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CHRISETTE MICHELE: THE REAL LONG ISLAND SOUND: The voice of ages embodied in a 24 year old. (Eurweb) - *Long Island, NY is a place that can stand on its own merits, and yet it plays set second fiddle to older, yet smaller, sister, NYC. Perhaps that is what gives artists who come from its length that extra "umph". Case in point, Chrisette Michele.

Spitzer agrees to dredging along tip of Long Island (WSTM-TV NBC 3) - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Despite his environmental commissioner's opposition, Governor Spitzer has signed legislation mandating that the state dredge an inlet and restore the beach of a small community on the tip of Long Island.

Global Partners acquires ExxonMobil terminals on Long Island (WPRI 12 Providence) - WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Global Partners is purchasing two refined products terminals on Long Island, New York from ExxonMobil. Waltham-based Global Partners is a distributor of gasoline and residual oil to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers.

ExxonMobil sells two Long Island refined products terminals to Global Partners (Sharewatch) - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Global Partners LP said it has agreed a deal to buy two refined products terminals on Long Island, New York, from ExxonMobil Corp for an undisclosed sum.

Hot spell takes toll on Long Island, NYC (Newsday) - The sun was out and the ocean was refreshingly cool, but the blast of heat engulfing Long Island and New York City was too much for many beachgoers Monday.

Global Partners Signs Agreement to Acquire Two Long Island Refined Products Terminals from ExxonMobil (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - WALTHAM, Mass.----Global Partners LP , one of the Northeast's largest wholesale distributors of distillates, gasoline and residual oil to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire two refined products terminals on Long Island, New York from ExxonMobil Oil Corporation.

Read and eat fresh fish on Long Island (Newsday) - Dave Pasternack s new cookbook and successful Manhattan restaurant reflect his loyalty to Long Island Jones Inlet Seafood, a wholesaler in Point Lookout, is a business devoted to fresh fish. "Right now, between the gill netters and the hook-and-line guys, I have about 15 boats out," said owner Michael Mihale.

Sweltering, long-term forecast for LI (Newsday) - By the end of this century, life on Long Island could be significantly warmer and wetter, with more smog and fewer maple trees, songbirds and lobsters, according to a report released Wednesday on the potential effects of climate change on life in the Northeast.

Spitzer is the king of gridlock - Long Island GOP big (New York Daily News) - A high-ranking GOP state senator from Long Island ripped into Gov. Spitzer yesterday for presiding over a "totally dysfunctional" administration that he claimed has tied the Legislature up in knots, producing some of the worst gridlock New York has ever seen.

Long Island women play to fight cancer (Newsday) - The legendary athlete Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias excelled in every sport she tackled: track and field, basketball, baseball, tennis, swimming, golf, even billiards. She began as an All-American basketball star, won track and field gold medals in the 1932 Olympics and went on to win 82 golf tournaments, where she achieved her greatest fame. She was called the greatest athlete of the 20th ...