Bobby Flay at LI burger joint

Bobby Flay at LI burger joint Credit: Newsday file

A busy week on the business blog. Here are ten highlights:

-- Bobby Flay is expanding his burger chain (he's above in Lake Grove).

-- One local bank reduced its earnings, while another did better.

-- We caught up with Matthew Crosson now that he's left the LIA.

-- We got first word that Long Island has added 5,400 jobs.

-- A Melville eyewear maker got more deeply into 3-D.

-- A Lynbrook company will get to help the Census

-- Trucking activity declined locally . . .

-- But a perfume company got a boost from Hello Kitty.

-- A Montauk restaurant was put up for sale ...

-- While other restaurants and pubs joined the fight against cancer.

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Or you can read the whole Inside Long Island Business blog. Either way, have a good weekend.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's plan to deputize gun-owning county residents is progressing, with some having completed training. Opponents call the plan "flagrantly illegal." NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. Credit: Newsday Staff; WPIX; File Footage

'I don't know what the big brouhaha is all about' Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman plan to deputize gun-owning county residents is progressing, with some having completed training. Opponents call the plan "flagrantly illegal." NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's plan to deputize gun-owning county residents is progressing, with some having completed training. Opponents call the plan "flagrantly illegal." NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. Credit: Newsday Staff; WPIX; File Footage

'I don't know what the big brouhaha is all about' Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman plan to deputize gun-owning county residents is progressing, with some having completed training. Opponents call the plan "flagrantly illegal." NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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