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  • 14 m ago For the protection of motorists, a single travel lane in each direction is now closed to motorists around-the-clock on the Horseblock Road Bridge over the Long Island Expressway (LIE/I495) in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County. The closures are expected to remain in effect until July 2012, weather permitting. . A single travel lane in the eastbound and the westbound directions remains open to motorists and they are still able to make turns onto the LIE service roads at all times. These closures are needed to perform major steel and concrete repairs, including replacement of the bridge deck and deck joints in order to maintain the integrity of this over forty year old bridge

    In MEDFORD long-term road construction on HORSE BLOCK RD/PORTION RD/SMITHTOWN BLVD/TERRY RD/CR-16 BOTH EB/WB at I 495/LONG ISLAND EXPY

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    In SUFFOLK CNTY accident. three lanes blocked on THE L.I.E./I-495 EB west of X51/DEER PARK AVE/RT-231 and before X53/CROOKED HILL RD. Stopped traffic from X50/BAGATELLE RD

  • 16 m ago 109 at East Carmens Rd in East Farmingdale

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  • 17 m ago At Gables Court in Dix Hills

    In SUFFOLK accident on CR-66/DEER PARK RD NB north of DEFOREST RD and before ARIELLE CT in DIX HILLS

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Chocolate ice cream: Where to find the perfect scoop

Published: July 6, 2010 12:57 PM
By ERICA MARCUS  erica.marcus@newsday.com

Quick ReadFrom Rockville Centre to Riverhead, you're never more than a short drive from a terrific scoop.

Photo credit: Photo by Doug Young | Megan Quinlan enjoys a chocolate ice cream cone with marshmallow topping at Star Confectionery on Main Street in Riverhead. (June 30, 2010)

In ice cream, chocolate achieves its most sublime expression. Unfettered by crumb or crust, its essential nature shines through, heightened by its background of chilled, sweetened cream.

Do we wax overly lyrical? Not at all. From Rockville Centre to Riverhead, Long Island is a hotbed of cold, chocolaty comfort: you're never more than a short drive from a terrific scoop. So give the chocolate...