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Rescued dogs go up for adoption in Port Washington
More than 100 dogs rescued last month from a puppy-breeding mill in West Virginia went up for adoption yesterday at the North Shore Animal League America rescue shelter in Port Washington. The dogs - between 1 and 10 years old - were among the...Tags: Virginia, West Virginia
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Memorial to fallen sand miners set in Port Washington
rhoda.amon@newsday.comMembers of Port Washington's Sandmining Monuments Inc. will break ground today for a monument to the thousands of immigrant workers who lived, worked and died in a sandmining operation that continued for 125 years. The West Shore Road project also...Tags: Family, Heavy Engineering, Empire State Building, Long Island, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Port Washington readies for disaster
christina.hernandez@newsday.comShould disaster strike the Port Washington peninsula, four villages there are poised to respond with a coordinated relief effort. Baxter Estates, Manorhaven and Port Washington North have signed an agreement to create the Port Washington Office of...Tags: Emergency Planning, Disasters, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Jim Callahan, Nassau County
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Reports: Steve & Barry's headed for bankruptcy
noel.rubinton@newsday.comSteve & Barry's, the high-flying national chain based in Port Washington and known for its cheap chic, seems headed for a crash into bankruptcy, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times Wednesday morning. With more than 275...Tags: Amanda Bynes, Bankruptcy, Orlando, Stephon Marbury, Kissimmee
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Business Briefing
AIRLINES Northwest plans to cut 2,500 jobs Northwest Airlines Corp., which has agreed to combine with Delta Air Lines Inc., will eliminate 2,500 jobs to counter record fuel costs. The reductions represent about 8.1% of the 31,000-person workforce at...Tags: Corporate Officers, Bankruptcy, Trials, Delta Air Lines, Government
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Suitmaker tailors reach
Chicago Tribune reporterRanking as the largest maker of men's suits and sport coats in the country at one time was something to crow about. In the khakis-and-open-collar-shirt millennium, such status seems irrelevant, even quaint. Hartmarx Corp., which got its start as a men'...Tags: Pennsylvania, Hartmarx Corporation, Jamie Kennedy, New York, Citigroup Incorporated
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Hotels feeling chill in tourism
Chicago Tribune reporterThe tourism industry appears to be slipping for the first time in recent years, slowed by a potent cocktail of rising airfares and falling economic fortunes. And the slide is likely to intensify this fall as airlines slash their flight schedules....Tags: McCormick Place, Chicago Hotels, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Game Playing, Air Transportation Industry
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Long Island Comedy Festival goes all summer long
robert.kahn@newsday.comPaul Anthony is standing up for stand-up on Long Island, which he says deserves a comedy festival to rival ones held in big cities. The Massapequa comic is producer and comic host of the 3rd Annual Long Island Comedy Festival, which will take place in...Tags: Westhampton Beach, Culture, Town of Islip, Joan Rivers, Manhattan (New York City)
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Main Street Bakery, Port Washington
erica.marcus@newsday.comMain Street Bakery 170 Main St. Port Washington 516-304-5214 THE BAKER Michael Mignano opened this charming bakery April 20. The Bayport resident (and Astoria native) spent the past nine years as executive pastry chef at the Four Seasons hotel in...Tags: Astoria, Manhattan (New York City)
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Steve and Barry's files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Steve & Barry's LLC, once a growing force in low-priced fashion retailing, said Wednesday that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the latest merchant to succumb to a harsh consumer spending climate. It also announced that it was considering a...Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy, New York
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Steve & Barry's cuts payroll, files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Bloomberg NewsSteve & Barry's LLC, the discount seller of clothing lines by celebrities including Sarah Jessica Parker, has sought protection from creditors, joining at least 10 U.S. retailers in bankruptcy this year as consumers cut spending. The company, based in...Tags: Society, Pennsylvania, Manhattan (New York City), Bankruptcy, CBS Corp.
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A store is born
Special to NewsdayLikely you've never heard of Julieann Orso, a woman so painfully shy she's probably glad of it. But there's a good chance that Orso, 42, of Sands Point, may soon become an important name in the elite and increasingly rare ranks of independent luxury...Tags: Santa Monica, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Pennsylvania, Gucci Group NV, Health and Safety at School
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