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Wang: Lighthouse still on, report is wrong

Originally published: October 15, 2009 12:00 PM
Updated: October 15, 2009 9:20 PM
By EDEN LAIKIN AND RANDI F. MARSHALL  eden.laikin@newsday.com, randi.marshall@newsday.com

Quick ReadIslanders owner Charles Wang denounced a report Thursday saying he was ending efforts to build the Lighthouse Project.

Islanders owner Charles Wang speaks to the Town

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Islanders owner Charles Wang speaks to the Town of Hempstead about the Lighthouse Project. (Sept. 22, 2009)

Even as New York Islanders owner Charles Wang said Thursday that a report that he was ending efforts to build the Lighthouse project was untrue, anger simmered among several of his most vocal supporters after it took a full 19 hours for any official response.

Yet as Lighthouse officials did damage control Thursday, they may have taken a baby step toward getting something built on the site...

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