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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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School news: Massapequa students go to preserve
More than 650 students at McKenna Elementary School in Massapequa are boosting their knowledge of environmental science by using the Massapequa Park Preserve as their open-air classroom through the Brookhaven National Laboratory's Open Space Stewardship...Tags: Voting, Manhattan (New York City), John McCain, Baldwin, Long Island
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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: Delray Beach, Queens (New York City), Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Hallandale Beach, Coca-Cola Company
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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: Los Angeles, Government, Manhattan (New York City), Long Island, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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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: Manhasset, Manhattan (New York City), Long Island, Bethpage, Executive Branch
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In profile: Cantor Kenneth Blatt
Title: Cantor of Temple Beth Kodesh, Boynton Beach, with average weekend attendance of 100-225.
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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: Long Island, Health Treatments, Hewlett, Retirement, Business Enterprises
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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: Wantagh, Lynbrook, Brookville, Ronkonkoma, Bodies of Water
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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: North Carolina, Law Enforcement, New York, NAACP, Police
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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: Long Island, Hewlett, Kathleen Rice, Retirement, Nassau County
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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: Wantagh, East Norwich, Long Island, Brentwood (Islip, New York), Bay Shore
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Children's Entertainment
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Locating Window Film
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