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Beginnings: Rockaway Indians were Valley Stream's first residents, hunting in the forests alongside the area's several streams. Europeans first used the land for farming, dating to the late 1700s, and several small communities sprang up. There was Hungry Harbor, a settlement of squatters named for the status of its residents, along with Fosters Meadow toward the north and Tigertown to the northeast. The name Valley Stream dates to 1843, when Scottish immigrant Robert Pagan lobbied for a post office. The area remained rural for decades. The planked Merrick Road offered the first easy transportation from the area in 1853.
Beginnings: Rockaway Indians were Valley Stream's first residents, hunting in the forests alongside the area's several streams. Europeans first used the land for farming, dating to the late 1700s, and several small communities sprang up. There was Hungry Harbor, a settlement of squatters named for the status of its residents, along with Fosters Meadow toward the north and Tigertown to the northeast. The name Valley Stream dates to 1843, when Scottish immigrant Robert Pagan lobbied for a post office. The area remained rural for decades. The planked Merrick Road offered the first easy transportation from the area in 1853.
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Family of trampled victim sues Wal-Mart
john.valenti@newsday.comThe family of the Valley Stream Wal-Mart employee trampled to death on "Black Friday" filed a lawsuit Wednesday in New York State Supreme Court in the Bronx, the Associated Press is reporting. The wrongful-death lawsuit was filed on behalf of Elsie...Tags: Marketing, Employees, Crimes, Trials, Bronx (New York City)
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Suspect sought in Valley Stream attempted robbery
Police were searching for a man who walked into a Chase bank in Valley Stream yesterday, handed a teller a note and demanded $11,000, Nassau police said. The teller, who did not hand over the money, alerted security, said Det. William Butler of the...Tags: Theft, Crimes, Police
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Armed robbery at Valley Stream deli
joseph.mallia@newsday.comA Valley Stream deli was robbed at gunpoint early Thursday, Nassau police said. Two men, one of them armed with a handgun, walked into Montes VR Deli at 749 West Merrick Rd. at 5:33 a.m. wearing ski masks and gloves. In the store at the time were four...Tags: Theft, Crimes
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Woman fights off purse snatchers in N. Valley Stream
jennifer.kelleher@newsday.comTwo men tried to steal a woman's purse at gunpoint in North Valley Stream on Friday night, Nassau police said. The woman, 23, was walking on Oliver Avenue just before 7 p.m. when two men approached from behind. The first man, wearing a dark-colored... -
Valley Stream gas station robbed at gunpoint
joseph.mallia@newsday.comA Valley Stream gas station was robbed at gunpoint by two masked men early Saturday morning, Nassau police said. In the 4:55 a.m. robbery, the two men, one armed with a handgun, entered a Sunoco gas station at 301 West Merrick Road and forced a clerk...Tags: Theft, Crimes, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Sunoco Incorporated
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Teens robbed at gunpoint in Valley Stream
joseph.mallia@newsday.comTwo teen boys were robbed at gunpoint Wednesday evening in a residential neighborhood in Valley Stream, Nassau police said. The two victims, 17 and 18, were on Mill Road near Skidmore Place at around 5:20 p.m. when they were approached by two men, one...Tags: New York
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LIRR's Monday morning delays and cancellations
Long Island Rail Road riders can expect delays and 12 canceled trains Monday morning. The following westbound morning rush hour trains will be canceled: 6:25 AM train from Hicksville, scheduled to arrive in Penn Station at 7:11 AM 6:26 AM train from...Tags: Merrick, Long Island Rail Road, Freeport, West Hempstead, Long Beach (Nassau, New York)
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Skelos opponent's backers charge harassment at the polls
Spin CycleA little more than four months into his tenure as one of Albany's ruling troika, Senate GOP leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) lost his statewide majority on Tuesday to the Democrats when colleagues Serphin Maltese of Queens and Caesar......Tags: Government, Crimes, Fires, Dean G Skelos, Caesar Trunzo
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Simon backers say they were harassed on Election Day
dan.janison@newsday.comLaw professor Roy Simon lost in his maverick run against Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) last Tuesday. Along the way, his supporters say, they got an unwelcome seminar in harassment. State law bars electioneering within 100 feet...Tags: George Bush, Fires, Regional Authority, Minority Groups, Barack Obama
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Cartoon Caption Contest Winners
Walt HandelsmanDavid Haavik of Duluth, MN was our winner with the caption pictured above. The 2 finalists were: Jim Lavery of Valley Stream, NY with the caption: "Final 120 days? Am I still President?" And Julie Waldman, from Oakland, CA......Tags: Oakland (Alameda, California)
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Best shot
Livingston Manor, N.Y. By Sonny Maxon of Valley Stream WHY The hills of upstate New York are awash in color this season, as witnessed by Maxon, who stopped at a scenic overlook in the Catskills. CAMERA Canon EOS 40D digital SLR Lake Titicaca,...Tags: Bodies of Water, Rivers, Armed Forces, New York, Defense
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21st District's Alfano, Smilowitz vie for Assembly seat
eden.laikin@newsday.comState Assemb. Thomas Alfano (R-North Valley Stream), has won re-election to the longtime GOP-held district seven times. But the 49-year old attorney, who faces a relatively unknown opponent, said he never really stops campaigning. "You're out in the...Tags: Government, Democratic Party, Economic Policy, John Lewis, Thomas Alfano
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