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Long Island job growth declines to 2-year low (Newsday) - The struggling Long Island job market declined to a two-year low in April, raising local economists' concerns about whether the region has fallen into a recession.

Bluefish, bass have headed east on Long Island (AM New York) - The wave of ravenous bluefish and hungry striped bass that surrounded Long Island's west end in recent weeks finally has rolled all the way east to Montauk and Orient points. To be sure, there were some choppers and stripers at just about every port in-between during the past 10 days, but the increased activity certainly is welcomed by east end anglers.

Cuomo to hold Long Island hearings on school pensions (Newsday) - State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday that he and a bipartisan group of state legislators will hold hearings on Long Island next week on the improper granting of pensions and other benefits by schools, special districts and local governments.

Rattlers Travel To Long Island For Season Opener (OurSports Central) - (Rochester, NY)... The Rochester Rattlers will open their 2008 Major League Lacrosse season with a road contest on Saturday, May 17th against the Long Island Lizards at 7:00 p.m. at Mitchel Field. The game is the first of two games against the Lizards.

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.

Gas hits record $4 on Long Island (Newsday) - The average price per gallon surpassed four bucks locally and Long Islanders are ready for a grassroots revolt.

Smith Island water trails mapped for tourists (The Capital) - TYLERTON, Smith Island (AP) - Residents here have long known their way around the small guts and channels through the marshes that surround the three villages of Smith Island, and soon visitors will get the chance to explore them, too.

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.