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Long Island Grand Masters Champions (Garden City News) - The USTA sponsored Men's Grand Masters Leagues are for men 60 years of age or older, with district, region, and section championships, culminating in a national championship.Garden City Casino members Tony Giangrasso, Ray McRory, Charlie Menges and Phil Volz, are members of the Huntington team which won the Long Island region Grand Masters league title in August.

Long Island, the country (Long Island Business News) - A local Internet techie, and leader of his own religion, establishes Independent Long Island for us. Should we secede? And Levy hits the roads. Visit LI Biz Blog.

Police: Swastikas Painted On Long Island Synagogues (WNBC) - Long Island police uncover two swastika paintings at synagogues in Oceanside recently, and officers are looking for those responsible.

Spilled cup of coffee leads to death of Long Island matriarch (New York Daily News) - SPILLED COFFEE cost a Long Island matriarch with 20 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren her life, cops said yesterday.

Haitian Vodou Lives in the Unlikeliest of Places: Long Island (The Village Voice) - Haitian religious rites in the unlikeliest of places: a Long Island suburb (By Tamara Lush)

Clairvest reports US$263M sale of Winters Bros. Waste Systems of Long Island (Canadian Business) - TORONTO (CP) - After just 15 months, Canadian merchant bank Clairvest Group Inc. (TSX:CVG) is reporting a big gain on its investment in Winters Bros. Waste Systems Inc. of Long Island, N.Y.

6th annual house tour set for Sept. 15 on Long Beach Island (Asbury Park Press) - LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP — The sixth annual St. Francis House Tour, proceeds of which will benefit the parish's community center programs and services, will be held starting at 10 a.m. Sept. 15.

Island man rescues boy from crash site (CentralOhio.com) - KELLEYS ISLAND -- Chuck Herndon frantically rowed his boat toward the sound of a small boy's faint cries for help. "I told him to keep shouting so I could find him," said Herndon, a 60-year-old island resident. "There were long pauses between the shouts, which made me nervous. It was pitch dark.

Manhunt for accused killer ends in Coney Island (Newsday) - A manhunt for an accused killer from Rockville Centre ended in Coney Island as the suspect tried to escape out an eighth-story window -- with a 9-foot rope. "He had nowhere else to go," said Det. Lt. Michael Fleming of the Nassau police homicide squad.

Diddy throws White Party on Long Island (The Clarion-Ledger) - White was the dress code at a star-saturated party thrown by Sean "Diddy" Combs at his Long Island home, and the dress code was strictly enforced.