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Beginnings: "Great Water Land'' was what the first inhabitants, the Massapequan Indians, called the place. When white settlers arrived, conflict ensued. In 1653, Capt. John Underhill, an Englishman working for the Dutch, led troops in an attack on a peaceful community of Indians at a site believed to be near the intersection of what is now Merrick and Cedar Shore Roads. Underhill's troops killed 120 Indians in the only Indian "battle'' on Long Island.
Beginnings: "Great Water Land'' was what the first inhabitants, the Massapequan Indians, called the place. When white settlers arrived, conflict ensued. In 1653, Capt. John Underhill, an Englishman working for the Dutch, led troops in an attack on a peaceful community of Indians at a site believed to be near the intersection of what is now Merrick and Cedar Shore Roads. Underhill's troops killed 120 Indians in the only Indian "battle'' on Long Island.
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Armed men attempt robbery in East Massapequa driveway
patrick.whittle@newsday.comNassau police are searching for two men who they say attempted to rob an East Massapequa man in the driveway of his East Walnut Street home. Two men with handguns confronted the 37-year-old victim at 9:25 p.m. yesterday, police said. The victim, who...Tags: Vehicles, Police
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Owner opens Massapequa catering hall to the needy
michael.amon@newsday.comAfter reading about Long Island charities struggling with surging demand for Thanksgiving meals, Rich Bivona decided he could do more than cut a check to a soup kitchen: He would start his own. Bivona will open his Massapequa catering hall, Manor East,...Tags: Harry Chapin, Thanksgiving, Long Island, Charity, Turkey
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Massapequa pedestrian, 85, dies after being hit by car
joseph.mallia@newsday.comAn 85-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car as she crossed a busy street Wednesday night in Massapequa, Nassau police said. The 7:15 p.m. accident took place on Broadway near Pittsburgh Avenue. Miriam Slabin, of Massapequa, "was crossing unsafely...Tags: Music Theater, Theater, Vehicles, Nassau University Medical Center, Police
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Nassau patronage scrap: Let's bring wives into it!
Spin CycleNewsday's Bill Murphy, reporting from Nassau County's idyllic seat of government: Political wives took center stage at a meeting of the Nassau County Legislature this week. They were drafted into a rambling, rancorous, protracted debate on political...Tags: Government, National Government
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McCain, Obama, and 'Joe the Plumber': an LI angle
Spin CycleHow ironic was it that Sen. John McCain chose the Town of Hempstead as the place to start making ???Joe the Plumber??? into a campaign legend as he attacked Sen. Barack Obama???s tax plan in their final debate? It......Tags: John McCain, Barack Obama, Ohio, Joe the Plumber
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Circuit City files for bankruptcy
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Restaurant Week dining spots
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Nominate a volunteer for Long Island Hall of Fame
katti@kattigray.comI n the late 1980s, when the first Bush to reside in the White House launched his ambitious Thousand Points of Light Foundation for volunteers, Diana O'Neill took it upon herself to tell her boss at the U.S. Treasury Department - where she held a fairly...Tags: Texas, Massacres, Long Island, Bethpage State Park, Abusive Behavior
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Plumbing the depths of Nassau County politics
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