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Mike McAuley 48, Huntington Station Singing and playing guitar at the Heckscher Park.

Beach-goers soak up the sun before the fireworks show at Jones Beach. (Newsday Photo / Ana P. Gutierrez After weeks of wet, soggy weather, Long Islanders were outside in full force this holiday weekend to take advantage of an abundance of sun, comfortable temperatures and, for a change, no threat of rain.

A stunning Fourth of July fireworks display thrilled millions of onlookers in the Big Apple last night -- with revelers packing Manhattan streets to catch a glimpse of the pyrotechnics.

Lady Liberty's Crown Opens For 1st Time Since 9/11 Share + Jul 4, 2009 9:15 am US/Eastern Lady Liberty's Crown Opens For 1st Time Since 9/11 NEW YORK Lady Liberty is gearing up for the masses who will soon be trekking all the way to her crown, CBS station WCBS-TV reports.

In the 2007-08 school year, Long Island schools took more than $11 million in state aid for pre-K and .

Prakash Patel Pharmacist, 58, of Sayville "It's a very popular over- the-counter drug.

Long Islanders for Change sponsored a successful Family Health Kit Service Day on Saturday as part of their effort to call attention to the need for real health care reform.

James P. Calamis, a 55-year-old attorney from Commack, was plagued with high blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides before losing 115 pounds with the help of Michael Thurmond's "6 Week Body Makeover." Who: James P. Calamis Town: Commack Occupation: Attorney Height: 5'6" Weight before: 298 Weight after: 183 See photos of James P. Calamis and ...

Across Long Island that historic summer of 1969, the background noise - to family dinners, routine high school and campus gatherings and a host of other social and political events - was the war in Vietnam.

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First, it was a 2.5% tax on energy , as on your LIPA, National Grid, and heating oil bills.

A hundred feet above the second level of the Booth Theatre on West 45th Street, Kenny McDonough straddles two iron beams.

The second annual free Solar and Wind Energy Seminar, sponsored by LIPA and the Town of Brookhaven, will be held on Thursday, June 25 at 7 pm in the Town Hall Auditorium, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville.

Even though the political facts have changed, with the Senate split at 31 for each major party and Malcolm Smith dislodged, the Democrats' lawyers are throwing all the fuel they can into their lawsuit seeking to undo last week's surprise vote installing the Skelos-Espada alliance in the house leadership.

For those devoted viewers who keep up with Comedy Central's The Daily Show , the program featured a satirical segment about the possible secession of Long Island from the state of New York on Monday, June 15.

Huntington It was a cultural oasis on Long Island for more than a generation, but in our current economic climate it couldn't generate enough profit to continue.

THOUSANDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL BE TAKING THEIR MORNING BREAK THURSDAY JUNE 18TH AT 8:00 AM WATCHING THE LIBC DYNAMICS ON CNN AND LIVE THURSDAY JUNE 18TH EVENING AT 8:00 PM! Thousands OF People across the US will be having breakfast in their offices and homes with the Long Island Breakfast Club on Thursday, June 18th at 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM.

Hundreds of Long Islanders who are victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme attended a meeting in Port Washington Tuesday evening.

Tara Costa's friends, left to right, Eoin O'Neill, Susan Hickey, Lisa Buonagura and Erin Dodge, watch the "Biggest Loser" finale at B.K. Sweeney's in Bethpage.

Stephen M. Bongiovi is a retired Seaford English teacher and adjunct at Molly College.