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State OKs plan for Long Island heritage area (Newsday) - The effort to collectively showcase the North Shore's treasures cleared an important hurdle when state Parks Commissioner Bernadette Castro approved the management plans for Long Island's first heritage area.

Menorah Destroyed on Long Island (WCBS 880 New York) - Long Island officials are investigating the destruction of a menorah outside a Jewish center.

Cops Investigate Swastika Graffitti On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Authorities are looking into some alarming graffiti that has appeared in a Long Island village. Nassau County police said slurs and swastikas were found Friday morning on a wall at Massapequa High School, on a nearby homeowner's car and on a local business.

No consensus on Sears Island (Waldo Independent) - “Today’s the critical day,†Deputy Conservation Commissioner Karin Tilberg predicted Tuesday in Searsport at the start of what many had long hoped would be the end of a now seven-month-long citizen planning initiative, its goal to achieve a consensus recommendation to Gov. John Baldacci on the fate of Sears Island. “It’s going to happen today or it’s not going to happen,†she said.

Long Island Yoga Association to hold workshop January 13 (Babylon Beacon) - Long Island Yoga Association will hold a workshop, Saturday, January 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 407 Main St., Farmingdale. For information call 631- 261-1777, visit www. longislandyogaassociation.org or email longislandyogaassociation @yahoo.com.

The Long Island Yoga Association Workshop to be held on January 13 (Amityville Record) - Long Island Yoga Association will hold a workshop, Saturday, January 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 407 Main St., Farmingdale. For information call 631-261-1777, visit www.longisland yogaassociation.org or email longisland yogaassociation @yahoo.com.

Rate of applications to Duke normal on LI (Newsday) - Even before rape charges were dropped against members of the Duke University lacrosse team on Friday, the scandal that had arisen was having little impact on Long Island students thinking about attending the school, several guidance counselors said earlier this month.

Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery (NBC 24 Toledo) - During the height of the Civil War, in a frigid prison stockade, Major George McKnight of Louisiana pens a poem... All week long, we've been taking a special look at one of our coastal towns filled with many hidden- and not so hidden treasures.

A holiday tradition blown up (Times-Reporter) - HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. – On a recent quiet afternoon, with few witnesses around, Homer Simpson, Santa Claus and a penguin perched on an igloo suddenly appeared here on the Long Island landscape as if from nowhere, unfolding slowly like Frankenstein monsters lurching to life on the table.

U.S. Trust Celebrates 10 Years On Long Island (Garden City News) - U.S. Trust, one of the nation’s leading wealth management companies, celebrates its 10th anniversary on Long Island, it was announced today by William J. Porter, Jr., regional president and managing director of the Long Island office of U.S. Trust.