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Hempstead plan raises questions on Islanders' fate

Originally published: July 11, 2010 10:56 PM
Updated: July 12, 2010 12:00 AM
By JIM BAUMBACH  jim.baumbach@newsday.com

Islanders' Trent Hunter, Frans Nielsen and Jon Sim

Photo credit: David Pokress | Islanders' Trent Hunter, Frans Nielsen and Jon Sim celebrate Hunter's third period goal at Nassau Coliseum. (April 1, 2010)

Whenever in recent months Islanders owner Charles Wang has been asked about his stalled Lighthouse Project, his ambitious development plan for the acreage around the Nassau Coliseum, he has typically smiled and pretended to zip his lips shut.

The only time Wang has spoken publicly in the past 10 months about his project, which in his view has languished with Hempstead Town planners and officials...

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