Highlights
Beginnings: Until 1927, Middle Country Road in Centereach was a two-lane dirt road where teenagers played baseball every Sunday afternoon. It took longer for middle Island communities such as Centereach to evolve. The earliest settlers congregated in the more populous seaside communities on the North and South Shores.
Photo: Centereach Library (Newsday / Ken Spencer )
Photo: Centereach Library (Newsday / Ken Spencer )
Beginnings: Until 1927, Middle Country Road in Centereach was a two-lane dirt road where teenagers played baseball every Sunday afternoon. It took longer for middle Island communities such as Centereach to evolve. The earliest settlers congregated in the more populous seaside communities on the North and South Shores.
Photo: Centereach Library (Newsday / Ken Spencer )
Photo: Centereach Library (Newsday / Ken Spencer )
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Officer uses stun gun on parolee after car chase
john.valenti@newsday.comA routine traffic stop in Holbrook turned into a 15-minute chase that ended with an officer using a stun gun and arresting the fleeing driver being Tuesday in Centereach, a Suffolk County sheriff's department spokesman said. Joseph Waters, 22, of...Tags: Police Arrests, Police, Weaponry, Central Islip, Law Enforcement
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Long Islanders promoting electric cars
tom.incantalupo@newsday.comThe only electric vehicles most Long Islanders drive are golf carts, but a newly formed organization of tinkerers, students and entrepreneurs involved in alternatives to gasoline hopes to wean more of us from that fuel. Not surprisingly to anyone who has...Tags: General Motors Corp., Barack Obama, California, Hybrid Vehicles, National Government
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Kidsday talks with Indy 500 drivers
Kidsday Reporters, 10 and 11, Lake Ronkonkoma and Centereach"Drivers start you engines" wasn't exactly what we heard in Herald's Square early Monday morning, but there were 33 race car drivers lined up in their starting positions for this Sunday's INDY 500 there. It was awesome, three drivers wide and 11...Tags: John Andretti, Marco Andretti, Mario Andretti, New York, Lake Ronkonkoma
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Fire Rips Through LI Home; Kills Mother, Daughter
A mother and daughter on Long Island were killed early Saturday morning after a fire tore through their Centereach home, according to Suffolk County police.
Dorothy Reinhard, 77, and Elaine Moore, 60, who were long-time roommates, perished in the blaze...Tags: Fires, Stony Brook University, Long Island, WPIX-TV
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JUST FOR PETS
A RUFF CAMPAIGN Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has reportedly told his two daughters that the family will get a puppy after November - no matter the electoral outcome. (His rival, John McCain, already has a bustling menagerie, including English...Tags: John McCain, Elections, Pets and Pet Supplies, Animals, Barack Obama
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Linda Velez, Centereach graduate
Defense Department announcementArmy Reserve Pvt. Linda Velez has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., the Defense Department announced Oct. 17. Velez is a 2007 graduate of Centereach High School. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier...Tags: Military Equipment, Defense, Physical Fitness, Justice System, Armed Forces
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Joshua P. Tavares of Centereach
Defense Department announcementJoshua P. Tavares has graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as "Operation Warrior Forge," at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash. The ROTC cadet has been commissioned as a second...Tags: Defense, Physical Fitness, Justice System, Armed Forces
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First-time home buyers find obtaining a loan more of a struggle
Newsday Staff WriterIt has become a lot tougher for first-time home buyers to secure a mortgage these days. With the mortgage industry rocked by soaring delinquency and foreclosure rates, particularly in the subprime loans made to people with weaker credit, lenders have...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Mattituck, Banking, Tribune Co., Long Island
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Cops: Man killed trying to stop drunk-driving girlfriend in Centereach
christine.armario@newsday.comDrunk but intent on driving, Jesenia Vega fought off her boyfriend as she left a Centereach block party and got into her car, Suffolk police said. "You're going to get arrested," Louis Wiederer, 26, of Westbury, warned his girlfriend, a witness heard...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Fires, Florida, Vehicles, Prosecution
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Boys soccer coaching leaders
Compiled by Al EllisSUFFOLK Robert Muir, Mattituck, 509 Howie Heckman, Center Moriches, 381 John Eden, North Babylon, 366 John Ruffini, Hauppauge, 362 Frank Schmidt, Sachem & Sachem North, 345 Al Ellis, Rocky Point, 336 Sebastian DiRubba, Commack & Smithown, 288 Neil...Tags: Eastport, Hauppauge, North Babylon, Mattituck, Commack
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Readers predict 'The Sopranos' finale
Newsday.com's users have spoken, and more or less agree on the four plot lines that may drive 'The Sopranos' series finale, 'Made in America.'
Paulie betrays and kills Tony
Johnny Drama from NYC believes that it was Paulie Walnuts all along. Sea Dog is...Tags: Huntington Station, Johnny Drama, New York, FBI, Idaho
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Centereach High School graduates
SANDRA ALICIA ACEVEDO CHRISTI ANNE ADLER CARLA AFONSO GEORGE AGATHOS PETER L. AGUIRRE ROOSHI AKRUWALA PAUL DANIEL ALBANESE JAMES ALIPO ALEX J. ALZONA JACQUELYN L. AMATO DESAHI J. ANDERSON MATTHEW DAVID ANDERSON ANTHONY J. ARATO MELISSA M....Tags: Justin Leonard, James Patrick, David Thompson, John Joseph, William Doyle
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