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Beginnings: When the South Side Rail Road arrived in the Five Towns area in 1869, Woodmere and its tiny neighbor to the south, the present-day village of Woodsburgh, were one. The depot land was donated by liquor tycoon Samuel Wood, who about this time bought most of the surrounding land in a section known in earlier times as Browers Point, after early settlers. Wood, who had grown up in Rockaway, built two hotels, one the massive Woodsburgh Pavilion, catering to wealthy people. He named his new resort compound Woodsburgh, after his own family. He sold large tracts to New York millionaires to build summer places.
Beginnings: When the South Side Rail Road arrived in the Five Towns area in 1869, Woodmere and its tiny neighbor to the south, the present-day village of Woodsburgh, were one. The depot land was donated by liquor tycoon Samuel Wood, who about this time bought most of the surrounding land in a section known in earlier times as Browers Point, after early settlers. Wood, who had grown up in Rockaway, built two hotels, one the massive Woodsburgh Pavilion, catering to wealthy people. He named his new resort compound Woodsburgh, after his own family. He sold large tracts to New York millionaires to build summer places.
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WOODMERE: Death leads to license suspension
A Woodmere man and his brother had their New York City hoist machine operators' licenses suspended yesterday during an investigation into the Sept. 4 death of Anthony Esposito of Baldwin, city officials said. James Van Duyne, 52, of Woodmere, and...Tags: Baldwin, Vehicles, Manhattan (New York City)
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The High Holy Days are a time for this family to pass traditions to the next generation
Food EditorFamilies and holiday traditions just keep changing. But that's a good thing. Take Marilyn Dubin and Rosh Hashana, for example. As a child growing up in Queens, N.Y., she remembers everything revolved around food. "My mother would cook with love and...Tags: Boca Raton, Queens (New York City), Delray Beach, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Coca-Cola Company
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Noodle Kugel For A Yom Kippur Break-the-fast Meal
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a day of fasting that often begins with a visit to the synagogue and then, at sundown, a meal to break the fast. Marilyn Dubin always served fresh juice and coffee as soon as they walked in the door. That would be...Tags: Aventura, Boca Raton, Religious Festivals, Yom Kippur
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Dead fish in N. Woodmere a mystery
Special to NewsdayIn his more than 40 years living in North Woodmere, Dr. Gilbert Goldberg said he had never seen anything like what he saw Friday and yesterday in Hook Creek, right in his backyard: Hundreds, maybe thousands, of dead fish, floating as far as the eye...Tags: Rivers, Bodies of Water
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Counter proposal
peggy.brown@newsday.comNot that long ago, Kevin McGovern, owner of Mirage Studios in Valley Stream, specialized in installing faux finishes and decorative plaster. But then an architect he'd worked with suggested that the coming thing just might be concrete countertops for...Tags: Valley Stream, Los Angeles, Government, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, East Hampton
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Local Republicans seen as possible governor candidates
dan.janison@newsday.comFor the moment, the biggest Long Island names in statewide politics belong to Thomas DiNapoli, the Democratic state comptroller, and Dean Skelos, the Senate's GOP majority leader. Fast forward to the 2010 governor's race, and at least five regional...Tags: Mineola, Bethpage, John Flanagan, Michael Bloomberg, George Bush
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In profile: Cantor Kenneth Blatt
Title: Cantor of Temple Beth Kodesh, Boynton Beach, with average weekend attendance of 100-225. Other job experience: Instructor of theater at Miami Dade College, Kendall; former dentist, TV actor, concert singer, theater teacher at Touro College, New...Tags: Michigan State University, Television, Medicine, Virginia, Queens (New York City)
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Transcript of full Julius O. Pearse interview
jennifer.barrios@newsday.comMy name is Julius O. Pearse. The middle initial is for Otto, as I am known to a lot of my friends. I was born July the 6th 1933 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [How did you first get involved?] After being in New York for a number of years, I got...Tags: Firearms, Law Enforcement, Defense, Police, NAACP
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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: Rivers, Centereach, Roosevelt, Valley Stream, Yaphank
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Timeline of Newsday's investigation into double-dipping
FEB. 14-17: Newsday reports that five Long Island school districts falsely reported to the state that part-time private attorney Lawrence Reich was a full-time employee in each district, enabling him to earn a $62,000 pension and health benefits for life....Tags: Lawyers, Employees, Hewlett, Long Island, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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School doubled lawyer's salary, boosting pension
sandra.peddie@newsday.com eden.laikin@newsday.comHewlett-Woodmere school officials more than doubled the salary of a private attorney on its payroll in his last two years at the district -- substantially boosting his New York State pension -- while paying his law firm more than $400,000 in additional...Tags: Lawyers, Health Treatments, Private Health Care, Hewlett, Long Island
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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: Budgets and Budgeting, Wyandanch, Hauppauge, Fire Island, Floral Park
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