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The first white men known to have seen Northport were Dutch sailors exploring the Long Island coast in 1650. The harbor has continued to play a pivotal role in local history ever since.
The first white men known to have seen Northport were Dutch sailors exploring the Long Island coast in 1650. The harbor has continued to play a pivotal role in local history ever since.
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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: Crimes, Kohl's Corporation, Huntington Station, Centerport, Melville
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Long Island's unique toy stores
beth.whitehouse@newsday.comOpen the doors of Funky Monkey in Greenvale, and it's like you've walked into a mini-FAO Schwarz without the schlep to Manhattan. There's a colorful tower shelf that's crammed with plush animals. A cutout of a blue monkey dangles from the ceiling....Tags: Toy Industry, Toys, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Long Island, Usher
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People on the move, Dec. 1
peopleonthemove@newsday.comBENEFITS Susan Sajiun-Fitzharris has been named vice president of employee benefits at United Benefit Consulting in Smithtown. Saijiun-Fitzharris, of St. James, has more than 22 years of insurance and employee benefit experience. She was formerly...Tags: Government, Oklahoma, Five Towns College, Oklahoma City, Medical Services
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3 more no-discharge zones named
Cold Spring Harbor, Oyster Bay and Hempstead Harbor have been designated federal no-discharge zones where boaters cannot pump even treated sewage overboard. The Environmental Protection Agency approved the designations Nov. 6. The three harbors join nine...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New York, Hempstead Harbor, Environmental Politics, Peconic Bay
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HUNTINGTON: Zoning board OKs 90-foot cell tower
The Huntington Zoning Board of Appeals approved a 90-foot cell antenna tower on the property of the East Northport Jewish Center, 328 Elwood Rd. In a two-hour hearing in September, neighbors spoke out against the tower. Verizon experts said the tower...Tags: Elwood (Huntington, New York), Interior Policy, Housing and Urban Planning, Verizon Communications, East Northport
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Giving thanks for plants, more
Thanksgiving fast approaches, and as usual, I'm thankful for a decision I made 13 years ago - the decision to write this column. I'm thankful for the people, the plants, the places and all the blessings of the good earth. Here are some of them. The...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Breast Cancer, Wisconsin, Long Island
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People on the move, Nov. 24
MUSEUMS Michelle LaPorte has been named coordinator of public programs at The Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington. The St. James resident is professor of flute and coordinator of woodwind studies at Five Towns College in Dix Hills and an adjunct...Tags: Government, Oklahoma, Five Towns College, Melville, Oklahoma City
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Stony Brook transformed: a campus painted with plants
As an undergraduate more years ago than I would like to count, I attended Boston University, aka BU, or as we not so affectionately called it, Big and Ugly - an uninspired landscape of concrete and trolley cars relieved by little more than urban street...Tags: Metal and Mineral, John Milton, Central Park, Boxing, Stony Brook University
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Huntington civic leader Ladis Bonchonsky dies at 86
Ladis Bonchonsky, a civic leader who focused her life on improving the beauty of the Town of Huntington and on the successes of her family, left lasting impressions for her family and her community. She died Nov. 8 at the age of 86. She was...Tags: Centerport, St. Charles, Death and Dying, Wisconsin, Greenpoint
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Assembly incumbents sweeping election
celeste.hadrick@newsday.comWith no open seats from Long Island in the state Assembly, incumbents were sweeping Tuesday's election regardless of party. The greatest chance for an upset had appeared to be Nassau's 17th District, where incumbent Republican Thomas McKevitt of East...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Harvey Weisenberg, Huntington Station, Oakdale
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New leader at Northport anti-poverty club
deborah.morris@newsday.comNorthport High School's anti-poverty club, Students for 60,000, recently got a new adviser -- and she hit the ground running. The school year was already under way, with students in the throes of organizing the year's events, when Lisa Flanagan was named...Tags: John Flanagan, Smithtown (Smithtown, New York), Peter White, High Schools, Halloween
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