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Japantown In Long Island City? Local Visionary Wants One (Queens Chronicle) - You can order curry in Jackson Heights, dim sum in Flushing, and soon sushi in Long Island City? Queens’ Asian population has increased by 50 percent in the last 10 years, but despite New York’s numerous ethnic neighborhoods, there’s no Japantown.

LONG ISLAND CARES - (South Bay News) - On November 16, 2005, Brownie Troop #2975, from Ft. Salonga Elementary School, visited Long Island Cares, a food bank in Hauppauge. The girls collected food from their neighborhood and brought their collections to Long Island Cares.

On island off North Carolina, battle rages over right to build (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - TOPSAIL BEACH, N.C. -- More than 40 years ago, M.A. Boryk and some friends bought about two dozen acres of land on the southern tip of Topsail Island, a long slip of sand off the North Carolina coast. As the decades passed, nature gave them a lot more.

Wachtler Knopf Equities to Manage, Lease Long Island, NY Office Portfolio (PR Web) - Wachtler Knopf Equities, a new real estate venture based in Farmingdale, NY, and formed by a pair of industry veterans, will take over the management and leasing of a 450,000-square-foot, seven-building, Long Island office portfolio. [PRWEB Dec 7, 2005]

Largest Vancouver Island Food Drive Ever from Tech Community (T-Net British Columbia) - Vancouver, BC, December 8, 2005--(T-Net)--Forty Vancouver Island technology companies participated in the 2005 VIATeC Food Bank Challenge, donating approximately 65,000 pounds of food and $28,500 in cash to the Mustard Seed Food Bank. The month-long November challenge pitted tech company against tech company in a race to donate the most food overall, and the most food per employee.

Long Island Standout Sean Corrigan Commits To Notre Dame (Notre Dame Athletics) - Irish announce one national-letter-of-intent signee in early signing period.

Proposed Harbor Island hotel clears first hurdle with the Port (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - A plan to build up to 600 hotel rooms on property next to the former Ruben E. Lee restaurant on Harbor Island got the go-ahead Tuesday from the Board of Port Commissioners to begin environmental processing.

New Animal Found On Borneo Island (CBS News) - A catlike creature photographed by camera traps on Borneo Island is likely to be a new species of carnivore, the World Wildlife Fund said. The animal has dark red fur and a long, bushy tail.

EYE ON THE ISLAND (Newsday) - Last spring, they led Huntington to its first Long Island and state championships in boys lacrosse. This fall, they led Huntington to its first Long Island championship in football.

Fogarty Calls For Rhode Island To Join Greenhouse Gas Pact (NBC 10 Providence) - PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty called for Gov. Don Carcieri to join leaders of other Northeastern states in signing a pact to reduce emissions from power plants.