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Sports
Despite illness Longwood senior sticks to sport he loves
September 30, 2011
Golf Gazette/Jay Dempsey: Champions crowned across North Fork
September 26, 2011
Girls Soccer: Wildcats fall 1-0 on penalty kick
September 22, 2011
Education
Mount Sinai school board reviews most recent test scores
September 25, 2011
Photos: Longwood kids celebrate Day of Peace
September 23, 2011
SWR Notes: Board gives green light for new reading program
September 21, 2011
Business
Women’s Network celebrates 30 years of business connections
September 26, 2011
Johnny O's sports bar and grill to open in Coram this fall
September 19, 2011
Where do you get your favorite fall seasonal brews?
September 14, 2011
Community
What's happening this week?
September 23, 2011
Daily Poll: What would you most like to see built in Calverton?
September 19, 2011
Miller Place Country Fair set for this weekend
September 16, 2011
Obituaries
Frank J. Carasiti
September 20, 2011
Doris Mae Meachum
September 19, 2011
Edith Watson
September 13, 2011
Real Estate
Fall backyard trends: Economy has some opting for 'staycations'
September 16, 2011
The end of summer doesn't mean you should stop planting
September 5, 2011
Opinion
Letter: Sad to see The North Shore Sun go
September 29, 2011
Guest Spot: Amid desperation and despair on Sept. 11
September 17, 2011
Column: How sports can help us heal
September 15, 2011
Real Estate
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Fall backyard trends: Economy has some opting for ‘staycations’
Local landscapers agree: a sluggish economy over the past few years has more and more people foregoing vacations and instead spending that money to spruce up their backyards for a sort of home vacation they can get long term use of. Some call it a "staycation." “The economy has changed people’s...
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The end of summer doesn’t mean you should stop planting
There’s more to autumn gardening than sprucing up an otherwise withering flower bed or border with a few chrysanthemums. Many gardeners, thinking the growing season ends come Labor Day, abandon colorful, fragrant blooms for traditional autumn decorations such as pumpkins, hay bales and corn stalks, said Nancy Leskody, co-owner of Trimble’s...
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Real Estate: Too tight to travel? Bring the warmth to your backyard
Summer is almost over, but increasingly popular fire pits and patio heaters can help home and business owners entertain and cook outdoors through the fall. Both types of outdoor heating have surged in popularity the past few years, local masons and heating professionals say. They extend the summer season well into...
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Experts say Japanese beetle populations dying; Oriental beetles on the rise
Oriental beetles have been slowly taking over their Japanese cousin’s territory, experts say. Anecdotal evidence has shown that the Japanese beetle’s numbers have steadily declined over the last five years, said Daniel Gilrein, an entomologist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension in Riverhead. Complaints about the bug, which feast on fleshy, fuzzy...
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Invasive bamboo: bugaboo, boon or blight?
Bamboo was once only found in the jungles of Southeast Asia, but the hollow-tubed exotic plant has begun a suburban creep out to eastern Long Island. There are hundreds of varieties of bamboo, some of which are more invasive than others, and several towns on Long Island, including Smithtown and Babylon,...
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Real Estate: Does your home meet the feng shui standard?
Have you ever walked into a home and felt stifled and uncomfortable, as if the air was a little stagnant? According to Diane Valentine of Greenport, the likely reason is blocked energy, something for which she says the art of feng shui offers solutions. “There are many definitions...
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Real Estate: Saltwater right in your own backyard
The days when a dip in a backyard pool meant dry skin and the pungent chemical smell of chlorine are slowly disappearing, pool repairmen and installers say. Chlorine generators, which make the sanitizing chemical from salt and other solutions, are replacing the chalky, toxic tabs of yesteryear, ...
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Real Estate: One-time homeowners again on the hunt to own
Bruce and Ramona Levey lived for five years with their Shih Tzu, Lucia, in a 2-story Colonial they owned in East Islip. But the homeowners decided to start renting in Coram since they didn’t know where they wanted to live permanently. “We said let’s keep our money, take our time and decide,”...
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Real Estate: Finding ways to use solar and save bucks
Less than two decades ago, if you wanted to use solar power, chances are you’d turn your back on the Long Island Power Authority and go off the grid. But thanks to the wild success of LIPA’s alternative energy rebates for people who tie their...
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Real Estate: Stink bug infestation could reach Long Island
Calverton farmer Howard Lewin can handle potato bugs; he fought back with flamethrowers when the pest infested his 70 acres of spud back in the late 1970s. Brown marmorated stink bugs, insects originally from Asia that are now destroying acres of cropland in Maryland and...
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Real Estate Blog: Statistics show an improving market
Existing-home sales continued to recover in the first quarter, with gains in every state but Vermont, according to the latest survey by the National Association of Realtors. Existing-home sales, including single-family homes and condos, rose 8.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.1...
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Real Estate: Dandelions are more than just a nuisance
That scourge of temperate-zone gardeners — the humble dandelion — is out in force all over the North Shore, carpeting every available spot in glorious yellow. And you either love it or you don’t. Most don’t. Notoriously hard to permanently eradicate, the dandelion just doesn’t give up without...
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Real Estate Blog: Public still believes in home ownership
A sluggish real estate market hasn’t shaken the confidence of the public in how it views home ownership, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. Eight in 10 adults (81%) say owning a home is the best long-term investment a person can make, according...
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Real Estate: First-time homebuyer jitters
Maureen Randazzo followed broker Maria Palmer up cement stairs to a sage green ranch nearly camouflaged by the green of the surrounding trees on quiet Jute Road in Rocky Point, and took a breath as Ms. Palmer turned the key. Ms. Randazzo, 25, has been searching for her first home for...
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19th Century barn transformed into country estate
When Richard Cifarelli acquired a handsome barn back in 1996, he knew it was going to be quite a project to turn it into a home. “It wasn’t usable at all,” said Mr. Cifarelli, who, as a senior agent with Prudential Douglas Elliman, knows a thing or two about real...
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The North Shore Sun expands online real estate section
In an effort to become the No. 1 online destination for North Shore house hunters, Times/Review Newsgroup recently unveiled an expanded real estate page on its websites. The upgraded section features searchable local listings, open houses, news stories and even featured listings for readers to peruse on Northshoresun.com. “We...
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A forum for anyone who wants to learn more about gardening
Thirty-five years after Cornell Cooperative Extension began its master gardener program on the East End, the program’s spring gardening school, to be held this weekend at Riverhead High School, is still chock-full of lectures that will give even experienced gardeners ideas for projects they’ve never tried...
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Real Estate: Now is the time to plan a new vegetable garden
With the first daffodil shoots poking out of the cold garden soil, now is the time to get a start growing warm weather crops indoors, such as tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. All those gardeners who want to start with seeds need to get their orders in quickly...
