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Long Island letter carriers announce plans for Saturday, May 13 annual food drive (Amityville Record) - Approximately 259,000 Long Island residents- 93,000 of them being children and 39,000 seniors- turn to soup kitchens, food pantries or shelters for help each year. As part of the 14th annual national effort to collect food for the hungry on Saturday, May 13, the Long Island National Association of L

Bike/Walk Fundraiser for Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation (Great Neck Record) - Looking for the ultimate "feel-good" bike ride or walk? "Memories in Motion," sponsored by the Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation (LIAF), combines great exercise, great scenery and a great cause.

Countrywide Bank Opens First Long Island Financial Center in Garden City (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Countrywide Bank, N.A., today announced its continued national expansion with the opening of its first financial center on New York's Long Island.

Englishman claims sovereignty over Norwegian island (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The Barents Sea island of Nymark wants to break away from the King of Norway and be a republic. Or so says Alex Hartley.

New record in Island swim for charity (Cape Argus) - Eight long-distance swimmers swam 10.5km around Robben Island in support of a good cause yesterday. The group swam to raise cash for South African Riding for the Disabled (SARDA) and Ryan Stramrood managed to smash the men's record, held by Lewis Pugh, by 30 minutes.

Englishman claims sovereignty over Norwegian island (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) - The Barents Sea island of Nymark wants to break away from the King of Norway and be a republic.

Chicago Suburb Makes Endangered List (AP via Yahoo! News) - On the right block, under the right light, it's not hard to imagine Jay Gatsby tooling down a street here in a top-of-the-line Pierce-Arrow in an escape from Long Island.

Artist claims island from Norway (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - The Barents Sea island of Nymark wants to break away from the King of Norway and be a republic, according to Alex Hartley. The English artist is the self-proclaimed discoverer and ruler of Nymark, an uninhabited island the size of a football pitch.

Other Coming Attractions in Long Island City (Multi-Housing News) - MAY 01, 2006 -- Many new projects are on the boards for this now-hot neighborhood. Here are some of the larger ones in the works:

Quirky Details of a Mob-Ordered Hit in Staten Island Are Revealed (New York Times) - Details of a racketeering indictment unsealed on Thursday depict an April 2005 murder for hire as a grisly and awkward affair.