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Beginnings: For centuries, miles of prairie grass spread across the spot that would become Hicksville. When Welsh settler Robert Williams proposed in 1648 to buy a large portion of the eastern plains, including Hicksville, the Matinecock Indians didn't think they were giving up much as they preferred to live in the forest, near the seashore or by streams where hunting and fishing were easy. And most British settlers were just as uninterested because it was so remote. The land lay vacant for almost two centuries, until Jericho businessman Valentine Hicks - son-in-law of the nationally famous Quaker preacher Elias Hicks - turned his attention to the prairie land he had acquired.
Beginnings: For centuries, miles of prairie grass spread across the spot that would become Hicksville. When Welsh settler Robert Williams proposed in 1648 to buy a large portion of the eastern plains, including Hicksville, the Matinecock Indians didn't think they were giving up much as they preferred to live in the forest, near the seashore or by streams where hunting and fishing were easy. And most British settlers were just as uninterested because it was so remote. The land lay vacant for almost two centuries, until Jericho businessman Valentine Hicks - son-in-law of the nationally famous Quaker preacher Elias Hicks - turned his attention to the prairie land he had acquired.
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Audit knocks Hicksville schools' spending practices
jennifer.kelleher@newsday.comHicksville school district officials did not use "prudent business practices" when they paid $2.7 million in services without using a competitive bidding process and more than $217,311 to a firm without a written contract, according to a state...Tags: Home Depot Incorporated, Elementary Schools, Credit and Debt, Accounting and Auditing, Schools
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Rebuild Hicksville garage in same spot, study says
susana.enriquez@newsday.comConsultants to the Town of Oyster Bay announced their recommendation that the town rebuild the Hicksville Parking Garage at the same location near the Long Island Rail Road station. At a town-hosted community meeting Wednesday in Hicksville that drew...Tags: Technology, Long Island Rail Road
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Reviving Latin in Great Neck schools
Forty fifth-graders at E.M. Baker and Lakeville elementary schools in the Great Neck district are learning the basics of Latin this fall through an after-school program coordinated by Great Neck South High School students Brian Miranda and Christopher...Tags: Great Neck, Long Island, Elementary Schools, Charles Wang, SUNY Old Westbury
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Neighbor saves woman, 82, in Hicksville house fire
His wife and mother-in-law were screaming at him to stop, but Michael Muth didn't listen. The Hicksville resident was determined to get into his next-door neighbor's house, which was engulfed in black smoke. Muth, 37, did get in - kicking in the door of...Tags: Nassau University Medical Center, Fires
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Demolition of Hicksville garage delayed
susana.enriquez@newsday.comThe demolition of the Hicksville parking garage is going to take about two months longer than expected, Oyster Bay town officials said. The piece-by-piece dismantling began Sept. 17 and had been expected to be completed this month. But requests by... -
Hicksville garage demolition delayed two months
susana.enriquez@newsday.comThe demolition of the Hicksville parking garage is going to take about two months longer than expected, Oyster Bay town officials said last week. The piece-by-piece dismantling of the garage near the Long Island Rail Road station began Sept. 17 with...Tags: Long Island Rail Road
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Body found on Hicksville church grounds
matthew.chayes@newsday.comThe body of a man who appears to have committed suicide was discovered on the grounds of St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church in Hicksville early Friday, Nassau County police said. The clothed body was discovered by a custodian behind a church...Tags: Police Investigations, Police, Music Theater, Suicide, Theater
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Man's body found on grounds of Hicksville church
matthew.chayes@newsday.comThe body of a man who appears to have committed suicide was discovered on the grounds of St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church in Hicksville early Friday morning, Nassau County police said. The remains of the clothed man were first seen by a parish...Tags: Police, Music Theater, Suicide, Theater
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Schools: Western Suffolk
Eighth-graders at Howard T. Herber Middle School in Malverne spent a week cataloging the migration of the monarch butterfly last month through Monarch Watch, a University of Kansas-sponsored network of students, teachers and volunteers dedicated to the...Tags: Long Island, Elementary Schools, Long Beach (Nassau, New York), Kansas, Hewlett
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Restaurant Week dining spots
Nassau County Bayville Mill Creek Tavern, 516-628-2000 Pine Island Grill at The Crescent Beach Club, 516-628-3000 Walls Wharf, 516-628-9696 Bellmore Antonette's Restaurant, 516-221-3416 The Bayou, 516-785-9263 Jackson Landing, 516-785-5353 Bethpage...Tags: Personal Service, Commack, Soundview, Speonk, Beverage Industry
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September 23: Hicksville and NIMBYism
Why no town halls for Obama? If Obama supporters honestly want the issues discussed as the writer of "Honestly, make it about issues" [Letters, Sept. 18] says, then why aren't those supporters wondering why Sen. Barack Obama did not take Sen. John McCain...Tags: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Melville, John McCain, Motor Racing
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Dismantling of the Hicksville Parking Garage to begin
susana.enriquez@newsday.comThe piece-by-piece dismantling of the Hicksville Parking Garage is scheduled to begin today, officials said. For weeks, contractors have prepared the 37-year-old garage for demolition: utilities were shut off, asbestos was removed, and the building was...Tags: Natural Science, Physiology, Thanksgiving, Long Island Rail Road, Gramercy
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