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MTBE Still Threatens Long Island's Drinking Water (WNYC New York Public Radio) - A gasoline additive banned statewide since 2004 over health and environmental concerns still threatens to taint Long Island's drinking water, according to state environmental regulators. A new report....

First of Long Island's earnings up (Newsday) - First of Long Island Corp. said it earned $11.48 million in 2007, up 2 percent from $11.23 million in 2006. On a per-share basis, earnings were $1.51 versus $1.45 a year earlier. The Glen Head-based company declared a two-for-one stock split in the first quarter of 2007.

Top skiing day trips from Long Island (Newsday) - Nothing says winter fun than waking up, seeing a snow report and jumping in the car for an afternoon of skiing or riding. Of course, you can't do that on Long Island, unless you like 40-foot runs on the hills in public parks or you're playing a video game at Dave & Buster's.

Report: Jennifer Lopez gives birth to twins on Long Island (Asbury Park Press) - Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins early Friday, making the singer and husband Marc Anthony the parents of a boy and a girl after one of pop music's most closely watched pregnancies. Lopez representative Simon Fields told People magazine the babies were born shortly after midnight on New York's Long Island, with the 5-pound, 7-ounce girl arriving first, followed by her 6-pound brother minutes ...

Long Island exhibit explores diversity (New York Teacher) - When artists on Long Island got the call to express their vision of diversity, they unleashed enough color, imagination and graphic flair to fill a park full of billboards.

The First of Long Island Corporation Announces 2007 Earnings Increase (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) - GLEN HEAD, N.Y., Feb. 22, 2008 -- In 2007, The First of Long Island Corporation earned $1.51 per share versus $1.45 last year. Net income increased by $255,000, or from $11,227,000 in 2006 to $11,482,000 in 2007.

The First of Long Island Corporation Announces Additional Stock Repurchase Plan (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) - GLEN HEAD, N.Y., Feb. 22, 2008 -- The Board of Directors of The First of Long Island Corporation approved an additional stock repurchase plan which authorizes the Corporation to purchase from time to time in market or private transactions up to 200,000 shares of the Corporation's common stock.

Improved Treasure Island service has residents smiling (The San Francisco Examiner) - A long-anticipated downtown route extension of Muni's Treasure Island bus service will allow residents out on the island to take greater advantage of amenities on San Francisco's mainland.

77 miles from the tip of Westport Island to North Palermo (Wiscasset Newspaper) - As changes to Maine's mandated school consolidation law continue to be proposed, protested, debated, and argued, one undeniable fact about Wiscasset's proposed consolidation is undeniably clear - it's a long, long, winding way from the tip of Westport Island to North Palermo, the northernmost town in what must be the longest, skinniest district in the state.

Cops: Long Island man doing 81mph on I-684 charged with DWI (The Journal News) - BEDFORD - A Long Island man was driving under the influence when a trooper pulled him over for doing 81 miles per hour on Interstate 684, state police said today.