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Across three centuries, the famed Fire Island barrier beach has been the setting for Indians, settlers, whalers, pirates, buried treasure, shipwrecks, slaves, murdering thieves, valiant life-savers, developers, gay people and the pursuit of seashore fun for everybody.
Across three centuries, the famed Fire Island barrier beach has been the setting for Indians, settlers, whalers, pirates, buried treasure, shipwrecks, slaves, murdering thieves, valiant life-savers, developers, gay people and the pursuit of seashore fun for everybody.
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Newsday picks 10 top sushi places on Long Island
joan.reminick@newsday.comNot long ago, I faced a great challenge: How could I open my mouth wide enough to fit in a maki roll so big, so intimidating that it threatened to eat me first? I was on a quest to find Long Island's best sushi, and this surely wasn't it. Nor was the...Tags: Huntington (Hungtington, New York), Long Island Rail Road, Hawaii, Walt Whitman, Huntington Station
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OUR NATURAL WORLD: THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
YOU CAN SEE The autumn skies now fill with raptors, nature's deadly aerialists. The ospreys, merlins, kestrels, sharpies, harriers, Cooper's hawks and peregrine falcons are all on the wing, and many of them are migrating. To see them, visit the platform...Tags: Zoology, Robert Moses State Park, Sunken Meadow State Park, Norwich, Natural Resources
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TOWN HALL AGENDAS: ISLIP
ISLIP Unless specified, meetings are at 655 Main St., Islip. TOWN BOARD 2 p.m. Tuesday CHANGE OF ZONE 7 p.m. Oct. 23 PLANNING BOARD 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 ZONING BOARD 7 p.m. Tuesday ACTIONS At its Aug. 6 meeting, the Islip Zoning Board of Appeals:...Tags: Islip (Islip, New York), West Islip, Housing and Urban Planning, Bay Shore, Interior Policy
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LI PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
ENGINEERING H2M, an engineering and architectural firm in Melville, has announced two new positions. Ernest Iannucci was promoted to electrical engineering department manager. The Carle Place resident has been with the firm since 2001, most recently as...Tags: Electronics, New York, Huntington (Hungtington, New York), Business Enterprises, Marketing
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Luis Bejarano, former vice president at Hofstra, dies
joie.tyrrell@newsday.com; Staff writerLuis E. Bejarano, a longtime resident of Lynbrook and a former vice president at Hofstra University who also was active in preserving the Fire Island Lighthouse, has died. He was 91. "He was a charismatic individual and most inspirational," said his wife...Tags: Woodbridge, Huntington (Hungtington, New York), Ohio, National Government, Columbia University
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TOWN HALL AGENDA: ISLIP
ISLIP Unless specified, meetings are at 655 Main St., Islip. TOWN BOARD 2 p.m. Oct. 7 CHANGE OF ZONE 7 p.m. Oct. 23 PLANNING BOARD 7:30 p.m. Thursday ZONING BOARD 7 p.m. Tuesday ACTIONS Bay Shore: Granted Michael K. Kaliski and Georgette...Tags: Islip (Islip, New York), Court Administration, Justice System, Montauk
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Parks service names Soller Fire Island's superintendent
bill.bleyer@newsday.comChris Soller, who worked as a manager at Fire Island National Seashore in the 1980s, will return in November as superintendent. The appointment was made by National Park Service Northeast Regional Director Dennis Reidenbach, who said Soller...Tags: New York, National Government, Government, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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LI businessman arrested in 3 slayings
robert.kessler@newsday.comA heavily armed FBI SWAT team Wednesday arrested a multimillionaire businessman leading a double life, charging him with orchestrating three killings -- one committed during a 14-year-old bank robbery and two others designed to cover up that slaying,...Tags: Punishment, Police Arrests, Filene's Basement Corporation, Justice System, Trials
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Long Island gym owner arrested on 3 murder charges
Associated Press WriterA gym owner was arrested Wednesday on federal charges linking him to the killing of an armored-van guard during a heist 14 years ago and to two murders intended to cover up the first shooting. One of those killed was the brother-in-law of Dee Snider,...Tags: New York, Police Arrests, Punishment, Central Islip, Police
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THE VICTIMS
Julius Baumgardt, 47, of Lindenhurst, a guard for an armored car company, was shot to death in June 1994 while delivering a $100,000 payroll to a Muttontown company. Tarantino and his associates fled with the $100,000 payroll after the robbery,...Tags: Crimes, Wages and Pensions, Court Administration, Justice System, Trials
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IN THE GARAGE
THE CAR AND ITS OWNER 1966 Chevy Corvair Monza Sport Coupe owned by Matt Maloney WHAT MAKES IT INTERESTING "Corvairs have a rear-mounted, air-cooled engine. The '65s thru '69s have a suspension similar to the Corvette's." Monzas were among the best-...Tags: Sports Cars, Robert Moses State Park, Little Neck, Chevrolet, Hempstead (Hempstead, New York)
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The storm was fierce, yet the lighthouse stood its ground
Special to the sentinelBetween 1948 and 1954, my wife, Mary, my daughter, Carol, and I spent brief vacations at the Fire Island Lighthouse on Long Island, N.Y. The mariners' beacon is east of the Fire Island Inlet and separated from the mainland by Great South Bay. We were...Tags: Long Island, Great South Bay
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