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These Long Island Restaurants Rank Among Best Spots For Foodies In NY These Long Island Restaurants Rank Among Best Spots For Foodies In NY
These Long Island Restaurants Rank Among Best Spots For Foodies In NY Long Islanders take their food seriously and in a recent VRBO poll of the top 15 restaurants in New York, three of the top spots landed in both Suffolk and Nassau County, including the number one spot. For the No. 1 spot in the state, applause goes to the Lobster Roll of Amagansett in Suffolk County. Established in 1965, VRBO says the Lobster Roll is "hands down the best place you can go for a lobster roll sandwich - outside of New England." Locals and foodies have known this for years and always make it a stop if they are visiting the Montauk Lighthouse. What makes it so special, well, …

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Cuomo Scraps License Replacement Program Amid Public Uproar Cuomo Scraps License Replacement Program Amid Public Uproar
Cuomo Scraps License Replacement Program Amid Public Uproar In the wake of a new Siena poll that found that about two-thirds of New Yorkers opposed New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed license plate plan, his administration is hitting the brakes on the proposal to have vehicle owners pay for the new plates. The plan called for drivers being forced to swap out their license plates if they were at least 10 years old for a $25 fee for new plates, regardless of their conditions. Drivers were also to be charged $20 to keep the current license plate number. The proposal has come under fire, with politicians and New Yorkers alike expressing their displeas…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
The Winner Is: Here's NY's New License Plate The Winner Is: Here's NY's New License Plate
The Winner Is: Here's NY's New License Plate Click here for a related story: Push For New NY License Plates Sparks Backlash New York State license plates are getting a makeover, and this time, the state is left it up to residents to vote for their favorite design. The design that got the most votes that will become the state’s official license plate, becoming available to motorists in April 2020, is shown above. The new plate, showing images from throughout New York with text reading "EXCELSIOR," Latin for "ever upward," will replace the Empire Blue & White plates, the majority of which are more than a decade old. There were fiv…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
$1.1M, Three-Year Project Will Repair Montauk Lighthouse $1.1M, Three-Year Project Will Repair Montauk Lighthouse
$1.1M, Three-Year Project Will Repair Montauk Lighthouse The Montauk Lighthouse is getting a $1.1 million makeover. The three-year restoration of the National Historic Landmark began in May and involves repairing cracks and bulges on the 111-foot lighthouse tower. The work calls for making repairs to the metal and glass at the top of the tower, and stripping the paint off the limestone exterior of the tower, then allowing it to dry out," said Nick Racanelli, who serves on the Montauk Historical Society's Montauk Lighthouse Committee. The lighthouse is privately owned by the nonprofit historical society. "We have cracking and bulging and at…

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by Donna Christopher