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Long Island American Water Files for Rate Increase (RedNova) - LYNBROOK, N.Y., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Long Island Water Corporation, doing business as Long Island American Water, Nassau County's largest water supplier, has asked the New York Public Service Commission for approval of a rate increase that will increase customer bills by 22.74%.

Miss America won't testify in Long Island sting cases (WKYC Cleveland) - Miss America won't testify in Long Island sting cases

Long Island's Latino markets (Newsday) - If Latin-American flavors are seeping into mainstream supermarkets, Latin-American groceries are becoming increasingly visible on Long Island. A bodega (small grocery store) will spring up in any Hispanic community numbering more than a few families, and larger communities are often served by full-fledged supermarkets: Met Food on South Broadway in Hicksville, Western Beef in Mineola and C-Town ...

Report: Island's air filthy (Newsday) - Air quality is so bad on Long Island that Suffolk County has received an F for its level of ozone, and Nassau and Suffolk barely pass when it comes to sooty air pollution, say experts who have assessed air quality on Long Island and elsewhere in the United States.

EDITORIAL: Long Island Sound Sentiments (RedNova) - By The Hartford Courant, Conn. Apr. 30--A survey of public attitudes about Long Island Sound ought to give all of us some pause.

Aqua America Completes Water System Purchase on Long Island (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - BRYN MAWR, Pa.----Aqua America, Inc. today announced that its New York subsidiary, Aqua New York, Inc., completed the purchase of Aquarion Water Company of Sea Cliff, Inc., which serves approximately 13,000 residents on Long Island.

Hospital Report Cards: Stony Brook University, NUMC Scored Lowest Among Long Island Health Care Centers in Annual ... (RedNova) - By Ridgely Ochs, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Apr. 29--Nassau University Medical Center and Stony Brook University Medical Center scored lowest among 24 Long Island hospitals in an annual report card released today.

Elderly Man Dies In Car Crash On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Police are investigating a deadly car crash that claimed the life of a 90-year-old Long Island man. Police say Joseph Tricarico of Stony Brook was driving his car eastbound on Route 347 in Port Jefferson Station when the accident occurred Saturday. They say he attempted to turn left into the Nesconset Plaza Shopping Center.

Surge floods Chuuk island (Pacific Daily News) - Life on the tiny island of Lekinioch, in Chuuk of the Federated States of Micronesia, is as close to nature as you can get. Lekinioch residents have endless views of an aquamarine sea that provides their daily dinner staples.

Former Staten Island resident takes offense to recent comment (Examiner) - This letter is in reference to Mr. Salvatore Casale's letter in the Examiner on April 26, 2007. First, let me start off by saying that I originate from Staten Island, N.Y. I have been a resident of New Jersey for 17 years and of Millstone Township for the past 13 years, and let me tell you, your sarcasm is not lost on us Staten Islanders.