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Beginnings: Indians called the area Winnecomac - "pleasant land.'' Because the community was split between Huntington and Smithtown and because of conflicting deeds resulting from purchases from different Indian sachems, there were many boundary disputes. They were not resolved until 1675 when Smithtown founder Richard (Bull) Smith was successful in claims made in Dutch and English courts. The resulting dividing line between the two towns also divided the properties of prominent early families with names such as Burr, Wicks, Harned and Whitman, the ancestors of the poet.
Beginnings: Indians called the area Winnecomac - "pleasant land.'' Because the community was split between Huntington and Smithtown and because of conflicting deeds resulting from purchases from different Indian sachems, there were many boundary disputes. They were not resolved until 1675 when Smithtown founder Richard (Bull) Smith was successful in claims made in Dutch and English courts. The resulting dividing line between the two towns also divided the properties of prominent early families with names such as Burr, Wicks, Harned and Whitman, the ancestors of the poet.
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Police reports from Centerport, Commack, East Northport, Huntington, Huntington Station, Melville and West Hills
Centerport A resident on Harrison Drive said vandals broke his front window Nov. 23. Commack The front window was broken Nov. 23 on a house on Tollgate Drive. East Northport A burglary was discovered Nov. 25 at a store on Laurel Road. A man told police...Tags: West Hills (Huntington, New York), Vehicles, Transportation, Police, Melville
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TOWN HALL AGENDA: 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 The board will consider: Commack: Christopher Psadgur requests long-street side-yard and rear variance...Tags: West Hills (Huntington, New York), Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Huntington Station, Dining and Drinking, Bellerose
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Cops: Suspect tried to use fake $100 bill in Commack
Newsday Staff ReportPolice have released two surveillance camera photos of a man who they say attempted to use a counterfeit $100 bill in Commack last month. On Friday, Oct. 31, at about 5 p.m., according to police, a man entered the King Kullen store at 120 Veteran's... -
4 contractors charged with filing false payroll documents
erik.german@newsday.comFour paving contractors employed by Suffolk County were indicted in Riverhead yesterday on charges that they filed false payroll documents and failed to pay prevailing wages to their workers during an 18-month long project to widen Wicks Road in Commack....Tags: Wages and Pensions, Demographics, Illegal Immigrants, Lawyers, Prosecution
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Celebrations
Clemente-Micalizzi Jenna Clemente and Eric Micalizzi were married July 3 at St. Lawrence the Martyr Church in Sayville. The reception was at the Bayview House at Captain Bill's in Bay Shore. She is a high school music teacher for Connetquot High School...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Teaching and Learning, Manhattan (New York City), Schools, Family
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Marian Bartels, Commack schoolteacher, dies at 59
jennifer.maloney@newsday.comMarian Bartels loved to use her hands. Sewing, cooking and gardening, she made things for, and spent time with, the people she loved. Bartels, who shared that love with students for more than three decades as a home and careers teacher in the Commack...Tags: Rhode Island, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, New York University, Death and Dying, Queens Village
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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, Dix Hills, Cold Spring Harbor, South Huntington
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Previewing the Long Island Gay and Lesbian film fest
rafer.guzman@newday.comNot long ago, a "gay movie" invariably meant a somber drama about one person's struggle to come out of the closet. From "Boys Don't Cry" to "Brokeback Mountain," the most common themes have been discrimination and persecution, often with tragic endings....Tags: National Hockey League, Manhattan (New York City), Theater, Family, Sex
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Huntington cleanup of private property increases
deborah.morris@newsday.comThe properties are scattered throughout the Town of Huntington, from Cold Spring Harbor to the edge of the town portion of Commack: Neighborhood eyesores, their yards strewn with abandoned toys, old lawn mowers, debris and waist-high grass. Pools are left...Tags: Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island
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TOWN HALL AGENDAS: HUNTINGTON
HUNTINGTON Unless specified, meetings are at town hall, 100 Main St. TOWN BOARD 7 p.m. Tuesday PLANNING BOARD 7:30 p.m. Wednesday ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 6 p.m. Thursday Commack: Michael and Marjorie Grignon request to legalize a carport...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Dining and Drinking
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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: Veterans Day, Republic Airport, People, Veterans Affairs, Defense
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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, Police Investigations, Long Island, Ku Klux Klan, Police
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