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Beginnings: The community takes its name from Richard, or Dick, Pechagan, a Secatogue who controlled the hilly area in colonial times. Settlers began building cabins and setting up farms in the 1680s. And on May 2, 1700, Pechagan sold what was known locally as Dick's Hills to the trustees of the Town of Huntington for a few bottles of rum and some coats and axes. Over the years, the spelling was changed from Dick's to Dix.
Beginnings: The community takes its name from Richard, or Dick, Pechagan, a Secatogue who controlled the hilly area in colonial times. Settlers began building cabins and setting up farms in the 1680s. And on May 2, 1700, Pechagan sold what was known locally as Dick's Hills to the trustees of the Town of Huntington for a few bottles of rum and some coats and axes. Over the years, the spelling was changed from Dick's to Dix.
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LI ARTS: A tribute to Sinatra
WHAT Arnie Gruber and his swing band play a tribute to Sinatra, Bennett and other great singers from the Big Band era. Gruber, an East Northport singer-pianist, is former music director of the Rainbow Room and has played many of the top-drawer venues in...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Astoria
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George Krysl, ex-American Airlines exec, dies at 87
keith.herbert@newsday.comGeorge Charles Krysl, a former executive with American Airlines at LaGuardia Airport, died Oct. 26 after losing a battle with prostate cancer. He was 87. Krysl, a 36-year resident of New Hyde Park, was born in Prague, Czechoslavakia (now the Czech...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., New York University, Death and Dying, Transportation, Family
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Police reports from Cold Spring Harbor, Commack, Dix Hills, Huntington, Huntington Station, Melville and South Huntington
Cold Spring Harbor A purse was stolen Nov. 11 from a car parked on Diamond Court. Commack A woman called police Nov. 10 from the Pathmark shopping center on Jericho Turnpike to report her purse was stolen. Dix Hills All four tires were stolen Nov. 13...Tags: Court Administration, Vehicles, Cold Spring Harbor, South Huntington, Police
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TOWN HALL AGENDAS: HUNTINGTON
HUNTINGTON Unless specified, meetings are at town hall, 100 Main St. PLANNING BOARD 7:30 p.m. Wednesday ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 6 p.m. Thursday Dix Hills: Peter and Leona Dunn request to erect a detached garage in the front yard, east side of...Tags: Huntington Station, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., McDonald's, Walt Whitman
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Police reports from Centerport, Dix Hills, East Northport, Fort Salonga, Huntington, Melville and West Hills
Centerport A resident on Lone Oak Drive said two teens blew up his mailbox Oct. 19. Dix Hills The navigation system was stolen Oct. 23 from a car on Corsa Street. East Northport A scooter was stolen from a yard on Oakland Avenue Oct. 19. Fort Salonga A...Tags: West Hills (Huntington, New York), Clubs and Associations, Vehicles, Walt Whitman, Melville
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Dix Hills' Courtney Galiano shines with Knicks, Fox
ronnie.gill@newsday.comThis past summer, Courtney Galiano proved she was the little engine that could. The petite Commack High School graduate placed fourth in the August finale of "So You Think You Can Dance." It was no small feat for the 20-year-old former New York Knicks...Tags: Gev Manoukian, Mark Kanemura, Family, Dance, Mark Morris
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Islip District Court Judge
CAMERON ALDEN CONSERVATIVE BACKGROUND: Alden, 58, of Islip, has been a Suffolk County legislator since 1998. He serves on the ways and means, parks and recreation, and economic development, higher education and energy committees. A former businessman,...Tags: Court Administration, NAACP, Long Island, Lawyers, New York
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Suffolk County Court and Family Court judges
JOSEPH FARNETI CONSERVATIVE BACKGROUND: Farneti, 51, of Babylon, is also running on the Republican, Democrat, Independence and Working Families parties lines. An acting Supreme Court justice, Farneti was elected to a 10-year County Court judge...Tags: Court Administration, Suffolk County (New York), Lawyers, New York, Local Elections
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Spike Lee quits William Morris, joins Endeavor
WHO Spike Lee. THE DEAL After the disappointing performance of " Miracle at St. Anna," a groundbreaking WWII film that focused on the experience of black soldiers behind enemy lines, Lee has left the high-powered William Morris Agency in favor of the...Tags: William Morris, Manhattan (New York City), Cloverfield (movie), Spike Lee, Edward Norton
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Blaze nearly destroys Dix Hills home
bill.mason@newsday.comA fire Monday afternoon nearly destroyed a two story wood-frame house in Dix Hills, officials said. Close to 125 firefighters from five fire departments responded to the blaze at 8 Suncrest Dr., officials said. The blaze was brought under control...Tags: Suffolk County Police, Fires, Injuries
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Police reports from Cold Spring Harbor, Commack, Dix Hills, Greenlawn, Huntington, Huntington Station, Lloyd Harbor, South Huntington
lilife@newsday.comCold Spring Harbor Items were stolen from an automobile parked on Walnut Tree Lane Sept. 15. Commack The navigation system was stolen Sept. 14 from an auto parked on Wintercress Lane. A bicycle was stolen from a yard on Abbot Road Sept. 17. Dix Hills A...Tags: West Hills (Huntington, New York), Court Administration, Vehicles, Walt Whitman, Cold Spring Harbor
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Police reports from Cold Spring Harbor, Commack, Dix Hills, East Northport, Huntington, Huntington Station, West Hills
SPECIAL TO NEWSDAYCold Spring Harbor Items were stolen from a car Sept. 10 on Donovan Lane. Commack Vandalism was reported Sept. 8 at a playground on Cedar Road. A computer was stolen from a car in a parking lot on Motor Parkway Sept. 9. Police reported that a car...Tags: West Hills (Huntington, New York), Vehicles, Cold Spring Harbor, West Hills (Los Angeles, California), Police
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