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7th Annual Hampton's Restaurant Week starts this Sunday

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Find the loweset gas prices in your area

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Just as fast as the daffodil and tulip buds pop up, so are the spring breaks from school. From elementary to college, families everywhere are gearing...
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Execution Rocks Light-a lighthouse with a dark legend

Many of the lighthouses that surround Long Island have interesting legends and histories that come with their existence. Most are associated with...
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Long Islands best St. Patrick's Day parades

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St. Baldricks-Many bars across Long Island celebrate more than just the luck of the Irish

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“St. Baldrick’s began as a casual conversation between friends and has exploded into the world’s biggest volunteer-driven...
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Cedar Island Lighthouse-A diamond in the rough

Natural disasters, Prohibition, erosion, flawed structural engineering and even decommission hasn’t been enough to extinguish the glory of the...
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Fire Island Light, a.k.a. The Winking Woman

In 1826 a light was erected on the barrier island of Long Island. Standing 74 feet high this beacon guided with a stout posture, the many freighters...
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The county seat, Riverhead-Long Island

The source or spring of a river, that’s what the dictionary says, but Riverhead means so much more, especially to this former resident. I have...
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A broken beacon-The Shinnecock Bay Lighthouse

I was born in 1975, long after this beautiful lighthouse was demolished. Still, that fact didn’t stop the...
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Saddle up for Spring Break! Montauk-Long Island

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I would be willing to bet most of you wouldn’t associate a cattle ranch with Long Island and you probably wouldn’t have guessed that the...
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