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Beginnings: There were only a few farmhouses in the area north of East Islip as the 19th Century ended. In 1914, as World War I began, Andrew Wolpert Sr., a Bavarian native who had been a real estate agent in New York City, and his three sons began building houses in the woods between East Islip and Central Islip State Hospital. The Wolperts wanted to attract people of German origin, according to historians. The place was known as Germantown, but the war brought pressures to change the name of the community. Many people who moved there worked in the state hospital.
Beginnings: There were only a few farmhouses in the area north of East Islip as the 19th Century ended. In 1914, as World War I began, Andrew Wolpert Sr., a Bavarian native who had been a real estate agent in New York City, and his three sons began building houses in the woods between East Islip and Central Islip State Hospital. The Wolperts wanted to attract people of German origin, according to historians. The place was known as Germantown, but the war brought pressures to change the name of the community. Many people who moved there worked in the state hospital.
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Friends remember Islip Terrace student fatally shot
sophia.chang@newsday.comIn the moments before she was fatally shot in the face, Danielle Calabrese stood with a group of friends on a Brentwood sidewalk in the warm autumn air Friday night, making plans to go out, police and friends said yesterday. Around 10:45 p.m.,...Tags: Islip, Police, Murder, Islip, Bay Shore
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POLICE BEAT
Reports from county or village police, Sept. 28-Oct. 4. Bayport A wallet was stolen from a car Sept. 30 on Barret Avenue. Bohemia Items were stolen from an automobile Sept. 29 that was parked on Kenwood Drive. Two leaf blowers and other landscaping...Tags: Police, Vehicles, Islip, Theft, Automotive Equipment
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WINNERS
Sister Patricia Griffith Executive director Sister Patricia Griffith, executive director of Islip Terrace-based Mercy Haven, has been inducted into the Suffolk County Women's Hall of Fame. Griffith, of Ronkonkoma, helps to provide housing for formerly...Tags: National Government, Social Sciences, Long Island, Islip, Patchogue
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Police seek tips in auto vandalism
bill.mason@newsday.comWindows were damaged in more than 50 vehicles this week in Islip and Islip Terrace, Suffolk police said Friday. All the reported incidents happened between Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning, police said. Third Precinct Crime Section officers...Tags: Vehicles, Islip
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Readers share experiences on "legacy" college students
steve.parks@newsday.comWhen we were visiting colleges with our daughter, Rachel, a student tour guide escorted us through a dorm. It was coed. We were introduced to the girls residing in room 408 - one from Rachel's native state, New York, and the other from my wife's and mine,...Tags: Maryland, Teaching and Learning, College Park, Islip, Schools
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Celebrations
Braddock-Owens Meredith Braddock and Lee Owens were married Aug. 16 at Vineyard Caterers in Aquebogue, with a reception following. She is a social worker and the daughter of JoAnn and Warren Braddock of Hampton Bays. The bridegroom is an account...Tags: North Babylon, Melville, West Hempstead, Huntington Station, C.W. Post Campus
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ELECTION 2008: The presidential debate: What YOU think
Did Friday night's debate leave you more confident or less confident that one of these candidates will inherit the nation's financial mess? Which of the candidates stated his case the best - and why? Jessica Smith, 25, of St. James, assistant golf pro...Tags: Henry Paulson, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Islip, Warren Buffett, Political Candidates
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When your child attends your alma mater
steve.parks@newsday.comWhen we were visiting colleges with our daughter, Rachel, a student tour guide escorted us through a dorm. It was coed. We were introduced to the girls residing in room 408 -- one from Rachel's native state, New York, and the other from my wife's and...Tags: Maryland, Teaching and Learning, College Park, Islip, Schools
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Arrest in hit-run of Islip Terrace boy
keith.herbert@newsday.com; Staff writer Zachary R. Dowdy contributed to this story.Chasing down a dozen tips in a June hit-and-run that injured a young boy sent Suffolk County detectives from New Hyde Park to the Hamptons. One of those tips paid off, leading investigators to a Central Islip man, who was arraigned Friday in connection...Tags: Central Islip, Islip, Police, Suffolk County (New York), Vehicles
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Central Islip man charged in hit-run that injured boy
bill.mason@newsday.comA Central Islip man was arrested Thursday and charged in the June hit-and-run of a 11-year-old boy who, according to his mother, still faces a many months of physical therapy toward recovery. Efrain Bermudez, 19, of Cranberry Street, Central Islip, was...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Central Islip, Islip, Therapies, Vehicles
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Hit-and-run suspect nabbed
keith.herbert@newsday.comChasing down a dozen tips in a June hit-and-run that injured a young boy sent Suffolk County detectives from New Hyde Park to the Hamptons. One of those tips paid off, leading investigators to a Central Islip man who was arraigned Friday in connection...Tags: Police, Central Islip, Long Island, Transportation, Vehicles
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Islip
Reports from county or village police, Aug. 31-Sept. 6. Bay Shore A resident on Shore Lane told police his golf bag and clubs and a gym bag were stolen when he left them in front of his house Sept. 1. A 1997 Honda Civic was stolen Sept. 2 on Manatuck...Tags: Central Islip, Police, Heavy Engineering, Grand Boulevard, Vehicles
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