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Delta discontinues service at Long Island MacArthur Airport (Newsday) - Citing rising fuel prices, Delta Air Lines will discontinue service at Long Island MacArthur Airport, the company said Wednesday. Its only flight out of MacArthur -- roundtrip to Atlanta -- will cease May 1.

Deadly accident on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - One person is dead after an accident on Long Island.

Globecomm Systems Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Inducted into the Long Island Technology Hall of Fame (Centre Daily Times) - Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM), a leading provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services on a global basis, announced today that David Hershberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer has been inducted into the Long Island Technology Hall of Fame.

Island Faces: Fine food fashions feasts (Powell River Peak) - STIRRING EXPERIENCE: One of Marika Varro's favourites is Thai green curry sauce, which she blends as it simmers. When the Tree Frog Lodge and Bistro was under construction in Gillies Bay during 2003, a long-time Texada Island resident remarked to me that she would never dine there.

Rare North Island brown kiwi hatches at the Smithsonian's National Zoo (PhysOrg) - Early Friday morning, March 7, one of the world`s most endangered species—a North Island brown kiwi—hatched at the Smithsonian`s National Zoo Bird House. Keepers had been incubating the egg for five weeks, following a month long incubation by the chick`s father, carefully monitoring it for signs of pipping: the process in which the chick starts to break through the shell. The chick remained in ...

Health care: Central Island, North Shore team for better care (Newsday) - Patients at Central Island Healthcare, a 202-bed nursing home and rehabilitation facility in Plainview, will receive more rapid access to medical care, improved home care and end-of-life services as the result of an agreement with the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.

Leek Coming Back To Long Island (OurSports Central) - (Central Islip, N.Y., Mar. 10, 2008) - The Long Island Ducks today announced the signing of pitcher Randy Leek. Leek returns to the Ducks after an impressive 2007 season in which he posted a 5-1 record with a 2.24 ERA in 84.2 innings pitched.

Three independent banks spring up on Long Island (Newsday) - It's a little early for spring, but Long Island's latest crop of start-up independent banks already is budding.

Long Island Couple Honored for Rescuing Boaters (WCBS 880 New York) - A Bellmore, Long Island couple have been honored for rescuing three college students who were in a sinking rowboat last month. READ MORE >>

The bagpipes are calling for Long Island players (Newsday) - In the days following 9/11 , Robert Honor watched the funerals on television and had an unusual reaction. Stirred by the steady, sorrowful drone of bagpipe bands paying tribute to fallen citizens who, like him, were of Irish descent, he decided he wanted to learn the ancient instrument.