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Beginnings: Rockaway Indians raised pigs and cattle and made wampum from clam shells on the island until Europeans arrived in the mid-1600s and the Indians moved eastward.
Beginnings: Rockaway Indians raised pigs and cattle and made wampum from clam shells on the island until Europeans arrived in the mid-1600s and the Indians moved eastward.
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State: School district consolidation would cut costs
john.hildebrand@newsday.com; melissa.mansfield@newsday.comDeclaring that the state's fiscal crisis demands painful decisions, a state tax-relief commission called yesterday for dozens of cost-cutting measures, including consolidation of all school districts with fewer than 1,000 students. Nineteen districts...Tags: Executive Branch, David A. Paterson, Credit and Debt, Layoffs and Downsizing, Springs
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Island Park homes evacuated after gas leak
john.valenti@newsday.comA gas leak Monday morning caused the evacuation of homes in Island Park and temporarily suspended service on the Long Island Rail Road Long Beach branch, officials said. Nassau police and fire officials said a construction crew ruptured a gas line near...Tags: Fires, Transportation, Long Island Rail Road, Railway Transportation, Disasters
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State Assembly, 20th District
MICHAEL MCGINTY REPUBLICAN BACKGROUND: McGinty, 55, of Island Park, is the deputy receiver of taxes for the Town of Hempstead. He also is on the Conservative line. He also has worked as the director of finance for the Republican side of the Nassau...Tags: Colleges and Universities, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Long Island, Hofstra University
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Cops: 4 charged in Baldwin crime spree
joseph.mallia@newsday.comFour teens were arrested on gun possession and robbery charges after they went on a crime spree in Baldwin for several hours late Saturday and early Sunday, Nassau police said. Arrested were Isiah Cust, 19, of Baldwin; Jovan Finch, 19, of Island Park;...Tags: Police Arrests, Crimes, Gun Control, Theft, Waterford
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Richard Burns dishes lobster at Island Park eatery
erica.marcus@newsday.comRichard Burns has no use for foamed sauces, does not sport a faux-hawk or a bandanna, is not planning to open an upscale burger joint. He turns 75 this month, and he makes no bones about his age. Far from playing down his ... culinary longevity, the...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Florida, Astoria, New York, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Island Park woman assaulted in her own home
bill.mason@newsday.comA 34-year-old woman was seriously injured when she was assaulted at her Island Park home, police said Tuesday. The woman's husband came home about 5:35 p.m. Monday to find his wife with serious head injuries, police said. She was taken to a hospital,...Tags: Injuries
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How LI voted
Based on polling place communities. Data provided by the Nassau and Suffolk boards of elections. Community; DEMOCRATS (Clinton / Obama ); REPUBLICANS (McCain / Romney / Huckabee / Paul NASSAU Albertson 68% 30% 59% 26% 6% 5% Atlantic Beach 74 25 60 27...Tags: Melville, Merrick, Bodies of Water, St. James, Sound Beach
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School district budget proposals
Officials have released proposed district-by-district budgets for the next academic year. Property tax estimates and enrollment figures, plus their percentage increase or decrease from the previous year, also are included in the chart below. District /...Tags: East Norwich, Garden City (Nassau, New York), Bellerose, West Babylon, Wantagh
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More than a third of school budgets rejected
STAFF WRITER; This story was reported by Karla Schuster, Mitchell Freedman, Victor Ramos, Indrani Sen and Jennifer SmithFaced with near-record hikes in school spending, Long Island voters rejected more than a third of district budgets --the sharpest rebuke since the state went to a single school voting day eight years ago. Budgets went down all across the Island, in...Tags: Elections, Merrick, Garden City (Nassau, New York), Bellerose, West Babylon
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Island Park
Beginnings: Rockaway Indians raised pigs and cattle and made wampum from clam shells on the island until Europeans arrived in the mid-1600s and the Indians moved eastward. Revolution: Patriots viewed Hog Island, as the future Island Park was known from...Tags: Lynbrook, Beach Vacations, Transportation, New York, Long Beach (Nassau, New York)
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Life Was No Circus
Staff WriterIN HER LONG hoop-skirted "Little Women" dress and prim white collar, Sarah Ann Baldwin Barnum of East Meadow faced up to high-powered politicians, high- rolling land speculators and recalcitrant farmers -- and made her mark on 19th Century Long Island....Tags: History, Garden City (Nassau, New York), Sales, Manhattan (New York City), Imperial and Royal Matters
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