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Suffolk News- Suffolk lawmakers taking up district map February 9, 2012Suffolk Presiding Officer William Lindsay (D-Holbrook) has proposed the county legislature take over redrawing district lines after a nonpartisan reapportionment commission missed its Feb. 1 deadline for completing a plan. […]
- Summit: Great need for LI housing options February 9, 2012The need is great on Long Island for affordable housing and a range of housing options beyond the single-family home, said many participants at the first Suffolk County Housing Summit Wednesday. […]
- Queens man on trial in jewelry shop robbery February 9, 2012The alleged member of a robbery crew that terrorized victims on Long Island and in Queens pointed a gun at the 75-year-old father of a Queens jewelry store owner and then threw him to the ground during the stickup of the store, a federal prosecutor charged Wednesday. […]
- Southampton Town to barter sand for money February 9, 2012Southampton Town trustees say they will not give needed sand for a remediation project at Mecox Beach to the town, but instead will barter it in exchange for money spent for a cleanup of Mills Pond. […]
- Suffolk lawmakers taking up district map February 9, 2012
