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Clam Wars Rage in Oyster Baynew

Dead Marine Life. Suppressed Information. Tens of Millions in Shellfish. A multimedia investigation documenting the struggle between a dying way of life and the last of the large commercial shellfish operations in New York.

Long Island Press | Christopher Twarowski | 04-11-2012 | Environment

Tags: environment, Long Island Press

Kerouac: A Look Back At Jack And The Northport Yearsnew

The reluctant King of the Beats moved to the quiet clamming village in 1958 to escape his fame, yet found more infamy. To some locals though, he's still just "Jack."

Long Island Press | Christopher Twarowski and Spencer Rumsey | 03-08-2012 | Features

Tags: Jack Kerouac, On The Road, Features

Money, Politics and Sludgenew

How a $1.3 billion proposal to privatize Nassau County's sewage system could flush the county's future down the drain.

Long Island Press | Christopher Twarowski | 11-28-2011 | Business & Labor

Tags: environment, privatization, sanitation

Occupy Wall Street: Zuccotti to Times Square, Long Island & the Worldnew

A glimpse inside Occupy Wall Street, the leaderless resistance movement spreading from Zuccotti Park to the whole world.

Long Island Press | Christopher Twarowski, Timothy Bolger and Spencer Rumsey | 10-20-2011 | #OCCUPY

New York Lawmakers Approve Gay Marriagenew

New York State has become the sixth and largest in the nation to legalize weddings between gay and lesbian couples.

Long Island Press | Rashed Mian, Timothy Bolger, Jaclyn Gallucci and Christopher Twarowski | 06-24-2011 | LGBT

Tags: Fuck Yeah

Long Island Serial Killer: Beach Bodiesnew

There will be a few things different about beach season on Long Island this year. The Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular, canceled due to budget concerns, will return this summer, and cadaver dogs will be walking along the bay, as digital police signs ask visitors for information on the potential 10 bodies found decomposing on what is now a 15-mile-long crime scene.

Long Island Press | Jaclyn Gallucci | 04-19-2011 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Long Island, serial killers, police investigations

Sands Point's Guggenheim Estate Under Attacknew

Sands Point's Guggenheim Estate-the muse for F. Scott Fitzgerald's "East Egg" in The Great Gatsby-is being destroyed by the nonprofit entrusted to protect it. The very intention of the 216-acre property's designation as a perpetual nature preserve is being sidestepped, ignored and/or willfully disregarded.

Long Island Press | Chritopher Twarowski | 11-16-2010 | Environment

Long Island's Toxic Time Bombnew

The dilapidated and understaffed sewage treatment facilities in Nassau County are leaving Long Island vulnerable to a disaster of "Katrina" proportions.

Long Island Press | Christopher Twarowski | 04-29-2010 | Environment

Tags: Sewage, Nassau County

How Cablevision Is Destroying Newsdaynew

The nation’s fifth-largest cable TV operator is tearing apart what was once one of the mightiest newspapers in the country. Interviews, financial documents and internal memos paint a picture of a paper under siege, both financially and journalistically.

Long Island Press | Christopher Twarowski and Michael Patrick Nelson | 03-05-2010 | Media

Tags: James Dolan, Times Mirror, journalism, media, newspapers, Cablevision, publishing, Newsday, Sam Zell

Exposing The Biggest Scam In The Auto Industrynew

While insurance companies vehemently deny that "steering" is practiced throughout the industry, the evidence gathered by a Press investigation suggests that some of the largest and most popular auto insurance companies in the nation are involved.

Long Island Press | Michael M. Martino, Jr. | 06-19-2009 | Economy

Tags: auto insurance, steering, business, scams, economic issues, auto industry

Crude: How Wall Street is Screwing Americanew

While it is clear that our economy is in deep trouble, there's one part of the puzzle that still lies in a place as murky as the water surrounding the refineries in the Gulf of Mexico: the Wall Street-Oil connection.

Long Island Press | Jed Morey | 09-25-2008 | Economy

Tags: oil, business, Wall Street, economic issues, Phil Gramm, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, John Mack, Morgan Stanley, Wendy Gramm