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  • Bacteria levels close Glen Cove beach

    Beaches on Long Island opened for the season this past weekend, but Glen Cove's Crescent Beach was not among them.The beach -- a secluded sliver of sand on Long Island Sound -- is shuttered for the fourth summer, with high levels of bacteria to blame."Wh 5/30/12 Read more »

  • Helicopter group's LI aircraft noise plan

    A helicopter pilots group has developed its own plan to mitigate noise over North Shore communities by dispersing flights over land and water, but federal officials dismissed the proposal, maintaining that helicopters should fly over only water. The East   Read more »

  • 'Great Gatsby' mansion in Kings Point sells

    The Kings Point estate said to have been the inspiration for the West Egg mansion in F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby has sold, according to a press release by the real estate firm that listed the property.The price has not yet been made public. Nei   Read more »

  • Meyland: Leaky water policy will hurt LI

    Sarah Meyland is director of the Center for Water Resources Management at New York Institute of Technology . In Oyster Bay earlier this year to talk about his 2011 book, "The Ripple Effect," Alex Prud'homme described how water will become the "defining r   Read more »

  • Lawmakers press for funds to protect Sound

    Saying the Long Island Sound boosts the local economy and creates jobs, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Steve Israel on Friday asked local environmental leaders to support continued federal funding for the estuary.In a discussion at the Sagamore Yacht C   Read more »

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  • Phil Donahue: One Of Nature's Most Fascinating Dramas

    handles a group of Purple Martins. Gazebo Phil GazeboPhil takes a moment to admire the Martins at his colony on the Long Island Sound, two gourd "trees," 48 gourds. Last year the colony produced 184 chicks. They all flew to Brazil last August and several returned 5/30/12 from The Huffington Post Read more »

  • Long Island Sound beach closed due to bacteria

    COVE, N.Y. (AP) - High bacteria levels have shuttered a secluded Long Island Sound beach for a fourth straight summer. The Nassau County Health Department says officials have regularly found elevated levels of an organism that can cause gastrointenstinal-type 6:42 AM from WCAX Read more »

  • Good Luck USA Party Set for July 14

    Send-Off Party On July 14, the US Olympic Sailing Committee together with the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound will host “Good Luck USA Send-Off presented by Maclaren”, a celebration featuring the 16 Olympic and six Paralympic sailing athletes 5/30/12 from BYM News Read more »

  • Long Island Beach Guide 2012

    prize of Long Island, the sandy beaches that line the South Shore or the rocky seaside that calls the calm waters of the Long Island Sound home. Places such as Jones Beach, Robert Moses State Park and any one of the dozens of Hamptons beaches attract visitors 5/30/12 from Dixhills Patch Read more »

  • WestportNow.com Image Busy Day for Watersports

    Westport’s Saugatuck River and Long Island Sound were busy places today with all kinds of watersports activities. View is from Burrit’s Landing off of Saugatuck Avenue. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Ellen Bowen for WestportNow.com   from Westport Now Read more »

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