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It was nicknamed Milltown because of the many mills -- gristmills, sawmills, paper, wool, cotton mills -- that operated on Patchogue waterways from as early as 1750. The village's permanent name may have derived from Pochaug or Paushag, which were the early settlers' interpretation of the name of Indians who lived in the vicinity.
It was nicknamed Milltown because of the many mills -- gristmills, sawmills, paper, wool, cotton mills -- that operated on Patchogue waterways from as early as 1750. The village's permanent name may have derived from Pochaug or Paushag, which were the early settlers' interpretation of the name of Indians who lived in the vicinity.
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Patchogue meeting to air alleged bias attacks
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is supporting a Long Island pastor's efforts at community reconciliation following the Marcelo Lucero killing. The Nobel Peace Prize winner told the Rev. Dwight Lee Wolter that making the Congregational Church of Patchogue a haven...Tags: Long Island, Desmond Tutu, Church and State Relations, Assault, Marcello Lucero
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Police: Youths harass Hispanic men in Patchogue
mitchell.freedman@newsday.comIn the latest incident police are calling a hate crime, a group of eight youths in Patchogue shouted ethnic slurs at two Hispanic men coming out of a restaurant on East Main Street, then pushed one of them, police said. The incident was quickly broken up...Tags: Reformed, Steve Levy, Police, Allan B. Ramirez, Minority Groups
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Man says two charged in Patchogue slaying attacked him
laura.rivera@newsday.comSuffolk police are investigating the claim of an Ecuadorean man who says he was attacked in Patchogue a year ago by a group that included two of the seven teens indicted in connection with the assault and slaying of Marcelo Lucero. Luis Mario Piña...Tags: Government, Justice System, Witnesses, Police, Jeffrey Conroy
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Another cabbie fatally shot
patrick.whittle@newsday.comFor the second time in four days, a Long Island cabdriver has been shot and killed on the job. The driver, John Attrino, 53, of Shirley, was shot in the torso just before 3 a.m. yesterday at the Long Island Rail Road train station in Shirley, said...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Long Island, Murder, Police, Coach Incorporated
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After shake-up, Hispanic officer to head Fifth Precinct
zachary.dowdy@newsIn a shake-up in the wake of attacks on Hispanic men in Patchogue, today the highest-ranking Hispanic officer in the Suffolk County Police Department takes the reins as head of the Fifth Precinct. The Patchogue-based unit has come under intense...Tags: Police, Academic Progress, Minority Groups, Law Enforcement, Murder
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Sending a message
Whatever it takes to heal the wounds of Marcelo Lucero's murder, that's what we should all be seeking. And Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer has taken a positive - and suitably symbolic - step by appointing the highest-ranking Hispanic...Tags: Assault, Marcello Lucero, Murder, Police, Suffolk County Police
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Southampton Hospital affiliates with Stony Brook U. Medical Center
ridgely.ochs@newsday.comSouthampton Hospital has become the third East End hospital to affiliate with Stony Brook University Medical Center, fulfilling a state mandate and giving the community hospital expanded services. "We see Stony Brook as a resource to the community and...Tags: Peconic Bay, Manhattan (New York City), Southampton (Southampton, New York), Long Island, New York
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Latino group says NY county biased
Associated Press WriterA national organization that advocates for Hispanics claimed Tuesday that the Long Island police department that investigated the killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant, allegedly targeted because of his ethnicity, fails to adequately investigate crimes...Tags: Long Island, Police, Court Preliminary, Minority Groups, Law Enforcement
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Police reports of Patchogue's fatal night seem sketchy
joye.brown@newsday.comTwo small boxes say it all. On the day Marcelo Lucero was stabbed to death, a Suffolk County police officer responded to two separate reports of three white males wreaking havoc in Patchogue. On both initial reports that morning, an officer concluded...Tags: Law Enforcement, Marcello Lucero, Police, Teen-agers, People
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Civil rights leaders denounce Levy, media after slaying
juliann.vachon@newsday.comWASHINGTON - Prompted by the killing of a Latino immigrant in Patchogue, civil rights leaders denounced Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy - along with other politicians and the news media - yesterday for cultivating what they characterized as an...Tags: Government, Steve Levy, Human Rights, Justice and Rights, NAACP
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Civil rights groups denounce 'immigrant bashing'
Special to NewsdayPrompted by the murder of a Latino immigrant in Patchogue, civil rights leaders gathered Monday in Washington, D.C., and denounced Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, other political leaders and media outlets for fostering intolerance through...Tags: Steve Levy, Justice and Rights, Jeffrey Conroy, Civil Rights, Local Elections
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