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It was nicknamed Milltown because of the many mills -- gristmills, sawmills, paper, wool, cotton mills -- that operated on Patchogue waterways from as early as 1750. The village's permanent name may have derived from Pochaug or Paushag, which were the early settlers' interpretation of the name of Indians who lived in the vicinity.
Photo: Inside Shands General Store on West Main Street, about 1915.
Photo: Inside Shands General Store on West Main Street, about 1915.
It was nicknamed Milltown because of the many mills -- gristmills, sawmills, paper, wool, cotton mills -- that operated on Patchogue waterways from as early as 1750. The village's permanent name may have derived from Pochaug or Paushag, which were the early settlers' interpretation of the name of Indians who lived in the vicinity.
Photo: Inside Shands General Store on West Main Street, about 1915.
Photo: Inside Shands General Store on West Main Street, about 1915.
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Medford man convicted of fraud in foreclosure rental scheme
jennifer.kelleher@newsday.comAfter about two hours of deliberation Friday, a jury convicted a Medford man of entering foreclosed homes he did not own, fixing them up and renting them out. Paul Salamone's defense revolved largely around his ignorance over rightful ownership of...Tags: Crimes, Rentals, Condos and Houses, Lawyers, East Patchogue
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Big delays on LIRR from Patchogue to Babylon
john.valenti@newsday.comThe westbound morning commute on the Long Island Rail Road between Patchogue and Babylon has turned into a mess Friday with delays of up to 90 minutes due to an earlier disabled train, officials said. It was not immediately clear which train became...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Long Island City, Long Island
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Mayor Pontieri named Brookhaven deputy supervisor
patrick.whittle@newsday.comPatchogue Mayor Paul Pontieri was named to the new post of deputy supervisor of Brookhaven Town Thursday in a move some town officials heralded as a blow in favor of job growth in the town and others criticized as political pandering. The town board...Tags: Government, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Economic Policy, National Government
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Troubles prioritizing projects in stimulus pipeline
elizabeth.moore@newsday.comWhen the mayor of Patchogue publicly howled about being turned down for stimulus funding to add 1,000 homes and three South Shore downtowns to his sewer system, more than a few people shook their heads about some projects that were ahead of Patchogue in...Tags: Government, New York, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Investments
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Teen victim's family asks drinkers not to drive
sophia.chang@newsday.com and zachary.dowdy@newsday.comJoe Garramone knows how close he came to becoming the latest fatal statistic after police said he was hit by a drunken driver in a sport utility vehicle while he was biking to a friend's house. "I feel fortunate to even be where I am now," said...Tags: Stony Brook, Vehicles, Drunk Driving, Stony Brook University, Central Islip
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Cops seek suspects in shooting of North Bellport man
Suffolk police detectives are looking for the people responsible for the shooting of a North Bellport man early Saturday morning. James Williams, 39, was in front of his Hoffman Avenue home when he was shot in the hip at 4:05 a.m., police said....Tags: James Williams, East Patchogue
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Gerard P. Seifert: A drop-kick lesson
Fifty years ago, my dad taught me to drop kick. My brother and I never saw anyone else ever do it. He would back up about 20 yards from the goal post, hold the ball waist level, drop the ball on its point, wait a fraction of a second until it hit the... -
Cops: Man, 42, offered boy money for sex
john.valenti@newsday.comA man who told authorities he is a church elder called a 13-year-old boy over to his car in a 7-Eleven parking lot in Central Islip Sunday evening -- and offered the boy money for sex, police said. The boy, who was riding a bicycle, got a description...Tags: Vehicles, Suffolk County Police, Central Islip
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Patchogue teens' mural honors slain immigrant
sumathi.reddy@newsday.comThey came from the same town in Ecuador, albeit one Evelyn Reinoso barely remembers. Reinoso's grandmother is friends with Marcelo Lucero's mother. Reinoso's father knew Lucero. So when Shannon Lustig, an art teacher at Patchogue-Medford High School,...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Crimes, Marcelo Lucero, Arts, Celebrity Mothers
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E. Patchogue man charged in tenant spy-cam case
AND ANDREW STRICKLER. john.valenti@newsday.com. andrew.strickler@newsday.comAn East Patchogue man was charged with unlawful surveillance after he allegedly installed equipment in the bedroom and bathroom of a tenant, Suffolk County police said Thursday. Louis Bosco, 44, of South Country Road, described by police as "a self-...Tags: East Patchogue, Central Islip
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SWAT team sent to Patchogue apartment complex
deborah.morris@newsday.com, carl.macgowan@newsday.comA SWAT team descended upon an apartment complex in Patchogue Thursday afternoon, closing area roads and diverting LIRR passengers who were disembarking at a nearby station. At 2:12 p.m., Suffolk police responded to an incident at the building, but...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Heavy Engineering
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Clashes at raucous hearing on East Patchogue Wal-Mart
patrick.whittle@newsday.comMore than 300 demonstrators for and against a proposed East Patchogue Wal-Mart came to Brookhaven Town Hall Thursday night for a raucous hearing before a board vote to decide a key zoning change for the big-box store. The residents, waving yellow "Stop...Tags: Groceries, Demonstration, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., East Patchogue, Long Island
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