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Wednesday Nov 27 | New Yorker

In January, Justin Kaliebe, an eighteen-year-old high-school senior, walked out of his grandparents' house, in Bay Shore, Long Island, without leaving a note.

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Wednesday Nov 27 | KeysNews.com

Ferron Bell, Keys painter, dies at 70 in Miami

Ferron Bell, a Key West artist known for a wry sense of humor and unabashed love for creating pun-filled paintings who got his start in Fire Island, N.Y., died Monday at 7:15 p.m. at a Miami hospital.

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Sat Nov 23, 2013

Stars and Stripes

Delay in construction of Fire Island dune project

Construction of a new Fire Island dune line - designed to shield Suffolk County from powerful storms - may not start until next fall, officials said Friday.

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Thu Nov 21, 2013

Newsday

Islip board approves dock repair delayed by Sandy

Islip will begin a renovation of the Maple Avenue dock in Bay Shore to improve the Fire Island ferry hub, according to the town board.

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Mon Nov 18, 2013

CBS Local

L.I. Police Officers Rescue Woman About To Jump Off Bridge

As 1010 WINS' Sonia Rincon reported, Suffolk County police Marine Bureau Officers Don Lettieri and Kevin Krause were on routine patrol in a police truck near the Robert Moses Causeway bridge, which connects West Islip to Captree Island, Jones Beach Island, and Fire Island.

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Fri Nov 08, 2013

Patch.com

Fire Island Inlet Shoaling Causes Reduced Coast Guard Responses

Increased shoaling and shifted seabed sands have caused the United States Coast Guard to temporarily limit their offshore response capabilities.

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