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Ten Surprising Long Island Attractions
Marketwire (press release)
Several "Gold Coast" mansions are open for the public's enjoyment. 2. Explore a 300 year-old Sunken Forest at Fire Island National Park, where the trees won't grow any higher than the ocean dunes. 3. Uncover a conspiracy at Camp Hero, Montauk.

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Ten Surprising Long Island Attractions
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Several "Gold Coast" mansions are open for the public's enjoyment. 2. Explore a 300 year-old Sunken Forest at Fire Island National Park, where the trees won't grow any higher than the ocean dunes. 3. Uncover a conspiracy at Camp Hero, Montauk.

and more »

Calendar: What's happening this week
Albany Times Union
ClaverackLanding.org Notes: The only American violinist to ever win the gold medal at Moscow's Tchaikovsky International Competition, Oliveira will be performing a traditional program of Handel, Dvorak, Debussy and Brahms.

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Researchers Shed New Light on Artist Albrecht Dürer
Spiegel Online
To uncover the secrets of his brilliant works, researchers have used X-rays and infrared cameras, uncovering information even about the sex life of the art world's first international star. With his wavy hair streaming in the wind, the famous tourist

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Ending the scourge of bullies
China Daily
After Alex, a 14-year-old in Sioux City, Iowa, recounts being humiliated and assaulted on a school bus, a dismissive principal calls the children "good as gold." There are critical reasons to pay closer attention to the problem.