over last year's 9,769. Suffolk's inventory jumped from 13,923 to 14,621.

Body Found On Long Island Beach (WNBC) - The body found on a Greenport, Long Island, beach may be that of a Connecticut man who's been missing since his boat capsized in the Long Island Sound in October.

New Hotel and Spa Planned for Long Island's Long Beach (Hospitality Design) - Developer Allen Rosenberg is planning a 150-room boutique hotel called the Allegria Hotel and Spa on the boardwalk of Long Beach, New York on Long Island. The property will occupy a former nursing home.

Tanger Outlet Center at the Arches Secures the First Neiman Marcus Last Call Store on Long Island (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Neiman Marcus has leased 32,000 square feet for its first Long Island Last Call store at the Tanger Outlet Center at the Arches, an 800,000-square-foot entertainment, power and outlet center under development in Deer Park, in the town of Babylon, Long Island.

'Treasure Island', an American "Panto," Begins in Philly (Playbill via Yahoo! News) - Songs by Barrymore Award-winning composer Michael Ogborn sweeten People's Light & Theatre Company's world-premiere holiday "panto," Treasure Island, written by Kathryn Petersen, starting Nov. 14.