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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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Cops: Driver in crash had been in hospital earlier
andrew.strickler@newsday.comAn elderly driver who crashed into a deputy sheriff's cruiser on the Long Island Expressway had fallen and been hospitalized earlier that day, according to Suffolk and Nassau police. David Newman, 82, of Bethpage, appeared disoriented after the Monday...Tags: David Newman, Transportation Accidents, Long Island Expressway, Vehicles, Dix Hills
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TOWN HALL AGENDA: BABYLON
BABYLON Unless specified, meetings are at town hall, 200 E. Sunrise Hwy., North Lindenhurst. TOWN BOARD 3:30 p.m. Oct. 7 PLANNING BOARD 7 p.m. Monday ZONING BOARD 6 p.m. Thursday The board will consider: Copiague: Maritza Scarione seeks to retain...Tags: Bay Shore, Interior Policy, Housing and Urban Planning, West Babylon, New York
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Anniversaries
60th VERA AND DAVE HIGGINS of Ridge, formerly of Brentwood and Greenpoint, Brooklyn, celebrated June 19 with a dinner party and a family reunion in Pennsylvania. Dave is a retired lieutenant with the New York City Fire Department. Vera is a homemaker....Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Utah, Greenpoint, Christianity, New York
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LIRR restores service between Deer Park and Ronkonkoma
Service was restored Thursday afternoon on the Long Island Rail Road's Ronkonkoma branch after trains were briefly halted due to damage on the rails. Service resumed shortly before 3 p.m. after track workers replaced a damaged insulator, a LIRR spokesman...Tags: Central Islip, Transportation, Long Island Rail Road, Ronkonkoma, Railway Transportation
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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: Society, Awards and Prizes, Sales, Computing and Information Technology, New York
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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, Teen-agers, Suffolk County (New York), Crimes, Police Investigations
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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: Rentals, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Sex, Hempstead
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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: Police, Teaching and Learning, High Schools, Schools, Game Playing
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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: Homes, Rentals, Trials, Justice System, Mortgages
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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: Teaching and Learning, Hempstead, Long Island, Uniondale, High Schools
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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: Rentals, Homes, Trials, Auction Service, Justice System
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