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Violent home invasions on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - A community on Long Island is on edge after two home invasions early Thursday morning.

Long Island Bluegrass Festival to be held August 18 at Tanner Park (Babylon Beacon) - The fifth annual Long Island Bluegrass Festival with Nashville Bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder will be held Saturday, August 18, noon to 8 p.m. at Tanner Park, Copiague, rain or shine. The event will feature Buddy Merriam and Back Roads, Free Grass Union DuneGrass, music, food, vendors and children's activities.

Writer authors books on top high school football teams on Long Island (Massapequa Post) - The Dynasties: Long Island High School Football, is the first in a series of books about the top high school sports teams on Long Island.

Continued die-off of Long Island lobsters forecast (Newsday) - Mattituck fisherman Mark King used to pull lobster traps for a living. Just over a year ago, however, he converted his 40-foot boat to go after fluke, bluefish and blackfish, having lost hope that Long Island's devastated lobster population would ever recover.

Siemens Commissions New High-Voltage Direct-Current Transmission System Connecting New Jersey To Long Island Ahead Of ... (ElectricNet) - At the end of June 2007, well ahead of schedule, Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution (PTD) successfully commissioned a new high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission link between Sayreville, New Jersey, and Long Island, New York. The HVDC system carries 660 Megawatts at a DC voltage of 500 kV

Washington State Ferries: Hiyu to return to Islands for week long Inter-Island Service (The Islands' Sounder) - The 34-car M/V Hiyu, the smallest and most unique car ferry in the Washington State Ferry fleet, returns to the San Juan Islands inter-island route this Monday, July 16, for six days while the 88-car M/V Evergreen State goes into the yard for preparation and then completion of its required annual inspection by the United States Coast Guard.

Waters behind Charles Island productive (Connecticut Post) - SALTWATER Striped bass — Chunkers will find keeper striped bass on the bottom and occasionally on the top near the DH buoy, buoys 18 and 20. Nautical charts of Long Island Sound that gives the

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.