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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.

There's nothing new about fight for Gulf Island land (St. Petersburg Times) - The investors are fighting over the Gulf Island land again! Gee. I have lived in Hudson a long time and remember the blueprints of the pretty waterfront park that was planned for that area. It was something like Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs.

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.

Free ferry to resume July 5 to Everett's Jetty Island beaches (Seattle Times) - Bring sunscreen, a snack and the kids. Everett's Jetty Island opens July 5. The 2-mile-long man-made island feels like a faraway beach but...

After its Boston washout, Champions Tour tries to re-start on Long Island (PGA) - On tap this week is the Commerce Bank Championship, where Jay Haas is going for his fourth straight senior tour win.

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.

Cuban official gets 12-year prison term (AP via Yahoo! News) - A Communist official long held up as an example of the island's future leadership was sentenced to 12 years in prison for influence-peddling, the party said Wednesday.