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Beginnings: Jacob Conklin was one of the first settlers in the region that in the late 1600s was still thick with scrub oak, pine and carpets of vine. When Conklin went north to visit Huntington village, he'd tell people about his farm located ``south toward the Great Bay before you get to the swamp. My farm is in the deer park.'' Apparently Conklin and his few neighbors shared their new home with the deer that thrived in the thick underbrush. The name stayed even when the deer did not.
Beginnings: Jacob Conklin was one of the first settlers in the region that in the late 1600s was still thick with scrub oak, pine and carpets of vine. When Conklin went north to visit Huntington village, he'd tell people about his farm located ``south toward the Great Bay before you get to the swamp. My farm is in the deer park.'' Apparently Conklin and his few neighbors shared their new home with the deer that thrived in the thick underbrush. The name stayed even when the deer did not.
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Veterans tell Long Beach students of their service
carl.macgowan@newsday.comAs a substitute teacher, Steven Paul is no stranger at Long Beach Middle School. But it's not every day that he shows up wearing a U.S. Army uniform. Paul, 39, of Long Beach donned the olive-green garb Monday for his talk to seventh-graders about serving...Tags: American Legion, Veterans Day, Commack, People, Republic Airport
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The new mall in town: Tanger Outlets
Special to NewsdayThis is Steven Tanger's mantra, one he's repeated often in recent weeks: "In good times, people love a bargain. In bad times, they need one." The 59-year-old CEO of Tanger Outlet Centers, the newest of which opens Thursday in Deer Park, clearly has... -
Racist fliers found on windshields in Deer Park
Fliers reading "Join the Klan and save our land" were among those Long Island Rail Road commuters found on their car windshields at the Deer Park station last night. Fliers with the image of a white-hooded horseman brandishing a blazing cross and several...Tags: Vehicles, Commack, Police Investigations, Long Island, Automotive Equipment
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THE FOOD SHOP
erica.marcus@newsday.comDeer Park Ravioli, 1882 Deer Park Ave. Deer Park, 631-667-4644; deerparkravioli.com Deer Park Ravioli has occupied this storefront just south of the LIRR tracks for more than 50 years. It is owned by Tom McDonald and Ernie Oliviero, whose father, John,...Tags: Long Island, Long Island Rail Road
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Cool School Site
The Deer Park eCommerce Web Site takes the Newsday.com Cool Site Award. This Internet Business Site is generated and maintained by a Deer Park business class comprised of 9-12 graders. Students are organized into teams with project managers and assistant...Tags: Sales, Society, Computing and Information Technology, Awards and Prizes, Ceremonies
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Teens arrested for 'fence plowing'
Newsday Staff WritersTeens call it "fence plowing" or "fence popping," and apparently it's the latest craze. But Suffolk County police call it vandalism and Friday announced the arrest of five current and former students from Deer Park High School, charging them with...Tags: Police Investigations, Suffolk County (New York), Robert Edwards, Police, Teen-agers
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Couple, again, face eviction
Newsday Staff WriterAnthony and Carol Calvagno are once again in danger of being homeless. After losing the title to their Deer Park house in a mortgage scam and then watching as it was auctioned away, the only thing keeping the Calvagnos from being put out on the street...Tags: Mortgages, Condos and Houses, Central Islip, Justice System, Judges
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Eye on special ed students
Newsday Staff WriterDeclaring that too many special-education students get shortchanged, the state for the first time yesterday ordered a dozen Long Island school districts and dozens more statewide to redouble their efforts to raise those students' test scores and ensure...Tags: Uniondale, Schools, Hempstead (Nassau, New York), Islip (Suffolk, New York), Long Island
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Neighbors you may not know about
Wayne Coley lives on Woodside Street in Freeport with his wife and 2-year-old son. He was tinkering with the engine of his GMC truck recently when he stood straight up, surprised to discover something he never knew about his neighborhood: 21 registered...Tags: Family, West Babylon, Patchogue, Law Enforcement, Condos and Houses
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Abuse charge ends Deer Park's JV hoops
Newfield High SchoolEditorial Writing - ELA Standards 1, 3 and 4 In recent years, the hazing and physical abuse that once was considered horseplay and harmless has escalated into something that is no longer being tolerated. Bullying and locker-room attacks are now being...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Schools, Game Playing, Police, Crimes
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It'll be home for a bit longer
Newsday Staff WriterCarol and Anthony Calvagno need not worry about Suffolk sheriff's deputies kicking them out of their Deer Park home during the next several weeks. The Calvagnos lost ownership of their home in a real estate scam. The new owner of their home - who had...Tags: Auction Service, Corporate Crime, Court Administration, Litigation, Fraud
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Judge puts eviction on pause
Newsday Staff WriterAnthony and Carol Calvagno no longer have to live in fear of being evicted from their longtime home anytime soon after a federal court judge agreed this week to take over the case of the Deer Park couple who lost the house in a mortgage scam and then...Tags: Auction Service, Corporate Crime, Foreclosures, Court Administration, Fraud
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