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Beginnings: Before Europeans arrived, the area that is now Floral Park marked the western edge of the great Hempstead Plains. Indeed, it was initially known as Plainfield. Until the Civil War, the area consisted of widely scattered farms. The community began to develop in the early 1800s, thanks to the Long Island Rail Road and Jericho Turnpike, both of which came through what had then become known as Hinsdale and served farmers. Hinsdale boasted of more than two dozen fine flower farms in the years after the Civil War.
Beginnings: Before Europeans arrived, the area that is now Floral Park marked the western edge of the great Hempstead Plains. Indeed, it was initially known as Plainfield. Until the Civil War, the area consisted of widely scattered farms. The community began to develop in the early 1800s, thanks to the Long Island Rail Road and Jericho Turnpike, both of which came through what had then become known as Hinsdale and served farmers. Hinsdale boasted of more than two dozen fine flower farms in the years after the Civil War.
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Dougall Fraser, the Garden City real estate company with the tidy Web site marketing houses in southwest Nassau County, has joined forces with Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty. The partnership was announced Wednesday. Dougall Fraser markets...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Corporate Crime, Rockville Centre, Wachovia Corp.
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Boomers' Social Security still secure, experts say
saulfriedman@comcast.comI can remember a dozen years ago, when the usual Chicken Littles clucked over a phony poll suggesting that boomers were more likely to believe there was life on other planets than that Social Security benefits would be there for them. Well, surprise!...Tags: Employees, National Government, Ronald Reagan, Stock Market, Stock Broking
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NOTEBOOK: Uniondale wins big at state fair
Forty students at Uniondale High School nearly completed a clean sweep last month at the New York State Fair Agriscience Competition by winning 15 of the 16 science categories. The high-schoolers will participate in the national competition in...Tags: Social Sciences, Schools, Awards and Prizes, Uniondale, New York
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All signs seem to point to bad grammar
joye.brown@newsday.comHave you ever seen a humidor walking? Frank Berman did. The sign he photographed in Huntington Station should say walk-in - not "walking" - humidor. What a difference adding a hyphen (and subtracting a "g") make. Another reader, Tony DeStefano,...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Huntington Station, Huntington (Hungtington, New York), California, San Diego (San Diego, California)
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Claim filed against Nassau cops for alleged beating
matthew.chayes@newsday.comA Floral Park teen and his mother, who claim Nassau cops beat the boy when he came to her aid after a car accident last month, have taken the first step toward suing the county. The notice of claim, filed Sept. 12 by Sheila Dean on behalf of her son...Tags: Police, Police Investigations, Bellerose, Nassau County, Prosecution
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Suozzi outlines transportation priorities for LI
alfonso.castillo@newsday.comWhatever plan the MTA comes up with to address its fiscal woes, Long Island's transportation needs should not be sacrificed, Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi and other local transit advocates told a state commission created to come up with funding...Tags: Long Island, David A. Paterson, Nassau County, Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Pumpkin picking on Long Island
A bumper crop of pumpkins awaits eager pickers on Long Island farms - where hay rides, corn mazes and homemade delicacies add to the allure of the annual family pilgrimage.
If the weather cooperates, traffic gridlock is inevitable on rural roads such...Tags: Road Transportation, Brookhaven (Suffolk, New York), Farms, Goofy, Long Island
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Long Beach firefighter tells of being beaten by 3 men
matthew.chayes@newsday.comLong Beach firefighter Brian McNamara's bloodshot eyes are so swollen from being kicked and punched, allegedly by off-duty NYPD cops, that even his big sunglasses don't cover up the black, blue - and purple. "This has been a total nightmare," he said...Tags: Trials, Beach Vacations, Virginia, Ann Lee, Crimes
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North Hempstead
Reports from county or village police, Aug. 24-30. Albertson A Sampson Avenue house was broken into and ransacked July 27; $400 and jewelry were taken. Great Neck A 2002 Jeep Wrangler was stolen from Terrace Circle Aug. 24. A bicycle was taken...Tags: Police, Macy's, Vehicles, Kensington, Crimes
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Three men, including 2 NYPD cops, charged in beating
matthew.chayes@newsday.comTwo off-duty New York City police officers, and a third man, beat up a local firefighter who objected when the men made a rude remark to the firefighter's sister outside a row of bars on a Long Beach street, the Long Beach city manager said yesterday in...Tags: Police, Trials, Beach Vacations, Virginia, Crimes
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Cops plead not guilty in firefighter beating
matthew.chayes@newsday.comTwo NYPD officers accused of assaulting a Long Beach firefighter while they were off-duty pleaded not guilty Thursday in Long Beach City Court and were ordered to stay away from the victim. The officers, Douglas Rome, 25, and Jason Ragoo, 26, were...Tags: Trials, Police, Beach Vacations, Virginia, Prosecution
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2 NYPD cops pleaded not guilty to assault charges
matthew.chayes@newsday.comTwo NYPD officers accused of assaulting a Long Beach firefighter while they were off-duty pleaded not guilty yesterday in Long Beach City Court and were ordered to stay away from the victim. The officers, Douglas Rome, 25, and Jason Ragoo, 26, were...Tags: Trials, Police, Beach Vacations, Virginia, Prosecution
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