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Vision Long Island Celebrates Good Planning with Annual Smart Growth Awards (Smart Growth Online) - Its annual Smart Growth Awards dubbed the ''Oscars of land use,'' the Northport-based Vision Long Island nonprofit group presented them to 11 winners for the area's best 2005 projects and actions, but it also gave a Dumb Growth Award to the town of Smithtown, for approving a string of big-boxes, including a Wal-Mart and a Home Depot in an area already hard to get to, with Vision Executive

Immigration Tensions Starting To Surface In the Toniest of Long Island Resorts (The New York Sun) - SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y.- Hundreds of illegal immigrant day laborers have been congregating along a major Southampton intersection, attracting a smattering of protests in a part of Long Island better known as an expensive weekend getaway for Manhattanites than as a front line in the battle over the nation's southern border. The workers, who congregate across the street from a busy 7-Eleven and all along

DynTek Acquires TekConnect Corporation's Long Island Division (SYS-CON Media) - DynTek, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: DYNK) , a leading provider of professional technology services, announced today it has acquired the Long Island, New York Division of TekConnect Corporation, a leading privately-held educational technology integration and consulting firm founded in 1975.

President Bush To Deliver Commencement Speech On Long Island (NY1 News) - President Bush is in New York today to deliver the commencement address to graduates at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, Long Island. The President arrived at JFK Airport around 9 a.m. where he was greeted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

18-Year-Old Killed In Long Island Crash (WNBC) - HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. -- An 18 year-old Brentwood woman was killed Saturday in a crash on the Long Island Expressway in Hauppauge, Suffolk County police said.

Van rolls over on Island, injuring disabled driver (The Buffalo News) - A disabled man was taken to Erie County Medical Center with a neck injury Monday afternoon after his van left the northbound Niagara Thruway and rolled over near Long Road on Grand Island, a spokesman for the Grand Island Fire Department reported.

Beach restoration hits raw nerve on Long Beach Island (NorthJersey.com) - SURF CITY -- For the oceanfront homeowners on Long Beach Island, a plan to shore up 15 miles of eroded coastline with broad new beaches and protective dunes seems like the ultimate gift.

Thousands mourn fallen Long Island firefighter (WABC-TV New York) - More than 2,000 people paid tribute to Michael Greene. He was a decorated volunteer firefighter and father of four who was electrocuted Friday night doing his job.

Dougherty Leads The Barrage to a 13-12 Win Over Long Island (OurSports Central) - Uniondale, NY (June 17, 2006) - The Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier outdoor lacrosse league, defeated the Long Island Lizards in a come from behind win on Saturday.

Long Island Man Killed in Farming Accident (1010 WINS New York) - A 26-year-old man was killed Monday morning after getting crushed in a giant piece of farm machinery, police said. Alan R. Liere, who was working on his family's Yaphank farm, was snagged in a conveyer belt that runs under the 70-foot-long screening trommel, said Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick of the Suffolk County Police Department.