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Asian Long-Horned Beetle Threatens Trees On Staten Island (NY1 News) - The Asian long-horned beetle has become a threat to Staten Island for the first time. The beetles have made their way to an isolated bird sanctuary off the island's coast, and scientists are trying to figure out how they got there. So far about 15 trees are infested.

Long Island Man Killed By Tree (WCBS 880 New York) - A Long Island man was crushed to death by a tree he was trying to bulldoze in his family's backyard.

Leading UK Soccer Club Aligns With Long Island Junior Soccer League (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - The Liverpool Football Club of the English Premiere League has announced the formation of an association with the Long Island Junior Soccer League , one of the largest community- based youth soccer organizations in the U.S.

Assateague Island, offseason: Horses and birdwatching but no crowds (USA Today) - Go to Assateague Island as winter turns to spring. The area is part of the Atlantic flyway for migrating shorebirds, and even amateurs can enjoy the birdwatching. The roads, beaches and hiking trails through the woods and dunes are quiet and uncrowded. And best of all, you might snare a private viewing of the shaggy brown and white horses that make this place so famous.

Dominica: Caribbean's "Nature Island" (AP via Yahoo! News) - As I picked my way over hot rocks and bubbling mud in the pouring rain, I realized Dominica was not for the faint-hearted. I was hiking to the Boiling Lake, a bizarre cauldron of steaming-hot water, 200 feet across, and one of the strangest sights on this rugged and beautiful Caribbean island.

Dominica: Hike to Boiling Lake, stay at an eco-lodge on Caribbean 'Nature Island' (USA Today) - Dominica, a jagged, densely rainforested island, is located between Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Eastern Caribbean. The country brands itself as the Caribbean's "Nature Island," and the name is justified. Visitors will find exceptionally friendly people, all-but deserted black-sand beaches and a mountainous interior of dense rainforest, clean rushing rivers and jungle waterfalls.

Long Island briefs (Newsday) - BLAZE DELAYS COMMUTERS. A predawn fire in Farmingdale that officials say may have been intentionally set continued to cause delays and schedule changes on the Long Island Rail Road during the evening rush hour Friday. Evening rush hour traffic also was affected by the Friday morning fire. Sam Zambuto, an LIRR spokesman, said there were about five to 10-minute delays on all trains east of ...

Cesspools are fouling Long Island's waters (Newsday) - Cesspools, septic tanks blamed for nitrogen pollution Second of two parts

Long Island Business News Follow Ups: March 9, 2007 (RedNova) - By LIBN Staff SearchHelp hits Target SearchHelp Inc., a Syosset maker of Web-based parental control software, has inked a deal to sell a version of its Sentry product line at 1,500 Target stores nationwide.

Bus riders face long walk to park (Pawtucket Times) - LINCOLN - Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses will no longer enter the Lincoln Park property effective today. RIPTA buses will now drop off park-goers at the State Police barracks on Louisquisset Pike instead, which is about a half-mile from the park entrance.