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Volunteers needed for Long Island Cares (Amityville Record) - Long Island Cares, Inc. The Harry Chapin Food Bank is looking for volunteers to assist with its 15th Annual Check-Out Hunger Campaign from October 1, 2007 through January 1, 2008. Check-Out Hunger is a unique partnership between Long Island Cares, area supermarkets, shoppers and volunteers.

Three dolphins in Long Island creek (WABC-TV New York) - Three dolphins are in a shallow Long Island creek where a dozen dolphins died earlier this year.

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.

Private island put on the real estate market (WSTM-TV NBC 3) - SACKETS HARBOR, N.Y. (AP) - A private island on Lake Ontario is on the market. 4.5-mile-long Galloo Island, 12 miles from Sackets Harbor, is listed for $12.7 million on the Web site Private Islands Online.

Natural gas island off Jersey coast fuels debate (The Star-Ledger) - It sounds like the setting for a futuristic novel. Out in the Atlantic Ocean, about 19 miles east of Sandy Hook, a Manhattan-based company wants to create a 62.5-acre artificial island.

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.