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Badly Burned Long Island Dog Succumbs To Injuries (WCBS-TV New York) - "Maximus," a mixed breed that suffered severe burns after someone chained him to a tree, doused him with gasoline, and set him on fire, has died. The badly burned animal was found by a Brentwood resident and taken immediately to the Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island for emergency care last week, but he died on Tuesday morning.

Pride Host Long Island On Saturday (OurSports Central) - The Pride will host the Long Island Lizards on Saturday, July 21 at 7:30 pm at Yurcak Field. The game marks the Pride's annual celebration of Women's Lacrosse.

Arrow Electronics Employees Team Up for Long Island Charity (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Arrow Electronics, Inc. today announced that more than 200 of its Long Island employees will participate in a team-bonding "Arrow Bike Build" event to benefit children in underserved local communities.

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 (Beverage World) - 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.

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.

Manhattanites ‘Plum-struck’ with island (The Daily News of Newburyport) - PLUM ISLAND — The article was splashed in color across page 49 in the New York Post on July 3.“Plum-struck!” the headline read. Writer Leslie Long, the article’s headline states, “discovers Massachusetts’ most top secret beach!”The piece in the the Big Apple’s fun and quirky tabloid, with about 700,000 copies sold daily, documented a weekend on Plum Island, particularly a stay at blue, the Inn on ...

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.