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Long Island Newsday Examines Reports Of Birth Control Patch's Side Effects (Medical News Today) - Long Island Newsday on Monday examined reports of the potentially serious side effects from use of medicated patches, including the Ortho Evra birth control patch (Kerr, Long Island Newsday, 4/10). FDA last month announced it would launch a review of the safety of medicated patches. Medicated patches were cited as the primary cause of death in eight cases in 2004 and in three cases in 2003,

Fine Arts Show, featuring Long Island artists to be held (Amityville Record) - A fine arts show and sale, featuring the work of Long Island artists, will be held at First United Methodist church, 25 Broadway (Route 110), Amityville, at Merrick road. The show will be held Friday, May 5, 7 to 9 p.m. when you can join in a reception for the artists and view the works of art. Refr

Brentwood students learnfrom interactive Long Island Native American Program (Babylon Beacon) - Carolyn Calandro presented a handson Native American program to students in Brentwood's Oak Park Elementary School. During the presentation students gained information and heard traditional tales related to Native American history. Calandro brought materials to help explain history on Long Island. S

Walk to help stop hunger on Long Island April 30 (Massapequa Post) - St. David's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Massapequa Park will support CROP when church members and their friends walk to raise money to help stop hunger on Long Island and in the world April 30 at the Marjorie Post Park in Massapequa.

Long Island letter carriers to collect food for the hungry (Amityville Record) - As part of the 14th annual national effort to collect food for the hungry, the Long Island National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service have joined with United Way of Long Island, Island Harvest, Long Island Cares, The Interfaith Nutrition Network, the Long Island Volunteer Ce

Three pitchers sign with Long Island (OurSports Central) - (Central Islip, N.Y., Apr. 12, 2006) - The Long Island Ducks, members of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, today announced the signing of former Major Leaguer pitchers Ryan Jensen and Andrew Lorraine 2002 Long Island Duck Pete Hartmann to contracts for the 2006 season.

The New York Times to Redesign Its Connecticut, Long Island, New Jersey and Westchester Regional Weeklies (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - NEW YORK----April 12, 2006--The New York Times announced today that beginning on June 4, it will update the layout and content of its Sunday sections for Connecticut, Long Island, New Jersey and Westchester by uniting them with a central cover story of shared interest to suburban readers, while keeping the focus on localized news specific to each community.

Work begins on island development (Contra Costa Times) - The high-end homes on deep-water lots are still a long way from being a reality, but work has started on the site of what will be Bethel Island's biggest housing development.

Pallone set to oppose artificial island off coast (The Hub) - LONG BRANCH - Attempts by a New York City-based investment group to create an artificial island off Sea Bright's coastline for use as an industrial terminal could be thwarted by federal legislation proposed by an area lawmaker to prohibit such facilities in the ocean.

Cops looking for driver who hit Long Island teen (WABC-TV New York) - Now, his parents and Suffolk County Police are searching for the driver who hit the boy while playing basketball.