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Beginnings: There wasn't much at Coram before 1750. For the earliest white settlers, it was a stop along the route from Setauket to Mastic. In fact, its name is derived from the Indian word Wincoram, meaning "a passage between hills or a valley.''
Beginnings: There wasn't much at Coram before 1750. For the earliest white settlers, it was a stop along the route from Setauket to Mastic. In fact, its name is derived from the Indian word Wincoram, meaning "a passage between hills or a valley.''
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Man gets life in slayings of Coram woman, her son
erik.german@newsday.comAt the age of 66, Fernando De Campoamor has already spent three decades of his life behind bars for killing two people and hurting others. Yesterday, a Suffolk judge sentenced him to life in prison without parole for the murder of his girlfriend and...Tags: Punishment, Defendants, Crimes, Court Administration, Justice System
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Life without parole in Coram double-murder
erik.german@newsday.comA paroled killer who has spent 30 years of his life behind bars was sentenced to life in prison without parole in Riverhead Thursday in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend and her son. Fernando De Campoamor, 66, was found guilty of...Tags: Punishment, Crimes, Prisons, Assault, Murder
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Guilty plea in Coram charity scam
A former worker for a Coram handicap advocacy group pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of skimming more than $12,000 from the charity's bingo games, court records state. Sverna Bradley pleaded guilty to fourth-degree grand larceny, records state....Tags: Games, Theft, Trials, Game Playing, Crimes
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October 26: Holday semantics, Greenspan's follies, sizing up the candidates
Daniel S. Hamilton; Eric A. Kopp; Michael Darling; Michael Ward; Harvey KarronNo holiday from controversy It is disappointing to hear that Fireworks by Grucci is pulling out of the Patchogue boat parade, but I am right behind the company on its decision ["Christmas controversy," News, Oct. 23]. We are slowly phasing out...Tags: Religious Festivals, Todd Palin, Sarah Palin, Abortion, Massacres
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Thanks for the memories: Readers share their Shea concert stories
THE BEATLES I was just two months shy of my 10th birthday when older cousins took me to the Beatles concert at Shea. I thought I was so cool in my polka-dot bell-bottoms, screaming along with all the teenage girls, almost getting arrested when a group of...Tags: Frank Gorshin, Adam West, Manhattan (New York City), People, Family
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Police: Thieves hit donation boxes at Coram church
andrew.strickler@newsday.comThe holiday spirit seems to have been wasted on the person or people who police said broke into a Suffolk church on Christmas morning to steal from donation boxes. The robbery at St. Francis Cabrini Church on Middle Country Road in Coram was discovered...Tags: Theft, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Crimes, Metal and Mineral
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Police: Intruders targeted Wyandanch, Coram homes
christine.armario@newsday.comThe lives of two Suffolk families were violently disrupted by armed intruders who broke into their usually quiet homes in separate incidents, held guns to their heads, and took off with clothes, a watch and guns, police and witnesses said. The attacks,...Tags: Theft, Firearms, Police, Crimes, Wyandanch
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Kidsday interviews actor Jack Black
Kidsday Reporters, Ages 9 and 10, Middle Island and CoramWe went to a screening of the new movie "Kung Fu Panda," starring Jack Black. The movie is about a panda named Po (voiced by Black) who dreams of being a kung fu warrior. The only problem is that he can't do kung fu because he is so fat and clumsy....Tags: Middle Island, Jack Black, Movies
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Army Pfc. Nicholas A. Hendrickson
Newsday Staff WriterArmy Pfc. Nicholas A. Hendrickson has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Knox, Ky., the Defense Department announced on May 22. Hendrickson is the son of Debra Dillon of Townehouse Drive, Coram, N.Y. During the nine-week training period, the...Tags: Physical Fitness, Armed Forces, Defense
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Army Reserve Pvt. Eric M. Shaw
Defense Department announcementArmy Reserve Pvt. Eric M. Shaw has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., the Defense Department announced on May 7. Shaw is the son of Ricardo Shaw of Avalon Pine Drive, Coram, N.Y. During the nine weeks of training,...Tags: Military Equipment, Justice System, Armed Forces, Physical Fitness, Defense
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Gerard L. Brady, has uncle in Coram
Defense Department announcementAir Force Airman 1st Class Gerard L. Brady has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, the Defense Department announced Sept. 18. He is the son of Deborah Maynard of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and nephew of...Tags: Advanced Training, Texas, Justice System, Armed Forces, Defense
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