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    Aug 18, 2008 |Story| AM New York

  1. Pol wants perks card for NYers

    msweeney@am-ny.com
    Should New Yorkers have ID cards that give them special perks tourists here can't get? That's what Assemb. William Colton (D-Brooklyn) wants city residents to have as a way to get slashed prices at stores, museums and in the transit system. "This just...

    Tags: Brett Favre, Maine, Brooklyn (New York City), Bensonhurst, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

    2. Dec 20, 2006 |Story| Daily Press

  2. British merry for Jamestown

    Daily Press
    Spirits are high in London in anticipation of Jamestown's 400th anniversary, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said after visiting British landmarks Tuesday. Kaine and other officials, including two James City County supervisors, were in London to commemorate Dec....

    Tags: Elizabeth II, James City County, Timothy M. Kaine, Regional Authority, Government

    3. Mar 31, 2006 |Story| AM New York

  3. 'Mafia Cops' defense to ask for mistrial

    Defense attorneys in the "Mafia Cops" case will ask for a mistrial after letters surfaced Thursday from a mob boss who claimed that the ex-NYPD detectives were being falsely accused of some murders.
    NEWSDAY STAFF WRITER
    Defense attorneys in the "Mafia Cops" case will ask for a mistrial after letters surfaced Thursday from a mob boss who claimed that the ex-NYPD detectives were being falsely accused of some murders. The letters were from imprisoned former acting...

    Tags: Justice System, Crimes, Prosecution, Police, Federal Bureau of Investigation

    4. Jul 7, 2003 |Story| Newsday

  4. Richard Nicolls, New York governor, 1664-68

    Staff Writer
    His entrance onto the New World stage was grand. In March, 1664, England's King Charles II gave to his brother, James, the duke of York, all of the Atlantic coastline from Maine to Delaware. Long Island lay at the heart of this huge land grant. To seize...

    Tags: Delaware, New York, Maine, Government, Executive Branch

    5. Aug 25, 2003 |Story| Newsday

  5. Barging into a Trashy Saga

    It was 1987 and America was awash in trashy news, most notably the sex scandals involving former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart and television evangelist Jim Bakker.
    Staff Writer
    It was 1987 and America was awash in trashy news, most notably the sex scandals involving former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart and television evangelist Jim Bakker. But the trash story that eclipsed all others was the saga of Long Island's wandering garbage...

    Tags: Cape May (Cape May, New Jersey), Texas, Brooklyn (New York City), Regional Authority, Cape May County

    6. Jul 7, 2003 |Story| Newsday

  6. Breuckelen Becomes Home

    By the mid-1630s, the Dutch were ready to expand their base from the southern tip of Manhattan Island -- a collection of clapboard houses, a church, a tavern, a large storehouse, orchards and cow pastures -- to the unchartered wilds of Long Island.
    Staff Writer
    By the mid-1630s, the Dutch were ready to expand their base from the southern tip of Manhattan Island -- a collection of clapboard houses, a church, a tavern, a large storehouse, orchards and cow pastures -- to the unchartered wilds of Long Island....

    Tags: Gowanus, New York, Delaware, Queens (New York City), Agriculture

    7. Jul 7, 2003 |Story| Newsday

  7. A `Dangerous' 1600s Woman

    Nobody knows where Lady Deborah Moody is buried, but an appropriate epitaph would have been what one official wrote about her in 1644: ``Shee is a dangerous woeman.''
    Staff Writer
    Nobody knows where Lady Deborah Moody is buried, but an appropriate epitaph would have been what one official wrote about her in 1644: ``Shee is a dangerous woeman.'' Dangerous to the religious establishment she certainly was. This widowed, middle-aged...

    Tags: Thames River, History, Peter Stuyvesant, Reformed, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks

    8. Jul 7, 2003 |Story| Newsday

  8. Flushing Stands Up for Tolerance

    To publicly proclaim the new Quaker religion on western Long Island was to risk arrest and banishment. To let a Quaker spend the night in your home could lead to a heavy fine.
    Staff Writer
    To publicly proclaim the new Quaker religion on western Long Island was to risk arrest and banishment. To let a Quaker spend the night in your home could lead to a heavy fine. The early years of Quakerism on Long Island were a struggle against...

    Tags: Rhode Island, Peter Stuyvesant, George Fox, Reformed, Queens (New York City)

    9. Jul 14, 2003 |Story| Newsday

  9. The Patriots' First Big Test

    On Flatbush Road, near the village of Brooklyn, 18-year-old Michael Graham looked death in the face. It was early in the afternoon of Aug. 27, 1776, and the Pennsylvania farm boy was facing a frightening British and Hessian onslaught.
    Staff Writer
    On Flatbush Road, near the village of Brooklyn, 18-year-old Michael Graham looked death in the face. It was early in the afternoon of Aug. 27, 1776, and the Pennsylvania farm boy was facing a frightening British and Hessian onslaught. In his...

    Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Suffolk County (New York), Maryland, Military Equipment, Queens (New York City)

    10. Jul 21, 2003 |Story| Newsday

  10. A Hero's Last Words

    Schools are named for him, an honor reserved for heroes. Textbooks cite him as a model of patriotism during the Revolutionary War. Every Memorial Day, the American Legion stops at his gravesite in Mastic to pay him respect.
    Staff Writer
    Schools are named for him, an honor reserved for heroes. Textbooks cite him as a model of patriotism during the Revolutionary War. Every Memorial Day, the American Legion stops at his gravesite in Mastic to pay him respect. There is an often-told...

    Tags: History, Queens (New York City), Government, American Legion, Long Island

    11. Jul 21, 2003 |Story| Newsday

  11. An LI Victory Tour

    George Washington bore disturbing memories of the last time he had been on Long Island. Fourteen years earlier his outmanned Patriot forces had taken a terrible pounding from the British at Brooklyn Heights. With the battle lost he had sneaked away from the Brooklyn shores under the protection of a dense fog, willing to wait until another day to win the war.
    Staff Writer
    George Washington bore disturbing memories of the last time he had been on Long Island. Fourteen years earlier his outmanned Patriot forces had taken a terrible pounding from the British at Brooklyn Heights. With the battle lost he had sneaked away from...

    Tags: History, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Wang, Nathan Hale

    12. Feb 9, 2003 |Story| Newsday

  12. Polly Gets a Crackdown

    Staff Writer
    Talk about ruffled feathers. In the past couple of weeks, bird activists have been in a flap about rumors that Con Edison planned to trap wild Quaker parrots living in 65 large communal nests on power lines and transformers throughout south Brooklyn....

    Tags: Consolidated Edison Incorporated, Metal and Mineral, Flatbush, Kennedy Airport, New Jersey

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