Long Island

Is Going Local Going Too Far?

Laura Weiss | Posted 08.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Farming, Food, Long Island, Organic Food, New York, Locavore, Local Food, Green News
Laura Weiss

Why go to all this trouble when there are plenty of real farmers happy to grow your food -- and farm markets and CSAs for purchasing it?

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Rich Town In The Hamptons Claims Poverty

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business

Read More: East Hampton, The Hamptons, Long Island, Business News

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — The social calendar is still a whirl of glamorous lawn parties, wine tastings, gallery openings, beach get-togethers and ga...

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Starbucks: Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Laura Weiss | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Starbucks, Food, Long Island, Small Business, North Fork, Coffee, Economy, Green News
Laura Weiss

The owner of a small mom and pop sandwich shop expressed concern for the closing branch: "If someone like Starbucks isn't going to make it, who will?"

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Hurricane Katrina, Three Years Later

Rep. Steve Israel | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Long Island, Fema, New York, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Politics News
Rep. Steve Israel

Three years after Hurricane Katrina washed homes from their foundations, ended lives and scattered families, the progress is, at best, erratic.

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Big Fish Saving a Small Pond (Video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 07.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Lake Agawam, Southampton, David Bohnett, Environment, Conservation, Long Island, The American Riviera, Buffer Zone, New York, The Hamptons, Green News
Tom Gregory

Southampton's Lake Agawam is a large pond to some, and a small lake to others; but to locals, this still-beautiful body of water is suffering under the stress of overpopulation and neglect.

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Is Locally Grown Food Going Corporate?

Laura Weiss | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Long Island, Organic Farming, Whole Foods, Manhattan, Eating Organic, Worldwatch Institute, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Factory Farms, Food, Edible East End, New York City, Green News
Laura Weiss

If locally grown veggies are packed in plastic tubs, crammed into trucks, and shipped off to grocery stores, how different are they from any other produce section offering?

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The "Living Lohan" Pizzeria

Meredith Blake | Posted 06.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Dina Lohan, Lindsay Lohan, Aliana Lohan, Living Lohan, Long Island, Decorating, Tacky, Ali Lohan, Entertainment News
Meredith Blake

Clearly Dina sees herself as a tough "Mama Bear" who's just defending her cubs from the mean, nasty paparazzi, but this is a woman who allows her 14-year old to go to Vegas to "lay down tracks."

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