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In September, 1775, almost a year before the future nation declared its independence from George III, the people of Great Neck, Cow Neck and other areas north of Old Country Road signed their own Declaration of Independence.
In September, 1775, almost a year before the future nation declared its independence from George III, the people of Great Neck, Cow Neck and other areas north of Old Country Road signed their own Declaration of Independence.
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Scientists: Dolphins' local swim a good sign for LI
patrick.whittle@newsday.com bill.bleyer@newsday.comThe bottlenose dolphins that swam into the Long Island Sound while they chased fish are a good sign that the Sound's waters are clean and well stocked with herring, scientists said Monday. Some fishermen and scientists said it has been 30 or more years...Tags: Football, Stony Brook University, Hofstra University, Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution
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Construction work to close Roslyn Viaduct this weekend
christina.hernandez@newsday.comAs the state Department of Transportation announced Thursday the Roslyn Viaduct would be closed this weekend for work on the new northern portion and to move a construction device, local residents expressed exasperation with the delayed project....Tags: Building Material, Metal and Mineral, Roslyn, Heavy Engineering
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Should be a good start to the fishing season
There is little doubt that fluke will be in a biting mood as the season opens Friday. Party and charter boats with Research Set Aside (RFA) quotas have been catching well at Captree and Montauk, and anglers searching for weakfish have also caught and...Tags: Robert Moses, Willie Williams, Peconic Bay, Music, Greenwich
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Polar bears plunge into Hempstead Harbor
lidesk@newsday.comAfter plunging into frigid Hempstead Harbor off Bar Beach, Hofstra University student Vinny Napolitano had pulled on sweatpants and was nursing a pair of disposable hand warmers. He and about 30 members of his fraternity, Phi Kappa Alpha, had just...Tags: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Tom Suozzi, Hofstra University, Colleges and Universities
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Natalie Portman sells Sea Cliff home
laura.mann@newsday.comThe village of Sea Cliff is now officially minus one Oscar-nominated actress: Natalie Portman closed Tuesday on the sale of her seven-room beach getaway in the North Shore community after having it on the market for less than two months, a source says....Tags: Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, Sea Cliff, Natalie Portman, Celebrity
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Several LI bridge spans in need of repairs
jennifer.maloney@newsday.comCars slow to a crawl for the bumpy ride across the Ellison Avenue bridge in Westbury. Steel plates -- a temporary fix applied last year -- cover the most gaping holes, but the crumbling 66-year old structure still makes drivers nervous. "There's a lot of...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, East Meadow, Metal and Mineral, Railway Transportation, Transportation
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Natalie Portman's Sea Cliff house fetched $1.75 million
laura.mann@newsday.comWhen Natalie Portman sold her Sea Cliff beach house in July, listing agent Terry Sciubba, owner of Sherlock Homes Realty, would not divulge the sale price for the property, which had been listed for $2.2 million. But now it can be told: Public records...Tags: Homes, Jason Bateman, Dustin Hoffman, Sea Cliff, Natalie Portman
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Fall Arts: Events calendar
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Evening of Stars. Amateur salsa dancers compete for prizes at 4 p.m., winner makes a return appearance at 7:30 p.m. with champion professional salsa dancers, part of the River to River Festival, rivertoriver nyc.com, Battery Park, Main...Tags: Collectibles, Star Sailing, Ceremonies, American Idol (tv program), Lehigh Valley Weather
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Sea Cliff: Down to the sea
kathy.kmonicek@newsday.comThere's something about the shoreline that draws people to it ... the appeal of the water, the picturesque sunrises and sunsets, the smell of the surf and sound of the waves. It refreshes us, calms us, makes us recall fond memories and dream of new ones....Tags: Homes, Family, Sailing, Long Island Sound, Long Island
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First on Long Island
They lived in wigwams made from bark-covered saplings, crossed Long Island Sound in dugout canoes and feared attacks from the fierce Pequots from Connecticut. The ways of Long Island's Algonquian population at the time of the first European settlers in...Tags: Long Island Sound, Long Island
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While You're There
Staff WriterSands-Willets House, 336 Port Washington Blvd., and the Thomas Dodge House, 58 Harbor Rd., are among the oldest in Port Washington, dating to the early 18th century when the Manhasset peninsula was a common grazing ground known as Cow Neck. The Cow Neck...Tags: Nassau County
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Figuring Out How to Fill Up All Those Empty Spaces
Staff WriterThe ``green monster,'' the giant sand-washing facility that loomed over West Shore Road, came down in 1996, symbolizing the close of Port Washington's sandmining century. But a long controversy over what to do with the leftover sandpits was still wide...Tags: Nassau County
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