Long Island Tops List of Most Expensive Places to Live, Thieves Targeting Luxury Cars, Sledgehammer Burglaries

Here are some of the headlines reported across Long Island Patches on Wednesday (click the links to read the full stories):

• Suffolk, Nassau Counties Ranked ‘Most Expensive Place to Live in America’
• Trio Charged in Cellphone Store Sledgehammer Burglaries
• Common Core Critics ‘Roll’ Message Across Long Island
• Second Arrest Made in Fatal Shooting Outside Deer Park Bar Last Year
• Noodles & Company to Open Garden City Park Store
• Police: Mastic Man Arrested for Riverhead, Jamesport Bank Robberies
• Police: Man Wanted in Bloomingdale’s Theft
• Cops: Rash of Tire, Rim Thefts Hits Luxury Cars in Nassau
• Nassau Police: 19 Car Break-ins Reported on the South Shore
• Wow House: 5-Bed, 4-Bath French Country Colonial in Oakdale
• N. Bellmore Stop & Shop Sells Winning Lottery Ticket
• Smithtown Schools Celebrate Their Love of Reading
• Police Seek Man Who Stole $350 Vacuum
• Glen Cove School Employee Honored for Rescuing Choking Victim
• Cops: 3 Accused of Hicksville Insurance Fraud
• Two People Injured in Head-On Collision in Southampton
• Obituary: Henry F. Moisa, of Orient, Dies at 96
• Police: Three Clerks Arrested During Underage Drinker Enforcement Operation

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