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Beginnings: In the summer of 1841, Edgar Fenn Peck, a wealthy New York doctor who had just moved to Smithtown, began the first serious exploration of the virtual wilderness of what is now Central Islip. A year later, the Long Island Rail Road arrived at what was called Suffolk Station, and the adjacent Central Islip was effectively born. For three decades, Suffolk Station depot was a rail and stagecoach center, and most of the early arrivals were of English descent or birth.
Photo: Central Islip Business Section from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909
Photo: Central Islip Business Section from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909
Beginnings: In the summer of 1841, Edgar Fenn Peck, a wealthy New York doctor who had just moved to Smithtown, began the first serious exploration of the virtual wilderness of what is now Central Islip. A year later, the Long Island Rail Road arrived at what was called Suffolk Station, and the adjacent Central Islip was effectively born. For three decades, Suffolk Station depot was a rail and stagecoach center, and most of the early arrivals were of English descent or birth.
Photo: Central Islip Business Section from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909
Photo: Central Islip Business Section from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909
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Alert: Late blight disease found on LI tomatoes
Special to NewsdayIf you're growing tomatoes, potatoes or nightshade this year, be on the lookout for late blight disease - a fungus that causes white-mold-encircled gray spots on leaves, blackened stems, wilting and death. The same disease that caused the Irish Potato...Tags: Homes, Pennsylvania, Long Island, New York, Tomatoes
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Man charged in robbery of East Northport market
john.valenti@newsday.comAn East Northport man walked into a supermarket Sunday, took money from the cash register, threatened an employee with a knife - and ended up in jail, police said Monday. Alan Lepre, 46, of 546 5th St., was arrested about a half-hour after he robbed...Tags: Theft, Crimes
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Social worker charged with endangerment for sex ad
jennifer.kelleher@newsday.comA Hauppauge social worker has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child for posting a sexually suggestive ad on Craigslist directing callers to her neighbor's home, Suffolk prosecutors said. The point of the ad was to get revenge for a dispute...Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Craigslist, Inc., Lawyers
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In shadow of Lady Liberty, 7 in military become citizens
Special to NewsdayIt was a rite of passage -- U.S. citizenship -- for seven members of the U.S. Armed Forces who offered the ultimate sacrifice to defend and die for their country without being citizens. Yesterday, with Lady Liberty in the background, they all took the...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Armed Forces, Defense, United States, New York
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Cops: Teen bike rider hurt in DWI crash in Manorville
bill.mason@newsday.comA teenage bicyclist was hospitalized after he collided Thursday with an SUV whose driver was drunk, police said. The 14-year-old boy was transported to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition, police said....Tags: Transportation Accidents
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NY mom arraigned in `phony Craigslist post'
Prosecutors have added a child endangerment charge against a Long Island mother accused of posting a suggestive Craigslist ad to target a 9-year-old girl. Margery Tannenbaum of Hauppauge (HAW'-pawg) was freed without bail after her arraignment...Tags: Prosecution, Long Island, Craigslist, Inc., Trials
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Web site makes saying 'sorry' easy
We have seen some unusual Web sites in recent years, but Allison Skott, of Locust Valley, has come up with one of the most unusual yet. Oops . . . I'm Sorry (Click here to connect.) is getting "a few thousand" hits a day from people across the world,...Tags: Employees, Upper East Side, William Murphy, Trials, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Teen victim's family asks drinkers not to drive
sophia.chang@newsday.com and zachary.dowdy@newsday.comJoe Garramone knows how close he came to becoming the latest fatal statistic after police said he was hit by a drunken driver in a sport utility vehicle while he was biking to a friend's house. "I feel fortunate to even be where I am now," said...Tags: East Patchogue, Vehicles, Drunk Driving, Stony Brook, Patchogue
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Man linked to Tankleff murder charged in theft
zachary.dowdy@newsday.comThe man who former Belle Terre resident Martin Tankleff said bludgeoned Tankleff's parents - a crime for which Tankleff was convicted but later freed - was charged Thursday with a petty crime: stealing a PlayStation 2 console. Joseph Creedon, 50, of 4...Tags: Theft, Prosecution, Justice System, Martin Tankleff, Trials
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Cops: Hauppauge woman's online ad targeted child
jennifer.kelleher@newsday.comA Hauppauge social worker has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child for posting a sexually suggestive ad on Craigslist directing callers to the home of a 9-year-old girl, Suffolk prosecutors said. The point of the ad was to get revenge for...Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Craigslist, Inc., Crimes, Court Administration
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New Hyde Park bar owner gets 12 years in arson plot
zachary.dowdy@newsday.comA New Hyde Park bar owner was sentenced to 15 years in prison for masterminding a plot to set a card shop ablaze because its owner complained about the bar's noise and underage drinking. Carmine Graziano, who owned the former Copperfield's Pub on Jericho...Tags: Prosecution, Arson, Bars and Clubs, Symptoms, Dining and Drinking
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Despite belt-tightening, July 4th fireworks blast off
dave.marcus@newsday.comWhile local governments and private groups are cutting back on everything from health care to pool lifeguards, one expense has mostly been spared - Independence Day fireworks. Firework displays this weekend will go on as planned at most places, including...Tags: Montauk, Connecticut, Local Authority, Verizon Communications, Long Island
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