Dear RR: <BR> <BR>There is a bar/restaurant across from the Wantagh train station called the Wantagh Inn which gets a good crowd. Down the block from that is Mulcahey's. That place gets packed and they play good music, but I don't know how old you are. It's kind of young - below 30. Enjoy.

Long Island, New York IS an island. You have to get there either by tunnel or bridge from Manhattan, Staten Island, the Bronx/Upstate NY. How is that not an island?

A friend, who lives on Whidbey Island, send me this message: <BR> <BR>. . . . regarding your question about how Whidbey Island became the longest island in the Contagious United States. As a sailing ship captain and the proprietor of a country inn on Whidbey Island perhaps I can shed some light. As I understand it, in the mid-eighties (1986 I think), the Attorney General of the State of New York was able to persuade the Supreme Court of the United States, that Long Island was a sand bar in the East River (Northeast fork of the Hudson River Delta), and therefore part of the mainland; as opposed to an off shore island. This speaks to the power of persuasion of New York lawyers. As part of the mainland Long Island Sound would be split down the middle, thereby giving territorial (read mineral, i.e. money) rights to the State of New York, previously held by the State of Connecticut. <BR>We on Whidbey gratefully accepted the new accolade. Though, as a sailor, Long Island still looks like an Island to me, and still seems almost twice as long. <BR>