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This article describes how people continue to go into the closed up Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Long Island, New York. The Center has been closed for nearly ten years and vandals and other curious visitors go through fences to view the property that housed nearly 10,000 mental patients at one time. A group of young men are regular visitors and they are drawn by the history of the buildings and the people who stayed there.

This article discusses the William Floyd School District in Long Island, New York. Alan G. Hevesi, the Long Island State Comptroller, has faulted the school district's superintendent of awarding no-bid contracts, as well as awarding illicit raises to himself and other administrators. The superintendent, Richard Hawkins, has received widespread support from the school community in light of the allegations.

The article focuses on the decisions by two Roman Catholic high school principals on Long Island, New York, to cancel proms for the class of 2005. Both cited frustration with what they described as a so-called decadent prom culture. Underlying the concerns appears to be widespread uncertainty about the modern prom, and uncertainty about sex. Both principals reported receiving letters of support and requests for interviews. The issue of prom night appears to be forcing itself onto the agenda described as family values.

The article reports on Evan Marshall who has pleaded guilty in a murder case on Long Island, New York. It is noted that Marshall, with a history of drug addiction, had murdered his parents neighbor Denice Fox. He broke into her home in search of money for drug and when Fox resisted, he killed her. It is observed that he has been sentenced to a 25 years term for the murder and a consecutive term of 5 years for injuring a jogger just before the murder.

The article reports that more than 250 people at a school board meeting in New Hyde Park, Long Island, New York demanded that the name of the annual Christmas Concert of the school district should not be changed to Winter Concert. The change was defeated by a vote of 3 to 3, with 1 abstention. The issue has arisen several times, but the concert has retained its name each time.

The article reports that a wealthy couple, Varsha Mahender Sabhnani and Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, in Long Island, New York, have been charged by federal prosecutors with keeping two Indonesian domestic workers as virtual prisoners in their home for more than five years. The couple run a multimillion dollar perfume business from their home in Muttontown.

The article presents information on a drunken driving murder case in Long Island, New York which is getting prolonged due to ambiguity in interpretation of the terms under which accused Martin R. Heidgen has been charged. The jury is deliberating whether his crime is indeed murder by depraved indifference, the category of murder under which he has been charged.

The article reports that former school business administrator Pamela Gluckin was sentenced to three to nine years prison on September 18, 2006, for stealing $4.3 million. She obtained the largest share of the plunder during a decade of stealing by top officials and employees of the Roslyn school district on Long Island, New York.

The article reports that local officials in Long Island, New York, have said that inequitable of state aid to public schools affects the way of life in the region.

The article reports on the reorganization of Catholic Church doctrinal teaching system in Long Island, New York.

The article reports that accountant Andrew Miller was sentenced to imprisonment for his complicity on a theft carried on by superintendent Frank A. Tassone against Long Island school districts in New York City.