Gordon Heights

In 1987, Virginia Tinsley was the first woman admitted to the Middle Island Rotary Club, and in 1991 became its first female president.

"We did not receive proper notice from any party dealing with this matter," the president of the group said.

As part of a clean-water initiative, the town will monitor the reef for five years for oyster growth and survival, as well as the presence of other animals and plants living on the reef.

Town tax statements are now twice as large to make room for information about STAR exemptions, officials said.

Police say the gunman in a gas station robbery in Coram fled with cash while the man who robbed a Holbrook 7-Eleven was arrested.

The Grolsch beer bottle was dropped in the bay by William Kiriazis' ninth-grade science class to track current patterns of the bay.

The handwritten note, dated Dec. 1, 1972, asked the finder to return it to William Floyd High School.

Police said they found that Michael Pearl, 26, of Middle Island took items from unlocked cars between May 22 and July 19.

Hundreds were on hand at Cathedral Pines County Park in Middle Island for the annual show, which featured more than 450 dogs and 150 different breeds.

In all, 48 towns, villages and cities statewide will receive a total of $9 million.

Emin L. Cohen, 35, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert to pay $86,000 in forfeiture.