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Police arrest pair in dimwitted scheme to steal light poles from Long Island storage yard (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - MINEOLA, N.Y. - Police say a dimwitted scheme to steal light poles from a village storage yard has resulted in two arrests on Long Island.

New control tower for Long Island MacArthur (USA Today) - Long Island's MacArthur Airport near Islip, N.Y., is getting a new $25.2 million air traffic control tower. Newsday of Long Island writes the new tower "will replace a decrepit, 46-year-old tower long overdue for retirement, officials said Monday." Construction is...

Stavola Sets Long Island K Record (East Hampton Independent) - The record speaks for itself. And now, all of Long Island knows the most prolific strikeout artist in the history of Long Island high school softball opens and closes a locker door in East Hampton High School.

Cablevision to Purchase Long Island's Newsday for $650 Million (Bloomberg.com) - May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. , the New York-area cable provider, agreed to buy 97 percent of Long Island's Newsday newspaper from Tribune Co. for $650 million.

Stores for U.S. 27 'island' (The Cincinnati Enquirer) - A property in Highland Heights long thought of by city planners as a town center known as "the Island" may get retailers and restaurants.

Oak Island council backs off pursuit of pier (The Wilmington Star-News) - Oak Island | It doesn't appear this town's council will be buying the old Long Beach Pier property anytime soon.Council took no action and did not discuss the capital improvement committee's findings about the property on the island's west end during its meeting Tuesday night.

Lulu Island unveiled at Cityscape Abu Dhabi (AME Info) - The long awaited master plan for Abu Dhabi's Lulu Island was unveiled by developers Sorouh Real Estate at the capital's Cityscape event. Gurjit Singh, Chief Property Development Officer, Sorouh explains what the 1400-acre island will feature, as you can see in this interview with Phil Blizzard

Cablevision pays $650 million to buy Long Island-based newsaper Newsday (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - NEW YORK - Cablevision Systems Corp. says it is buying the Long Island-based newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. for $650 million. Cablevision beat out media mogul Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., who withdrew his own $580 million bid on Saturday.

Committee to address buying land where Long Beach Pier used to sit (The Wilmington Star-News) - The land where Long Beach Pier used to stand would be ideal for a public beach access, but making it one should not come at local taxpayers' expense, according to the Oak Island Capital Improvement Committee.

Cablevision buys Long Island newspaper (Daily Record) - NEW YORK (AP) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. is buying the Long Island-based newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. for $650 million, the companies announced Monday.