LIB2B.com Web News Archive

Frightening home invasion, rape on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - Police on Long Island are looking for a gunman in a frightening home invasion.

Long Island men held in Putnam shoplifting spree (The Journal News) - CARMEL - Two Long Island men are being held today at the Putnam County jail after police caught them with nearly $800 worth of items stolen from the Shop Rite supermarket on Route 52, police said.

Long Island Tomato Challenge (Newsday) - So many tomatoes, so little time... Thank you all for responding with interest to my call for gardeners across Long Island to join the Great Long Island Tomato Challenge. What a wonderful success it has been so far, with readers from the Queens line to Riverhead and beyond enjoying the competition.

United States Files Suit Against Long Island Housing Development Company and Architect for Violating Fair Housing Act ... (The San Francisco Examiner) - WASHINGTON ( Map ) - Wan J. Kim, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division and Roslynn R. Mauskopf, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, today announced the filing of a federal complaint against Sayville Development Group LLC and Stephen Ray Fellman for violations of the Fair Housing Act. Sayville is the developer of a multifamily housing complex in Long Island, N.Y. called ...

$5M LONG I. 'POT' OF GOLD (New York Post) - Long Island potheads may have a tough time scoring this weekend after feds took down a $5 million hydroponic marijuana-growing operation yesterday, arresting two men who allegedly grew 2,000 plants. Robert Dillon, 34, the suspected green...

Barnstormers Acquire Dionys Cesar From Long Island Ducks (OurSports Central) - LANCASTER, Pa.-The Lancaster Barnstormers have acquired third baseman Dionys Cesar in a trade with the Long Island Ducks for the Atlantic League rights to outfielder Reggie Taylor.

Ducks play long ball (Lancaster Online) - On a night when former Barnstormer Reggie Taylor returned to Lancaster as a member of the Long Island Ducks, it was two of his new teammates that made the difference.Pete Rose Jr. hit a two-run homer, and Estee Harris hit a three-run bomb to give the Ducks the margin of victory in a 7-2 wi...

Fears of Development Ruffle Long Island Houseboat Haven (New York Times) - The owners of 55 floating homes, which constitute the largest such community remaining on Long Island, fear development at the marinas.

Costs May Capsize Long Island Offshore Wind Project (Environment News Service) - UNIONDALE, New York , August 27, 2007 (ENS) - High construction and financing costs appear to have put an offshore wind park proposed for Long Island's South Shore out of reach.

Eradication of Santa Cruz Island pigs deemed a success (Los Angeles Times) - Park Service and Nature Conservancy officials say endangered native species now have a chance to rebound. Efforts to restore the ecosystem on Santa Cruz Island to its native state reached a milestone this week as scientists said that a two-year program to eliminate feral pigs had been a success.