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Manhattan-Style Condos Move Into Long Island City (Multi-Housing News) - MAY 01, 2006 -- A six-story residential building nearing completion is causing a stir in Long Island City, N.Y. Part of the long-anticipated renewal of the Hunters Point Section, its amenities and understated luxury are sure to stand out in this gritty neighborhood of two-family houses, railroad flats and unfinished loft space.

Miss New York pageant moving to Long Island (WSYR 9 Syracuse) - After spending a quarter-century upstate, the Miss New York pageant is heading south to Long Island.

LI running community's 4 senior members inspire (Newsday) - That the Long Island running community's four elder statesmen, all in their 80s, mostly walked during their race yesterday didn't seem to matter much to the younger runners that gathered at the finish line to congratulate them.

Island update: What's up with ... Marco Man's new home? (Marco Eagle) - Despite plans to move the Marco Man art piece from Island Center Business Plaza to the City Hall campus after the first of this year, city officials are waiting for the new landscaping to be installed before bringing him to his permanent home.

Autism Speaks' 8th Annual Long Island Walk (Great Neck Record) - NYS Senator Dean Skelos (center) met with Autism Speaks' 2006 Long Island Walk Chair Carole Mirkin, Ph.D. of Great Neck and Autism Speaks volunteer advocate Brad Gerstman, in late February 2007 to commemorate April's upcoming National Autism Awareness Month.

Minus a strip, LI's a drag, racer's say (Newsday) - Hundreds of local motor enthusiasts rallied at Captree State Park in Babylon early yesterday in freezing temperatures to demand a drag strip for Long Island's growing racing community.

Gulf of Mexico's Tahiti is an island of steel (Houston Chronicle) - Soon there will be more than one Tahiti in ocean waters, but this one won't be a romantic Pacific honeymoon destination with white sand beaches and mesmerizing waterfalls. Instead, this Tahiti will be Chevron Corp.'s 100,000-ton island of high-powered steel and iron floating in 4,000 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico.

NHRA: Ashley Disappointed but Optimistic after DNQ at Gatornationals (The Auto Channel) - Press Release For Immediate Release Contact: Matthew Brammer - Active Marketing pr@activemarketing.com Ashley Disappointed but Optimistic after DNQ at Gatornationals GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 17, 2007) - On this St. Patrick's Day, 2007, the luck of the Irish was not with The Kid from Long Island.

Nardin Captures Crown (WGRZ-TV Buffalo) - Nardin joined East Aurora as Western New York State Champions Sunday. Nardin beat Mercy of Long Island 65-43 to win the Catholic State Championship in Class C.

Island digs out after late-winter storm dumps 5" (Staten Island Advance) - STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With the first day of spring just around the corner, the biggest snowstorm of the season pelted Staten Island with a veritable smorgasbord of precipitation: Snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain.