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Long night on the Island (Lancaster Online) - Two former Seattle Mariners, Carl Everett and John Halama, combined to inundate the Lancaster Barnstormers Monday evening as the Long Island Ducks captured the opener of a three-game series, 7-2, at Citibank Park.Everett homered twice, doubled and drove in four runs, while Halama faced the...

Long Island rosé winemakers happily in the pink (Newsday) - Island vineyards increase production of their lighter reds as the variety enjoys a new renaissance Jim Zanetti remembers a time not too long ago when the suggestion of rosé would have elicited funny looks from enthusiasts of fine wines. But these days, pink is losing its bad rap.

In a first, Miss New York crowned on Long Island (WSTM-TV NBC 3) - HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) - A 23-year-old aspiring motivational speaker from Oneonta was crowned Miss New York after a night of competition. Elisabeth Baldanza became the Queen of the Empire State on Saturday night at the Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts in Huntington, Long Island.

Long Island girl hits big (New York Daily News) - The marquee at the Squire theater in Great Neck reads, "HAIRSPRAY: WELCOME NIKKI BLONSKY," honoring the Long Island town's surprise superstar.

Long Island teens foiled in Columbine-style plot (Berkshire Eagle) - NEW YORK (AP) — The student's lost notebook, found in a McDonald's parking lot, was returned to his Long Island high school. But its handwritten contents were not the stuff of normal teenage journals.

At the Long Island 2 Day Walk (Great Neck Record) - Hundreds of Long Islanders of all ages and backgrounds, including seven women affiliated with the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, participated in the fourth annual 35-mile, 2-day walk on June 9 and 10 to raise awareness and money - giving hope and encouragement to Long Islanders who are fighting breast cancer.

2 New York teens arrested, accused of plotting killings at a Long Island high school (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - NEW YORK One is a 15-year-old who was recently suspended from his suburban high school for making violent threats, according to police. The other is an awkward 17-year-old hungry for attention, acquaintances say. Together, they envisioned a bloody assault on students and staffers at a Long Island high school, chillingly planning it for the ninth anniversary of the deadly Columbine High School ...

On Long Island, a Lost City and Forbidden Explorers (New York Times) - The dozens of abandoned buildings that made up Kings Park Psychiatric Center have been closed for about 10 years. Closed to patients, anyway.

A Columbine in Long Island? (New York Daily News) - A pair of Long Island students were plotting to launch a bomb-fueled, Columbine-style attack at a local high school that would "kill so many people" it "will go down in history."

Two New York teens arrested for alleged plot against Long Island high school (KRQE Albuquerque) - NEW YORK (AP) - Police in New York have arrested two teen-agers who they say were planning a bloody assault at their Long Island high school. The boys, ages 15 and 17, were taken into custody yesterday and are charged with misdemeanor conspiracy.