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Long Island village to get first Indian American mayor (IANS via Yahoo! India News) - New York, July 1 (IANS) Harvinder Anand, who originally hails from Punjab, will Monday be sworn in as the first Indian American mayor of Laurel Hollow village in Long Island, New York state.

New York City 35, Long Island 27 (Newsday) - FINAL SCORE: NEW YORK CITY 35, LONG ISLAND 27

Storm Winds Uproot Massive Tree On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Strong winds caused a massive Maple Tree to literally peel the sod from the ground in East Meadow on Long Island. As the tree tipped over, it crushed a metal fence, then came crashing down on this Federal Express truck parked in the driveway next door.

Suozzi Runs in Rexcorp Long Island Marathon 10K (Great Neck Record) - Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi ran the new 10K race in the Rexcorp Long Island Marathon on Sunday, May 6. He ran the race along with Parks Commissioner Jose Lopez.

Storms Cause More Outages on Long Island (1010 WINS New York) - The Long Island Power Authority continues to restore power to customers following Thursday's storms.

Long Island Company Recalls Popular Snack Food (WNBC) - A Long Island company is recalling a popular snack food because of concerns about contamination.

RING OF HONOR NEWS ON PPV DEBUT, NEW SIGNINGS, LONG ISLAND, JAPAN, NYC AND MUCH MORE (PWinsider) - Here are some Ring of Honor notes and news, catching up since the past week was pretty much dominated by the Benoit tragedy. The "Respect is Earned" PPV debuted on Dish Network this weekend.

Parking Tickets Going Up on Long Beach (WCBS 880 New York) - Beachgoers, beware: Long Beach, Long Island, is cracking down on illegal parking. The city's minimum parking fine is rising today from 25 dollars to 60 dollars. That's the minimum fine for pleading guilty by mail. Any ticket can be challenged in court.

Writer authors books on top high school football teams on Long Island (Amityville Record) - 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.

Life in the fast lane: Long Island City native moves up soccer ladder (The TimesLedger Newspapers) - EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Gabe Ferrari's life is in fast forward. A year ago, the Long Island City native was running alone on the West Side Highway, training by himself at the fields at Pier 40 in lower Manhattan.