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Beginnings: Before Europeans arrived, the area that is now Floral Park marked the western edge of the great Hempstead Plains. Indeed, it was initially known as Plainfield. Until the Civil War, the area consisted of widely scattered farms. The community began to develop in the early 1800s, thanks to the Long Island Rail Road and Jericho Turnpike, both of which came through what had then become known as Hinsdale and served farmers. Hinsdale boasted of more than two dozen fine flower farms in the years after the Civil War.
Beginnings: Before Europeans arrived, the area that is now Floral Park marked the western edge of the great Hempstead Plains. Indeed, it was initially known as Plainfield. Until the Civil War, the area consisted of widely scattered farms. The community began to develop in the early 1800s, thanks to the Long Island Rail Road and Jericho Turnpike, both of which came through what had then become known as Hinsdale and served farmers. Hinsdale boasted of more than two dozen fine flower farms in the years after the Civil War.
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Deliveryman robbed in South Floral Park
jennifer.kelleher@newsday.comA food deliveryman was robbed when two men emerged from shrubs and pushed him to the ground as he approached a South Floral Park home to drop off an order Friday night, Nassau police said. The 58-year-old worker from Ahlaw Kitchen of Elmont arrived at a...Tags: Police, Tennessee
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Food deliveryman robbed in S. Floral Park
jennifer.kelleher@newsday.comA food deliveryman was robbed when two men emerged from shrubs and pushed him to the ground as he approached a South Floral Park home to drop off an order Friday night, Nassau police said. The 58-year-old man was delivering food for Ahlaw Kitchen of...Tags: Police, Tennessee
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LIRR doomsday budget could delay fixing gaps
alfonso.castillo@newsday.comThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority's doomsday budget would delay completion of the Long Island Rail Road's efforts to fix dangerous gaps between platforms and train cars by as much as two years by cutting the number of workers on the project,...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Helena Williams, Budgets and Budgeting, Traffic, Long Island Rail Road
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Donno: Craig is Malcolm's boy (Updated)
Spin CycleNassau Senate candidate Barbara Donno, in a press release, says Manhattan Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver opposes Belmont redevelopment because he wants to protect Aqueduct, and so will the Senate if Craig Johnson (right) helps turn city Democrat...Tags: Government, Economic Policy, Sheldon Silver, Dean G Skelos, Bellerose
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Boomers' Social Security still secure, experts say
saulfriedman@comcast.comI can remember a dozen years ago, when the usual Chicken Littles clucked over a phony poll suggesting that boomers were more likely to believe there was life on other planets than that Social Security benefits would be there for them. Well, surprise!...Tags: Employees, Government, Ronald Reagan, Wages and Pensions, Alan Greenspan
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All signs seem to point to bad grammar
joye.brown@newsday.comHave you ever seen a humidor walking? Frank Berman did. The sign he photographed in Huntington Station should say walk-in - not "walking" - humidor. What a difference adding a hyphen (and subtracting a "g") make. Another reader, Tony DeStefano,...Tags: Huntington Station, San Diego (San Diego, California), California, Manhattan (New York City)
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"In the Garage"
1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula THE CAR AND ITS OWNER 1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula owned by Greg Montenegro WHAT MAKES IT INTERESTING "It was the last year of the round headlights on Firebirds. It has a T-top roof, which makes the car even more fun."...Tags: Car Engine Repair, Tourism and Leisure, Vehicles, Gardens and Parks, Fire Island
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September 11: Ignoring the campaign issues, 9/11 politics, schooling Schumer, school boards
Sen. Schumer's homework lesson I could not be more in agreement with the closing remarks in the editorial "Get on the bus" [Sept. 8]: "Schumer's good proposal needs some revising. He should review his homework before submitting it - and set another...Tags: Elections, Melville, New York, Long Island, Republican National Conventions
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Long Islanders react to candidates' 9/11 visit
jennifer.barrios@newsday.comThere were mixed reactions on Long Island yesterday after both presidential candidates, fresh off the campaign trail, appeared at Ground Zero on the emotionally charged anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Ian Siegel, president of the Nassau County 9/11...Tags: Elections, Government, John McCain, Society, Ceremonies
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Pumpkin picking on Long Island
A bumper crop of pumpkins awaits eager pickers on Long Island farms - where hay rides, corn mazes and homemade delicacies add to the allure of the annual family pilgrimage.
If the weather cooperates, traffic gridlock is inevitable on rural roads such...Tags: Methodist, Melville, Little Neck, North Fork, Road Transportation
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BEST SHOT
Sanctuary of Athena, Greece Mary Martin, Floral Park WHY SHE SHOT IT: Among the 1,300 photos Martin took of her three-week trip to Greece and the Greek Islands, this shot of the Sanctuary ranks as her favorite for its quiet beauty. HOW SHE GOT IT:...Tags: Mary Martin
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Officials: Novice sailer nearly sinks his own boat
bill.mason@newsday.comA novice sailor's sailboat became entangled in the trusses of the Sunrise Highway Bridge at the Shinnecock Canal and was in danger of sinking before it was freed and towed to safety by authorities, officials said yesterday. The boater from Floral Park...Tags: Suffolk County (New York)
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