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Driver Blamed for Series of Long Island Crashes, One Fatal (New York Times) - A motorist carved a path of destruction along a busy road on Long Island, striking at least three vehicles before smashing into another one, killing its driver.

Long Island Newsday Examines New FDA Drug Safety Oversight Board (Medical News Today) - Long Island Newsday on Wednesday examined how the FDA Drug Safety Oversight Board has sought to "find its way" over the past eight months as the agency considers the "need to protect business secrets ... against an obligation to inform the public about the risks of prescription medicines." FDA last year established the board to monitor medication safety issues and inform the public about

Long Island town finds a way to limit ferry traffic (Block Island Times) - For years the resort town of East Hampton, on the east tip of the South Fork of Long Island, has fought off ferry proposals that it believes would increase traffic through its congested streets. It has one terminal, in Montauk, where the Viking line operates a summer passenger boat to Block Island,

A Long Island Solution to Far East Stress (New York Times) - Well-off Asian immigrants are settling in Great Neck, N.Y., in hopes of sparing their children the competition and pressure of scholastic life in their homelands.

New Governance Arrangements For Norfolk Island (Scoop.co.nz) - Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads, the Hon Jim Lloyd MP, today announced far-reaching new policy directions to assist the long term financial sustainability of Norfolk Island.

Long Island 72, St. Francis 60 (phillyburbs.com) - NEW YORK - Tyrone Mattison scored 17 points to help Long Island rally for a 72-60 victory over St. Francis, Pa., Saturday.

Shoreline Residents Rally Against LNG Ship In Long Island Sound (WFSB 3) - NEW LONDON - People along the shoreline are coming out this weekend to try and stop a project they say will ruin Long Island Sound and make Connecticut a terrorist target. "If you wanna save the sound for your sons and daughters you gotta say no to Broadwater," sang the protesters.

Long Island Children's Museum adds fun to curriculum for DP students (Babylon Beacon) - A group of fifth graders from the John F. Kennedy Intermediate School in Deer Park learned two valuable lessons recently. The first …learning is fun; the second, play is a critical component of learning. These important lessons were learned during a recent school trip to the Long Island Children’s M

Long Island Dahlia Society to hold class on February 16 (Amityville Record) - The Long Island Dahlia Society will hold a special beginner’s class Thursday, February 16, 7 p.m. in the Massapequa HG Community Center, Ritter Avenue, Massapequa. There will be refreshments after the class and admission is free. There will also be a slide presentation of last year’s dahlia garden a

The Long Island Home’s fundraiser, The Tapestry Ball raises funds and awareness (Massapequa Post) - The Long Island Home’s fundraiser, The Tapestry Ball, was a resounding success — raising a w a r e n e s s and much needed funds for its behavioral health and geriatric programs. A few hundred guests, corporate sponsors