Highlights
Beginnings: When the Long Island Rail Road reached what is now Medford in 1843, it was a flat wilderness of scrub oak and pine, but a good connection for the stagecoach line that ran between Patchogue and Port Jefferson along what was Stage Road (now Route 112). People started coming from miles around to get their mail. The soil was poor for farming, but the woods offered copious lumbering, and there were miles of land to be sold. The railroad held an auction in New York City in 1850 to peddle lots. The O.L. Schwenke Land & Investment Co. bought four square miles, and sold 25-by-100-foot lots for $10 to $75.
Beginnings: When the Long Island Rail Road reached what is now Medford in 1843, it was a flat wilderness of scrub oak and pine, but a good connection for the stagecoach line that ran between Patchogue and Port Jefferson along what was Stage Road (now Route 112). People started coming from miles around to get their mail. The soil was poor for farming, but the woods offered copious lumbering, and there were miles of land to be sold. The railroad held an auction in New York City in 1850 to peddle lots. The O.L. Schwenke Land & Investment Co. bought four square miles, and sold 25-by-100-foot lots for $10 to $75.
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Levy attended night vigil with 'no politicians here...'
Spin CycleAs described in this previous post, Suffolk Executive Steve Levy on Monday sidestepped a question about which services he attended relating to the death of Marcelo Lucero. Today reporter Reid Epstein follows up: Levy spokesman Dan Aug said the......Tags: Public Relations, Marcello Lucero, Patchogue, Steve Levy
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Patchogue-Medford HS meeting aims at healing
jennifer.kelleher@newsday.comThe principal of Patchogue-Medford High School last night asked parents gathered in a crowded auditorium to stand and observe a moment of silence for Marcelo Lucero. "You have taken the first step in joining with us to be partners in resolution,"...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Marcello Lucero, Schools, Family, Patchogue
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State: Patchogue-Medford wrong to force reporter out
joie.tyrrell@newsday.comPatchogue-Medford school district officials should not have forced a Newsday reporter out of a public meeting at the high school Wednesday night, the head of the state's Committee on Open Government said yesterday. Robert J. Freeman, executive director...Tags: High Schools, Assault, Schools, Family, Long Island
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Newsday hate-crime coverage protested
About a dozen people picketed Saturday morning outside the Newsday building in Melville, saying the newspaper has used the alleged hate-crime killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant in Patchogue to advance what they called a liberal agenda.
The...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Patchogue, Newspaper and Magazine, Teen-agers, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Medford teen killed on LIE crash
An 18-year-old Medford woman was killed Thursday when she lost control of her car on a Long Island Expressway service road in Hauppauge, Suffolk police said. Kaitlyn Viola was in her 2000 Hyundai headed west on Express Drive North near Blydenburgh Road...Tags: Stony Brook University, Fires, Vehicles, Schools, Police Investigations
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MEDFORD: Police looking for vacuum cleaner thief
The Suffolk County police are asking the public's help in identifying a man suspected of shoplifting a high-end vacuum cleaner from a Target store, and they have released a security camera photo that shows him exiting the Medford store, vacuum in hand....Tags: Crimes, Police, Theft
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Way to go: Cadet wins Air Force Association award
Nicole Duckham, a senior at Patchogue-Medford High School and a member of NY-093 Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, recently received the Air Force Association Award in recognition of her leadership and academic standing. Duckham is cadet...Tags: Melville, Ethics, Schools, Defense, Patchogue
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Assembly endorsements: Golisano's picks
Spin CycleThe political committee funded by Rochester billionaire Thomas Golisano on Saturday released its endorsements for State Assembly. Many of Long Island???s 21 incumbents received Responsible New York???s nod but not Ginny Fields (D-Oakdale). The committee...Tags: Earlene Hooper, St. James, Harvey Weisenberg, Islip (Suffolk, New York), Great Neck
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Fire districts put private lawyers on public payrolls
sandra.peddie@newsday.com eden.laikin@newsday.comWhen Gordon Heights residents mobilized to fight the high taxes they pay for fire service, they were stunned to discover that the fire district's attorney, William Glass, was on the payroll. They complained that taxpayers in Long Island's most...Tags: Hempstead (Nassau, New York), Labor Legislation, Retirement, Nassau County, Public Employees
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Classrooms without walls
christina.hernandez@newsday.comOn a Friday last month so blustery that umbrellas provided little shelter from the chilling rains, several William Floyd High School students elected to spend the morning outdoors. They sloshed through the mud of the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge...Tags: Clubs and Associations, High Schools, Yaphank, Nature, Schools
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'American Idol' star Kevin Covais sings in Medford
pat.burson@newsday.com"American Idol" alum Kevin Covais, the teen balladeer from Levittown, performed for about 700 students at Tremont Elementary School in Medford Tuesday, in a concert that rewarded the children for helping to raise the most money for a new diabetes center...Tags: Music, Schools, American Idol (tv program), Diseases, Brookhaven (Suffolk, New York)
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Richard J. Powell of Medford
Newsday Staff WriterAir Force Airman 1st Class Richard J. Powell has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, the Defense Department announced Aug. 20. He is the son of Eileen Powell of Fairmont Ave., Medford, and a 2006...Tags: Texas, Defense, Advanced Training, Armed Forces
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