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Wright, Jones lead Mount Vernon boys basketball team past Long Island Lutheran (The Journal News) - MOUNT VERNON - Sherrod Wright had 31 points for Mount Vernon in an 81-71 win over visiting Long Island Lutheran in boys basketball today. Teammate Kevin Jones had 16 points, 18 rebounds and five assists.

GAMEDAY: WOMEN: MONMOUTH at LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY (Asbury Park Press) - THE SKINNY: If Monmouth (7-12, 4-4) is to add another victory to its five game winning streak, currently the longest in the Northeast Conference, it will have to overcome Long Island University (15-4, 6-2) and the No. 1 defense (52.4 points per game) in the league. Long Island is 2-3 when allowing 60 or more points and it is likely to focus on Monmouth's 6-foot-1 junior forward Jennifer Bender ...

Lawmaker on Long Island Wants Worker Status Verified (New York Times) - HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — In the latest move on eastern Long Island to crack down on illegal immigrants, a freshman Suffolk County legislator proposed a bill on Thursday that would require the estimated 15,000 licensed contractors there to verify their workers’ legal status.

'We'll Come Back,' Says Long Island Couple (The Epoch Times) - NEW YORK-"It's extremely enjoyable," said Annette Kaminsky, a real estate broker from Long Island, "I'm glad we came." She was referring to the Chinese New Year Splendor, now playing at New...

Long Island Family Enchanted by 'Splendor' (The Epoch Times) - NEW YORK-Long Island woman Caroline Miles says people should look past Chinese restaurants and learn more about traditional Chinese culture.Ms. Miles brought her two daughters, Jessica and Sabri...

Long Island priest considered for sainthood (WABC-TV New York) - A priest who set up an orphanage on Long Island is being considered for canonization.

More Than 200 Pot Plants Found In Long Island Basement (FOX 5 New York) - A basement in Holbrook, Long Island looked more like a garden when narcotics officers barged in. Police in Suffolk County say they found 234 marijuana plants, a hydroponics system, filters, fans, fertilizer and a plant cloning system. Two pounds of marijuana, a rifle, steroids and hundreds of hypodermic needles were also found. Police arrested Jason Schaal, 26, and William Zuckerman, 25, both of ...

Long Island orphanage founder up for sainthood (Greenwich Time) - An Irish-American priest who considered himself "an adopted son of the Negro race," and who battled the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and 1930s to found an orphanage for black children on the north shore of Long Island, is now a candidate for sainthood, the Brooklyn Roman Catholic Diocese said Friday.

Hearing Held to Discuss Long Island Sound Tunnel Proposal (Manhasset Press) - Senator Carl Marcellino (R-Syosset), chairman of the state Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, held a joint hearing on Thursday, Jan. 24 with the Senate Transportation Committee, which is chaired by Senator Charles Fuschillo regarding the Long Island Sound Tunnel proposal, dubbed "the Sound Link." The hearing took place at Town Hall in Oyster Bay.

Allison Haspel Wins Long Island Junior Equitation Championship (Manhasset Press) - On Jan. 18, the Long Island Professional Horseman's Association (PHA) named Allison Haspel the 2007 Year-End Champion of their 3'6" Medal Equitation Class. Allison is a junior at Manhasset High School and received this honor with her new horse, Arion.