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Opinion: Long Island needs a tech support environment (Newsday) - For decades, Long Island has enjoyed its reputation as a cradle of technological innovation - the nurturer of ideas and technologies that commercialized aviation, put a man on the moon, developed magnetic resonance imaging and unlocked the mysteries of genetics, paving the way for lifesaving medical advances.

Flooding Closes Long Island Roads (FOX 5 New York) - Police say some Long Island roads are reopening after being closed for hours this morning because of flooding. In Nassau County, the Sunrise Highway has reopened near the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa, and Hicksville Road is back open near the Hicksville train station.

Senators and Taxpayers Rally to Restore Cuts to Long Island Education Funding (Glen Cove Record-Pilot) - At a recent Education and Taxpayer Rally in Farmingdale, hundreds of taxpayers, educators, students, and business and labor leaders partnered with Long Island's Senate Majority delegation to call upon Governor Spitzer to restore the funding he cut to Long Island schools in his proposed education budget.

Long Island Junior Soccer League News (Great Neck Record) - US Youth Soccer has named Addie Mattei-Iaia, president of the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) as their Regional Administrator of the Year, an honor that positions her as a contender for the national title of Administrator of the Year. US Youth Soccer is the largest member of the United States Soccer Federation, the governing body for soccer in the United States.

Guilty plea from Long Island man who crushed girlfriend's cats (FOX 5 New York) - A Long Island man has admitted pinning his girlfriend's cats between a bed and a wall, killing one and leaving the other with broken ribs and punctured lungs.

Long Island's 'light' watchman (Newsday) -

First Licensed Distillery on Long Island since 1800s Begins Production (Centre Daily Times) - Long Island Spirits Inc. (2182 Sound Avenue, Baiting Hollow, NY, 631-630-9322) has announced the receipt of their Federal and New York State license to begin production as a craft distillery. Officially the first licensed distillery on Long Island since the 1800s, Long Island Spirits will now begin crafting their world-class spirit LiV(TM) (rhymes with 5) vodka. For each batch of LiV(TM) vodka, ...

Sand dollars: Costs of remedying Plum Island beach erosion in millions (Eagle-Tribune Online) - PLUM ISLAND — Vincent Russo has owned a house on Northern Boulevard for 35 years. Two or three times a week, he walks a 2- to 3-mile stretch of the beach — from the south jetty to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

Sand dollars: Costs of remedying Plum Island beach erosion in millions (Gloucester Daily Times) - PLUM ISLAND and mdash; Vincent Russo has owned a house on Northern Boulevard for 35 years. Two or three times a week, he walks a 2- to 3-mile stretch of the beach and mdash; from the south jetty to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

First Licensed Distillery on Long Island since 1800s Begins Production (wallstreet:online AG) - Long Island Spirits Inc. (2182 Sound Avenue, Baiting Hollow, NY, 631-630-9322) has announced the receipt