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Long Island Offshore Windmills meeting January 3 (Babylon Beacon) - On Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 7 p.m. the Babylon Green Party will host Beth Fiteni of the WindWorks Long Island, also known as the Long Island Offshore Wind Initiative (LIOWI), to speak about the windmills being placed off the Babylon shore.

Verizon Communications presents $15,000 Technology Grant to Vision Long Island (Babylon Beacon) - On November 17th, 2006, Verizon Communications presented Vision Long Island with a $15,000 technology grant at Vision’s 5th Annual Smart Growth Summit, held at the Huntington Town House. Verizon’s Susan Beyer Hayes presented the grant to the organization in order to facilitate improved community outreach efforts.

Armed Robbers Hold Up Long Island Hotel (WNBC) - Police are looking for four armed men who robbed the Howard Johnson's motel in Westbury, Long Island.

Taiwan Legislature moves to advance long-delayed U.S. arms deal (Chinapost.com.tw) - Taiwan's Legislature sent a portion of a long-delayed U.S. arms deal package to a budgetary committee Friday, advancing its consideration. The deal, which would help the self-governing island defend itself from rival China, has been blocked by the opposition for more than two years.

BusinessTalkRadio.net Buys Three Long Island Outlets (Radio & Records) - BusinessTalkRadio.net has bought three Long Island signals from Jarad Broadcasting: alternative WLIR (107.1), classic rock WBON (98.5) and dance WDRE (105.3).

State OKs plans 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.

Issues split Marco Island during the year (Marco Eagle) - The division between citizens and the government of Marco Island increased dramatically in 2006. Hundreds of residents were angry about the way the city was being managed by officials and city councilors. State and federal lawsuits were filed early this year against the city related to the island’s Collier Boulevard Reconstruction Project and the $135 million Septic Tank Replacement Program and ...

LIRR battles underage drinking issues (Newsday) - MTA police have issued 37 summonses for underage drinking this year on LIRR and Metro-North trains. In the hour it took her to ride the Long Island Rail Road from Lindenhurst to Penn Station recently, a fresh-faced Suffolk 20-year-old named Natalie downed the last of a bottle of Bacardi rum. She and two teenage friends didn't conceal their booze in paper bags because they've never had trouble ...

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.