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Billy Joel's 'MiddleSea' Waterfront Long Island Sound Estate Listed For $49.9M Billy Joel's 'MiddleSea' Waterfront Long Island Sound Estate Listed For $49.9M
Billy Joel's 'MiddleSea' Waterfront Long Island Sound Estate Listed For $49.9M The Piano Man is downsizing. The iconic 75-year-old singer, songwriter, and pianist Billy Joel has just listed his sprawling waterfront estate on the north shore of Long Island for $49.9 million. Joel bought the estate, which he calls "MiddleSea," in Centre Island, a residential village in Oyster Bay, in 2002. The name is a clever play on words. Yes, it's located by the sea, but "Middle C" is also the first note learned by pianists. It's spread over 76 acres and has 18 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, and four separate homes: the main house (a 20,000-square-foot red-brick m…

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by Joe Lombardi
Real Estate
Fox News Star Sean Hannity Sells New York Home For Just Under $13 Million Fox News Star Sean Hannity Sells New York Home For Just Under $13 Million
Fox News Star Sean Hannity Sells New York Home For Just Under $13 Million After just a week on the market, news anchor Sean Hannity sold his 10,600-square-foot waterfront estate. The estate, located in the town of Oyster Bay village of Centre Island, was listed for $13.75 million but sold at $12.7 million. Sold by Nest Seekers International’s Shawn Elliott after a bidding war, the buyer (who has not been named) received not only the seven-bedroom, nine-bath house but all the furniture as well, according to the Wall Street Journal and a representative for Elliott. Earlier Report: Fox News' Sean Hannity Lists Oyster Bay Home For $13.7M The estate boasts …

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by Sophie Grieser
Real Estate
'Not Going Back': Fox News' Sean Hannity Lists NY Home For $13.7 Million 'Not Going Back': Fox News' Sean Hannity Lists NY Home For $13.7 Million
'Not Going Back': Fox News' Sean Hannity Lists NY Home For $13.7 Million Months after saying on air that he was done with New York, Sean Hannity’s 10,600-square-foot estate has been put on the market. Located in the town of Oyster Bay village of Centre Island, it's now listed for $13.75 million, according to its listing. The estate, which has seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms, is owned by Fox News star Sean Hannity, the Wall Street Journal reported, who announced on his television show that he had officially left New York to live in “the great free state of Florida.” Sitting on nearly 6 acres of land, the home boasts 500 feet of Oyster Bay frontage and an 81…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Fairfield County Woman Dies In Apparent Drowning On Long Island Fairfield County Woman Dies In Apparent Drowning On Long Island
Fairfield County Woman Dies In Apparent Drowning On Long Island A woman from Fairfield County swimming on Long Island who died in an apparent drowning after suffering an episode has been identified, police said. The Nassau County Police Department received a report at approximately 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1 of a man and woman on a boat in need of assistance in Centre Island near Montecito Road. According to police, while swimming in the water, the woman, now identified as 47-year-old Tawanda Kali, of Stamford, became distressed and required assistance. She was airlifted by a Nassau County Police Aviation unit and transported to an area hospital. …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Body Found Floating In Long Island Sound Near Unoccupied Boat Body Found Floating In Long Island Sound Near Unoccupied Boat
Body Found Floating In Long Island Sound Near Unoccupied Boat The body of a man was discovered in the Long Island Sound near an unoccupied boat. It happened in the Gold Coast area along Long Island's North Shore on Sunday morning, May 17. At 8:20 a.m., police in Centre Island received a call about the boat floating in the water. The Nassau County Police Marine Bureau and Nassau County Aviation Units responded along with the assistance of the United States Coast Guard and the Bayville Fire Department.  The Nassau County Marine Unit was able to locate the boat in sound about one mile north of Centre Island.  The Nassau County Aviation …

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
Billy Joel Sighting: Singer Stops By Popular Westchester Restaurant On Long Island Sound Billy Joel Sighting: Singer Stops By Popular Westchester Restaurant On Long Island Sound
Billy Joel Sighting: Singer Stops By Popular Westchester Restaurant On Long Island Sound A bottle of white, a bottle of red? Perhaps a bottle of rose instead? It's unclear what beverage he ordered, but one thing is not. Long Island's own Billy Joel traversed the Long Island Sound to frequent a popular waterfront restaurant in Westchester. The music legend left his Centre Island home in Oyster Bay to take a trip across the Sound to the Pier Restaurant and Tiki Bar in Rye, where he dined before heading back home to Long Island on Tuesday, July 16. In photos posted on Facebook by the restaurant, Joel’s boat, “Alexa” can be seen docked near the popular restaurant, though no …

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by Zak Failla