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In the early years of its existence, Islip Town was owned entirely by a handful of wealthy men who ran it like feudal lords and didn't even bother to call a town meeting for a decade after the town was established.
Photo: People walk along the wooded path at the Gardiner County Park, West Islip. (Newsday / Daniel Goodrich )
Photo: People walk along the wooded path at the Gardiner County Park, West Islip. (Newsday / Daniel Goodrich )
In the early years of its existence, Islip Town was owned entirely by a handful of wealthy men who ran it like feudal lords and didn't even bother to call a town meeting for a decade after the town was established.
Photo: People walk along the wooded path at the Gardiner County Park, West Islip. (Newsday / Daniel Goodrich )
Photo: People walk along the wooded path at the Gardiner County Park, West Islip. (Newsday / Daniel Goodrich )
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After Sandy, a stunned Northeast struggles to its feet
In New York and New Jersey, Sandy lived up to its advance billing as a once-in-a-lifetime megastorm, a deadly collision of tropical and arctic forces that hammered the coastline with mountainous waves and winds and swamped lower Manhattan with record...
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FBI arrests man in 'Rebecca' musical finance scheme on Broadway
A Long Island businessman has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding producers of the aborted Broadway musical "Rebecca." Officials with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's office made the announcement early Monday morning. Mark Hotton, a 46-year-old...
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The God Squad: Answering questions on the afterlife
Question: I'm a hospice nurse, and I often find that my patients of the Jewish faith don't believe in an afterlife. In a recent newspaper article, a rabbi answering the question, "How would you explain death to a preschooler?" made no mention of an...Tags: Old Bethpage, Bethpage, Philosophy, Long Island, Religion and Belief
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$20,000 Reward For Puppy Thrown From Moving Car On Long Island
Police on Long Island are looking for the heartless person who threw a puppy from a moving car along a parkway this past weekend.
According to Suffolk County Police, the incident happened sometime during the after of August 11 on the Pilgrim...Tags: Suffolk County Police, Long Island
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Divers Find Body Of Missing Boater Involved In Crash Off Long Island Saturday
Staff ReporterIt took more than eight hours but they finally found him. A Suffolk County police diver found the body of Christopher Mannino, 39, of West Islip, Saturday afternoon in the Great South Bay. He was discovered about 1:30 p.m., after he was thrown from a...Tags: Entertainment, Hatteras, Radio, Great South Bay, Robert Moses
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Puppy Survives Being Thrown from Moving Car
LONG ISLAND, NY -- Police are looking for those responsible for throwing a puppy from a moving car along a parkway this past weekend.
According to Suffolk County Police, the incident happened sometime during the afternoon of August 11 on the Pilgrim...Tags: Suffolk County Police, Suffolk County (New York), Long Island, Brentwood (Islip, New York)
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Long Island House Explosion Kills Baby, Injures at least 14 Others
pix11.com | @texas_peepA house explosion on Long Island Tuesday has killed a baby and hospitalized at least fourteen others. The baby, an 18-month-old boy, was rushed to the hospital, but died shortly after, according to reports. Seven people - six adults and the baby - were...Tags: Suffolk County Police, Stony Brook University, Disasters and Accidents, Bay Shore, Injuries and Wounds
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News of the Weird: New frontiers of heartlessness
Debbie Stevens, 47, filed a claim before the New York Human Rights commission in April alleging that she was fired in November by Ms. Jackie Brucia, a controller of the Atlantic Automotive Group of West Islip, N.Y., after Stevens failed to recover quickly...
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Little Boy, 4, Dies From Injuries In 3-Car Crash
pix11.comMembers of a grief-stricken family can hardly believe what has happened to one of their own. They had him for just four years, and now he's gone. Suffolk County Police say a three-car crash sent little Finn Egan, his mother and his aunt to the hospital...Tags: Suffolk County Police, Health, Motorvehicle Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics
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Recent High School Graduate Killed In Suspected DUI Crash
A Long Island man was arrested after he crashed his vehicle behind another, prompting a chain reaction that caused the car to overturn and hit a utility pole killing the driver.
According to authorities, 31-year-old Michael Grasing was under the...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Accidental Death, Long Island, Transportation Accidents
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Colleen Kane on girls basketball blog | Young's Harper displays confidence; McDonald's Shootout pairings are out
Young junior Linnae Harper was as confident as you might expect a third-year starter on the state's second-ranked team to be.
At the Dolphins' practice last Tuesday before their opener against Crane, the 5-foot-7 guard made it clear that she sees herself...Tags: Willowbrook, Under Armour Inc., ESPN (tv network)
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LI Man Arrested For DWI Crash That Seriously Injured Woman
Police arrested a man Tuesday for driving while intoxicated after he was involved in a three-car crash in Lindenhurst, which left one woman seriously injured.
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