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Friday, 3 September 2010

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Long Island Press

	Cops: Man Ran Over Girlfriendâ€™s Legs Long Beach man charged with tampering with evidence
	Selmerâ€™s Pets Saved From Smoke Nearly 200 animals saved from Huntington Station pet store
	A Tale Of Two Studies L.I. study says Hispanics greatly benefit local economy
	Two Tractor-Trailer Tragedies Two boys, ages 11 and 18, were killed in two separate accidents Friday afternoon
	Garden City Teen Electrocuted On LIRR Tracks Friday marked the tragic end of a teenage girl's life
	Potter Prank? Hacker claims to expose Harry Potterâ€™s fate on blog
	50 Dogs Found In Medford Home MedfordÂ couple charged with animal crueltyÂ
	50 Dogs Found In Medford Home Medford homeowner charged with animal cruelty

Local Movies

	Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 opens September 3rd, 2010 (limited)
	American opens September 1st, 2010 (limited) As an assassin, Jack is constantly on the move and always alone. After a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, Jack retreats to the Italian countryside. He relishes being away from death for a spell as he holes up in a small medieval town. While there, Jack takes an assignment to construct a weapon for a mysterious contact, Mathilde. Savoring the peaceful quietude he finds in the mountains of Abruzzo, Jack accepts the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto and pursues a torrid liaison with a beautiful woman, Clara. Jack and Clara's time together evolves into a romance, one seemingly free of danger. But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate.
	Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 opens September 3rd, 2010 (limited)
	White Wedding opens September 3rd, 2010 (limited)
	Last Train Home opens
	Born to Be a Star opens September 3rd, 2010 (wide)
	Machete opens September 3rd, 2010 (wide) After a violent shakedown from a notorious drug lord nearly kills him, Machete, a renegade Mexican Federale and tough-as-nails vigilante for justice, roams the streets of Texas, working as a day laborer. When Machete is hired by a crooked US Senator to execute a covert hit, Machete is double-crossed and forced to run from the cops and an endless stream of assassins. But what they don't know is that Machete is looking for them so he can settle the score.
	Winning Season opens September 3rd, 2010 (wide) Sam Rockwell stars in this indie comedy as an unsuccessful man who takes on a new job as the coach of a high school girls’ basketball team. Rob Corddry (WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS), Emma Roberts (HOTEL FOR DOGS), and Shareeka Epps (HALF NELSON) co-star in this Sundance hit, while James C. Strouse (GRACE IS GONE) serves as director and screenwriter.

Topix

	Preparing for Hurricane Earl: LIRR Service Suspended, Tropical Conditions Expected On Thursday, the day before Hurricane Earl is predicted to pass off the coast of Montauk Point, official and individuals around Sag Harbor Village and the East End made preparations for the storm.
	LIRR Suspending Service to East End as Earl Approaches The Long Island Rail Road on Thursday announced that service to the East End of the island will be suspended Friday for "safety reasons." The LIRR will suspend train service east of Speonk on the Montauk Branch and east of Ronkonkoma on the Main Line, which normally takes customers to Greenport and Long Islanda TMs North Fork.
	Tropical force winds expected Southampton Town Emergency Preparedness said that while the town does not anticipate ordering an evacuation, officials are warning residents that they should be preparing for a major storm and monitoring the track of the Hurricane Earl.
	New hire replaces last-minute teacher resignee - © The schoola s new playground has taken shape and should be ready for kids to climb and play by the end of tomorrow.
	Material instinct: Julian Schnabel's AGO exhibit showcases his filmmaking techniques off-screen Schnabel's movie Miral will be in Toronto for next week's filmfest, while his paintings are in town for a major retrospective.
	At 7:25 p.m. Tuesday, Hurricane Earl moves north-northwest As Hurricane Earl bears down on the Atlantic coast, Long Island officials are planning for the worst, and urging residents to do the same.
	Dick Cavett Mouths off on Montauk at Wainscott Secretariat Screening The prince most often associated with polo is Harry, but at last night's private screening of Secretariat in Wainscott, the prince getting all the polo players' attention was Rare Prince, a handsome chestnut steed and a great-grandson of the triple-crown winner whose story the soon-to-be released Disney film chronicles.
	LIRR Delays Likely to Continue Through the Weekend, MTA Says MANHATTAN a ' Those hoping to use the Long Island Rail Road to head out of town this weekend should expect more delays and cancellations as the railroad heads into a fifth day of travel chaos due to a broken switching tower.

NY Times

	BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Oil Spill Payouts The company, which had committed to setting aside $20 billion for damage claims and penalties, says proposed legislation could disrupt those efforts.
	Officials Assess Damage From Blast in Gulf of Mexico The explosion touched off flurries of conflicting reports about sightings of oil slicks in the water and whether any workers had been injured in the blast.
	New Yorkers Want Islamic Center Moved, Poll Finds The poll indicated that support for a center planned near ground zero is tepid in its home town.
	Oil Sheen Seen Near Damaged Platform in Gulf of Mexico The mile-long sheen was spotted hours after an explosion on the offshore oil platform on Thursday, the Coast Guard said.
	New Yorkers Want Islamic Center Moved, Poll Finds The poll indicated that support is tepid and uncertain in its home town, confined mainly to Manhattan and those who identify as liberal.
	Leaders Agree to Successive Rounds of Mideast Talks With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressing confidence in the talks, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to hold regular meetings.
	Bernanke Says He Failed to Spot Flaws in Financial System The Federal Reserve chairman also told the financial crisis panel that it was impossible for the government to save Lehman Brothers in 2008.
	Offshore Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Explodes There was one injury, and all 13 members of the crew were accounted for, the Coast Guard said. It was unclear if any oil leaks had been set off.

LIPA

	LIPA Prepares for Hurricane Earl As Hurricane Earl continues to approach our region, a tropical storm warning has been issued for Suffolk County and a tropical storm watch has been issued for Nassau County.
	LIPA Monitors Hurricane Earl
	LIPA Board Names New Chief Operating Officer Today, the LIPA Board of Trustees appointed Michael Hervey, Senior VP of Operations, as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of LIPA.
	LIPA Partners with Peconic Bay Winery and Green Logic Energy to Install Largest Solar PV System at a Long Island Winery 39.8kW PV system made possible through LIPAâ€™s Solar Entrepreneur program
	LIPA Issues Request for Proposals For New and/or Repowered Power Resources LIPA released a Request for Proposals (RFP) today that seeks to purchase from experienced and qualified entities up to 1,000 megawatts (MW) of electric capacity, energy, and related services from new and/or repowered generation for a term of 20 years under power purchase agreement(s).
	LIPA Partners with Cleary School for the Deaf to Become More Energy Efficient Today, Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) President and CEO Kevin S. Law presented the Cleary School for the Deaf a LIPA Commercial Efficiency rebate of $13, 900.
	Brown Goes Green as LIPA Partners with United Parcel Service to Make Long Island More Energy Efficient The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) continues to partner with businesses and residents to help reduce the environmental impact of living and doing business on Long Island.
	NATIONAL GRID AND LIPA REDUCE AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS AT NORTHPORT AND PORT JEFFERSON POWER PLANTS $100 million modernization of plants will enhance our environment by cutting Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions by 85,000 to 140,000 tons per year.

NY Newsday

	LI man charged with aiding al-Qaida Bryant Neal Vinas, who grew up in Patchogue, helped attack a U.S. base and funneled information on the LIRR and subway to al-Qaida.
	LI man charged with aiding al-Qaida A Long Island-born man participated in an attack on an American base in Afghanistan and funneled information on the Long Island Rail Road to al-Qaida, according to reports.
	Driver, 79, dies in Stony Brook crash A 79-year-old man died when he drove into a parked car in Stony Brook, knocking it over, and then crashed again a short distance away, according to Suffolk police.
	LI man charged with aiding al-Qaida A Long Island-born man participated in an attack on an American base in Afghanistan and funneled information on the Long Island Rail Road to al-Qaida after he was trained in a Pakistani terror camp, according to published reports.
	Cops: Arrest in slay of LI motivational speaker Police have arrested a 36-year-old ex-con for his alleged role in the slaying of Long Island motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker last week in East Harlem.
	Judge sentences drunken driver who hit cop to 7 years Saying that it cannot compare to the "life sentence" that Rahiem Griffin imposed on a police officer who he crashed into while driving drunk, a Nassau judge Wednesday sentenced Griffin to 7 years in prison.
	Teacher charged in rape of girl, 15 Suffolk cops say man met teenager online.
	Cops: LI woman caught in Neb. with 116 pounds of marijuana A Bay Shore woman stopped for speeding on a Nebraska interstate was arrested and charged with intent to distribute drugs after a canine unit found "three bales of marijuana" weighing 116 pounds in her car trunk, police said Wednesday.

Marine Tides

Location Map for Montauk Harbor entrance, Long Island Sound, New York
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Books About Montauk Harbor entrance, Long Island Sound, New York

0.32 feet Low Tide
2007-04-25 at 11:17 AM EDT: 0.32 feet Low Tide

Moonrise
2007-04-25 at 1:15 PM EDT: Moonrise

1.79 feet High Tide
2007-04-25 at 5:31 PM EDT: 1.79 feet High Tide

Sunset
2007-04-25 at 7:37 PM EDT: Sunset

0.43 feet Low Tide
2007-04-25 at 11:43 PM EDT: 0.43 feet Low Tide

Moonset
2007-04-26 at 3:25 AM EDT: Moonset

Block Island Times

	Notices PUBLIC NOTICE Block Island Land Trust Monday, July 9, 2007, 4:00 p.m. Old Harbor Meadows Community Center Chapel Street, Block Island, RI AGENDA 1. (2:45 PM- Closed Session): Litigation & Acquisitions* 2.
	Town Council: yes to 'Second Dwelling' While the Town Council marched without any opposition through a public hearing that resulted in an increase in the tax exemption for island military veterans Monday night, it encountered a few skirmishes before voting on a muchdebated section of the Zoning Ordinance that allows for a second dwelling on certain lots.
	Photo raiSing the fLagS- Laura Puckett and friends kept old glory aloft (in all its sizes) while marching in this year's July 4 parade on Wednesday. turn to pages 18 and 19 for more photos. Photo by yordAnKA KrAyKoVA
	New signs: share the road, find the beach New road signs, courtesy of the state, are reminding Block Island visitors of two key facts of summer life: the roads are crowded, but there are plenty of places to hit the beach.
	Centralize reservation system for shoulder season biz, say experts Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts often visits Block Island as a tourist with bicycles and her children, she says, but last week she was here to participate in the annual Block Island Business Walking Tour. With her were members of the Small Business Administration (SBA), area lending institutions and the Rhode Island Small Business Center.
	Lobstering: great family fishing, minus the rod Ever wondered how the lobster got there? How do the dark green crustaceans that prefer to nestle in dark cold holes underwater end up red and steaming on your plate? Captain Ned Connelly has begun a charter service to provide first-hand answers to those questions and more.
	Water and Sewer Budget Approved The 2008 Water and Sewer budgets were approved unanimously at the two respective Annual Financial Meetings on June 29, which together lasted less than ten minutes. The public hearing attracted about a dozen voters including the commissioners and no discussions took place. The 2008 water and sewer rates remain the same as this year's.
	Pilgrim trading ship headed for B.I. The shallop Elizabeth Tilley will pay a visit to Block Island on Saturday, July 14, on its way to Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts. The Elizabeth Tilley is an oak reproduction of a 1628 shallop the Pilgrims used for trade in shallow waters.

Montauk, New York Weather

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Airport: Montauk

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Airport: East Hampton

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Airport: JFK

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Airport: La Guardia

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