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Oak Island council to tackle pier amid long agenda (The Wilmington Star-News) - Oak Island Town Council will take care of business Tuesday night by holding a marathon meeting.And one councilman is determined to add buying the Yaupon Beach Fishing Pier to the long list of issues.

Long Island Sound surveys are `living aquariums' (Boston Globe) - One hundred and twenty times this spring, the crew of the John Dempsey will drop a net into Long Island Sound, drag it for 30 minutes, then release the gasping contents onto a sorting table.

Long Island National Cemetery Memorial Day Service (Massapequa Post) - The L. I. National Cemetery memorial Organization invites the public to attend the annual Memorial Day Service, Sun., May 25, 1:30 p.m. at the Long Island National Cemetery, Wellwood Avenue entrance, Farmingdale. A free shuttle service from and to the Pinelawn Railroad station is available and will meet each train.

4-Day Work Week Could Become Law On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - It's a trend that's gaining more and more steam across the country: the four-day work week. Believe it or not, it's tied to record-high gas prices. Now it's fueling one lawmaker to float the idea on Long Island.

Investigators Probe Catalina Island Helicopter Crash (FOX 11 News Los Angeles) - he cause of a helicopter crash off the Southern California coast that killed three people and left three others seriously injured remained under investigation Sunday. The helicopter crashed Saturday morning over the west end of Santa Catalina Island.

Antiquated gas pumps offer price breaks (Newsday) - Some Long Island drivers are turning back the clock, taking advantage of a price break caused by antiquated gas pumps that can't charge them more than $3.99 a gallon.

Island's 'biggest car thief' sent to the big house (Staten Island Advance) - STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Once the self-proclaimed "biggest car thief on Staten Island," a former Graniteville resident is now just another inmate headed for a long stretch in an Arizona prison.

Antiquated gas pumps offer price breaks (Newsday) - Some Long Island drivers are turning back the clock, taking advantage of gas pumps that can't charge them more than $3.99 a gallon.

Antiquated gas pumps offer price breaks (Newsday) - Some Long Island drivers are turning back the clock, taking advantage of a price break caused by gas pumps that can't charge them more than $3.99 a gallon.

North Fork winemaker coming home to harvest (New York Daily News) - Winemaking has brought Leslie Howard back to his roots on Long Island's North Fork - in more ways than one.