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Long Island Man Charged With Starving His Dog (WCBS-TV New York) - A Long Island man was arraigned Monday on charges he starved his 3-year-old cocker spaniel and then took it to an animal shelter, claiming it was a stray.

CEO makes $686,805 to run Long Island nonprofit (Newsday) - Long Island Development Corp. head's pay package angers some observers, but board members say she's worth the money Roslyn Goldmacher, president and CEO of the nonprofit Long Island Development Corp., which makes loans to small businesses Islandwide, made $686,805 in total compensation last year.

Love Wine? Try Long Island's North Fork's Best Producers (Blogcritics.org) - Quick! When you think of “wine country” in the United States, what area leaps to mind? The San Ynez Valley (hello, Sideways ) or the Napa or Sonoma Valley? Wrong. Today the buzz is all about the North Fork of Long Island. Right now, the young wineries of the North Fork are at a similar place to where San Ynez was twenty years ago with just a handful of dedicated, Mom and Pop style producers ...

Hackley beats Long Island Lutheran; Keio downs Valhalla (The Journal News) - Hackley 8, Long Island Lutheran 2: In the semifinals of the NYSAIS tournament at the Portledge School in Long Island, sophomore George McCombe had the win with one walk and six strikeouts for the Hornets. Teammates Will Falco and Erza Wise each had a double. The Hornets will advance to play in the finals against Poly Prep (24-0) on Wednesday at the Portledge School in Long Island at 3:30 p.m.

Long Island Diocese Will Not Appeal Sex Abuse Verdict (WNYC New York Public Radio) - The Roman Catholic diocese of Long Island says it will not appeal a jury's verdict in a sex abuse case. A Diocese of Rockville Centre spokesman says an appeal would only delay healing. A jury Friday ....

A Race for Jobs in Police Depts. on Long Island (New York Times) - High paying law enforcement jobs in Suffolk and Nassau counties are drawing away police from the N.Y.P.D.

Mexican Workers Provide a Resort Island?s ?Backbone? (New York Times) - The large Mexican community on Santa Catalina Island emerged to the wider public when nearly 200 Mexican immigrants evacuated during a fire.

Demolition and Preservation Continue at Davids Island (RedNova) - By Occhipinti, Christina The buildings keep coming down on Davids Island, the 78-acre island half a mile off New Rochelle in Long Island Sound once known as Fort Slocum until the U.S. Army base was deactivated in 1965.

Long Island Real Estate Briefs: May 18, 2007 (RedNova) - By David Winzelberg Ground breaks on Long Island's first 'green' mall The first shovels pierced the soil at the site of the Tanger Outlets at the Arches project in Deer Park earlier this month, breaking ground on what is touted as an environmentally friendly retail development.

CBS 2 Investigates: Long Island Spa Deception (WCBS-TV New York) - Twenty-five years ago, there were only a handful of spas in the United States. Today, Americans spend billions of dollars a year being primped and pampered at more than 10,000 spas scattered across the country. However, CBS 2 HD has a warning: before signing up for services, read the fine print. It's an undercover investigation that's anything but relaxing.