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Enjoy Smithtown Restaurant Week At These Great Locations!
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - When it comes to great dining, Smithtown has plenty of tremendous culinary opportunities awaiting your taste buds to enjoy. It is something of a tradition in this Suffolk County community to provide great food, at great prices, to the many people who flock to the area. Restaurant week is a ... by James |
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Governor Cuomo Announces Sandy Aid for MTA Recovery Efforts
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - it has been a rough year for the Long Island Metropolitan Transit Authority . They have had to implement two different fare hikes in order to keep up with their budget, and they had several problems associated with power outages, due to the storms, and recovering from damages sustained through ... by Joseph |
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Registration Open for Long Island Cruizin' For a Cure Car Show
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - Registration is now open for the 8 th annual Long Island Cruizin’ For a Cure Car Show, scheduled for September 8 th , 2013, at the Sears Automotive Center on Routes 106/107 in Hicksville. The show starts at 6:30 in the morning for exhibitors, and is open to the public from 9:00 in the ... by John |
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Minimum Wage Raise; Loss of Jobs
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - A day after the news that Northrop Grumman is going to be moving more than 800 jobs off of Long Island , comes the news that minimum wage is going to rise to $9 an hour. This news comes as the state Assembly voted Tuesday to increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour with automatic increases tied to ... by Ed |
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Mary Sheedy Kurcinka On Challenges in Raising Spirited Children
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - One of the big problems in parenting that continues to be a part of many families is raising spirited, or difficult, children within your home. To help with this Adelphi University’s Institute for Parenting , Center for Health Information and Alice Brown Early Learning Center will offer two ... by Cynthia |
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Pilot Reports Close Encounter with Drone Near J.F.K. Airport
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - Yesterday afternoon around 1:15 p.m., a pilot flying an Alitalia jet from Rome to J.F.K. International Airport in New York reported to air traffic control that he had just had a close encounter with a flying drone. According to the pilot’s report, the drone was located about 1,500 feet ... by John |
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Northrop Grumman to Move 850 Jobs Away From Long Island
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - Just when we think that things were going to pick up in the job market here on Long Island comes some tough news. Northrop Grumman Corp . said Monday that it will move 850 jobs off Long Island by next year, leaving just 550 workers out of a workforce that exceeded 25,000 in the 1980s.
The jobs ... by Ed |
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Sequester Begins, How Will it Affect Long Island Schools
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - As the sequestor that has been built up as the end of life as we know it begins, many Long Island families are wondering what is going to happen to their children's education.
When the sequester was originally proposed it was supposed to be an action so heinous that it would force Congress ... by Janet |
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Three Great Long Island Restaurants Serving Small Dishes
Monday, March 4, 2013 - When it comes to dining out there are those fads that come in and out of popularity. Right now, one of the more popular fads is small portions of favorite dishes. Many Long Island restaurants have begun serving these smaller dishes or have made leaping improvements in the ones they already had. ... by James |
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Five Long Islanders Make Forbes list of Billionaires
Monday, March 4, 2013 - The new Forbes list of the riches people is now available and within its pages are five Long Island businessmen who are at the top of the billionaire side of it.
This list is led by Renaissance Technologies Corp. founder James Simons , five Long Island residents were listed on the 2013 ... by Joseph |
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