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Beginnings: There wouldn't be a Huntington Station if the Long Island Rail Road hadn't built a Huntington station. In 1867, the railroad extended its tracks to the hills south of Huntington and built a depot. The hamlet was originally called Fairground – after a racetrack a mile from the station. So when a post office was established in the railroad station on July 24, 1890, it was called Fairground. But in 1912 the name of the post office and the community was changed to Huntington Station.
Photo: 2008 photo of Bethel A.M.E. church in Huntington. The church is the oldest African American church in town, and one of two A.M.E. churches still holding services on the North Shore. A cou...
Photo: 2008 photo of Bethel A.M.E. church in Huntington. The church is the oldest African American church in town, and one of two A.M.E. churches still holding services on the North Shore. A cou...
Beginnings: There wouldn't be a Huntington Station if the Long Island Rail Road hadn't built a Huntington station. In 1867, the railroad extended its tracks to the hills south of Huntington and built a depot. The hamlet was originally called Fairground – after a racetrack a mile from the station. So when a post office was established in the railroad station on July 24, 1890, it was called Fairground. But in 1912 the name of the post office and the community was changed to Huntington Station.
Photo: 2008 photo of Bethel A.M.E. church in Huntington. The church is the oldest African American church in town, and one of two A.M.E. churches still holding services on the North Shore. A couple of years ago they moved from its spot in front of Huntington Hospital to a store front in Huntington Station, they had hoped to sell the church but because of the churches historic status they could not sell it easily. They are now back in the original building and are hoping the town will buy the church which has two houses on the property, that serve as the parsonage. (Newsday / Alan Raia)
Photo: 2008 photo of Bethel A.M.E. church in Huntington. The church is the oldest African American church in town, and one of two A.M.E. churches still holding services on the North Shore. A couple of years ago they moved from its spot in front of Huntington Hospital to a store front in Huntington Station, they had hoped to sell the church but because of the churches historic status they could not sell it easily. They are now back in the original building and are hoping the town will buy the church which has two houses on the property, that serve as the parsonage. (Newsday / Alan Raia)
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Don Shields
Don Shields,53, of Huntington Station, is an attorney. In 1969 he was a 13-year-old eighth-grader at St. Brigid's School in Westbury. His father, Gerry Shields, now deceased, was a methods engineer at Grumman. I followed the Mercury, Gemini and...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Space Programs, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., United States
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Wedding:
Berberich-Talleur Diane Berberich and Jeremy Talleur were married Feb. 28 at Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church in Huntington Station. The reception was at the Thatched Cottage in Centerport. She is a home care administrative assistant for O'Connell,...Tags: C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, SUNY Empire State College
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Veterinary medicine makes strides along with human care
delthia.ricks@newsday.comJust for an instant, Mack appeared dead. The muscular 15-month-old German shepherd with a baritone bark had broken loose from his leash while on a walk, darted onto 10th Avenue in Huntington Station and was struck by an oncoming car. Then, he rose...Tags: Physical Fitness, Medical Specialization, Animals, Medicines, Health Treatments
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Summer of '69: A nation at war
martin.evans@newsday.comBy the summer of 1969, America's role in the war in Vietnam was more than a decade old. Before American involvement ended in 1973, the war would touch nearly every Long Island community, from the western suburbs to farming and fishing towns on the East...Tags: Family, Symptoms, John Lennon, Central Islip, Employees
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Assembly gives first passage to Cuomo initiative bill
Spin CycleAfter two hours of debate, the State Assembly today passed a local-government consolidation bill backed by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, James T. Madore reports. The measure has sparked controversy. Volunteer firefighters, mayors and special district...Tags: Merrick, Lynbrook, Long Beach (Nassau, New York), East Islip, Oakdale
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Melville man sentenced in fatal shooting
jennifer.kelleher@newsday.comA man who shot two men within two hours in July 2007 - killing one - was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison for second-degree murder and weapon possession Tuesday in Riverhead. Last August, James McArthur, 22, of Melville, had just been released...Tags: Crimes, Gang Activity, Prisons, Murder, Punishment
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South Huntington rethinking plan for bus repairs
deborah.morris@newsday.comA public outcry has South Huntington School District officials rethinking plans to build a facility on the grounds of the West Hills Road alternative high school and teen center that would be used temporarily to repair buses. District spokesman Steve...Tags: South Huntington, High Schools, West Hills (Huntington, New York), Schools, Long Island
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Iced coffee spots on Long Island
pat.burson@newsday.comAs the Bay Shore-based publisher of coffeeandteanewsletter.com, Lynda Calimano has sampled coffees and teas from around the world. Great iced coffee, she says, starts with great coffee beans. "If you put ice in bad coffee, you're just going to get cold,...Tags: Park Slope, Dining and Drinking, Distilling and Brewing Industry, North Fork, Long Island
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Fans receive Mickelson with Open heart
caitlin.strang@newsday.comAudrey Sweeney and her boyfriend Daryl Holzman expected Phil Mickelson to receive his standard fever pitch of fan support at this week's U.S. Open, but it wasn't until the drive over to Bethpage Black Wednesday that they realized the magnitude of the...Tags: U.S. Open Tennis, Middletown, Diseases, Phil Mickelson, Idaho
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Scouts help honor the U.S. flag
lidesk@newsday.comSteven Marchessault, a junior at Half Hollow Hills High School East, carefully cut the American flag into small pieces using scissors. Next, he placed the remnants into a fire until nothing was left. Don't be alarmed; it's standard procedure according to...Tags: South Huntington, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Symptoms, World War II (1939-1945), United States
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Jewelers expand to mall store with personal touch
keiko.morris@newsday.comThe economic downturn has dealt several blows to the jewelry industry's national players, but today's financial climate has offered Maria and Richard Reitano a chance to expand. The owners of Marie Richards Jewelers are opening a second location in the...Tags: Walt Whitman, Heavy Engineering
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Group seeks witnesses to Brentwood teen's shooting
daniel.harding@newsday.com carl.macgowan@newsday.comAs a Brentwood teenager fought for his life Thursday, days after being shot in the head, a national law enforcement group called on witnesses to the unsolved shooting to come forward. Wilson Batista Jr., 13, was hit in the eye by a bullet Monday while...Tags: Crimes, Gun Control, Juvenile Delinquency, Personal Weapon Control, Long Island
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