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Alleged Peeping Tom Arrested In Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Police have arrested a man they say used his cell phone to take pictures up a girl's dress at a Long Island mall. A security guard at the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove allegedly saw 22-year-old Carlos Hernandez-Morales taking the photos on Saturday.

FAA Investigates Small Plane Crash On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - A small private plane carrying a pilot and one passenger crashed on takeoff from a Long Island airport on Saturday morning, causing injuries to both people, an airport spokesman said.

Birds Fest coming to Kelleys Island (Port Clinton News Herald) - The Annual Kelleys Island Nest with the Birds festival will be May 13-19. Beginning Mother's Day, Allison Cusick leads the Wildflower Walk. The week will be wrapped up with Tom Bartlett, a master bander, bird banding at Long Point May 19.

iSlanD noteS (Block Island Times) - There is a stand of knotweed by the door. It has been there all of my life and for years before that, a wall that came and went with every summer. It is the background in a photograph of cousins rarely seen and barely remembered, the ones of my generation appearing displeased to have been carted away from their summer friends for a long day trip to a faraway island.

Long Island Dahlia Society exhibition to be held May 17 (Massapequa Post) - The Long Island Dahlia Society will hold a sale of exhibition grade dahlia tubers on Thursday, May 17, 8 p.m. in the Massapequa HG Community Center, Ritter Avenue, Massapequa, behind the Pathmark Shopping Center on Carmans Road. At 7 p.m. there will be a Dahlia Basics class. Free information on how to grow dahlias to perfection will also be available. All are welcome and the admission is free.

Shortstop's bat, glove propel Long Island to Opening Night win (OurSports Central) - (Central Islip, NY) - The Long Island Ducks defeated the Camden Riversharks Friday 9-6 in front of an Opening Night crowd of 6,120 at Citibank Park.

Long Island Country Music Association Country/ Western dance May 12 (Babylon Beacon) - The Long Island Country Music Association announces its country/western dance to be be held Saturday, May 12, 8 to midnight at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 400 So. Broadway, Lindenhurst. The doors open 7:30 p.m. with a beginner dance less at 7:30 and an additional lesson at the bank break. The band will be Six gun and the instructor will be Carol Ruggiero. The DJ will be determined.

Long Island Yoga Association Workshop to be held May 5 (Amityville Record) - The Long Island Yoga Association will hold a workshop, Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the United methodist Church, 407 main St., Farmingdale. For more information call 631-261-1777 or visit www.longislandyogaassociation.org or email longislandyogaassociation@yahoo.com.

Long Island Catholic church sex abuse lawsuit goes to jury (Boston Globe) - At times quoting from Scripture, an attorney implored a jury on Monday to find church leaders negligent in the hiring and supervision of a Catholic church youth minister who later pleaded guilty to rape and sodomy after having sexual liaisons with teenagers in his care.

Reigning Commerce champ Harris expects deep field (Newsday) - John Harris, back on Long Island yesterday to help promote the Commerce Bank Championship, which he won last year, was asked about his accomplished amateur career. Yes, he had a 10-0 career record in Walker Cup matches until the 1995 event in Wales, when he had a partner who evidently dragged him down to his first loss.