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Beginnings: In the centuries before European settlement, Roosevelt was a part of the great forest separating the Hempstead Plains from the meadows and marshes along the South Shore. After the colonists came, the stagecoach route from Hempstead to Babylon passed through the area, and in the late 1700s some entrepreneurs tried to take advantage of the potential business by building taverns. Thus, the community got its first name - Rum Point. The more genteel Greenwich Point became the community's name about 1830. In 1902, when a post office was established, residents renamed it in honor of the current United States president, fellow Nassau County resident Theodore Roosevelt.
Photo: Icehou...
Photo: Icehou...
Beginnings: In the centuries before European settlement, Roosevelt was a part of the great forest separating the Hempstead Plains from the meadows and marshes along the South Shore. After the colonists came, the stagecoach route from Hempstead to Babylon passed through the area, and in the late 1700s some entrepreneurs tried to take advantage of the potential business by building taverns. Thus, the community got its first name - Rum Point. The more genteel Greenwich Point became the community's name about 1830. In 1902, when a post office was established, residents renamed it in honor of the current United States president, fellow Nassau County resident Theodore Roosevelt.
Photo: Icehouse Lakes, Roosevelt from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909
Photo: Icehouse Lakes, Roosevelt from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909
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John McCain, looking to Teddy Roosevelt
The Swampby Jill Zuckman At his Hidden Valley ranch near Sedona, Ariz., Sen. John McCain takes his guests for long hikes across the creek and up the hill, pointing out species of birds, plants and wildlife, and occasionally serving as medic......Tags: Gardens and Parks, Hunting, Academic Progress, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Tourism and Leisure
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Accidental Dave: "Paranoia" ???
Spin CycleWe took a few jabs at Gov. Paterson for his inaccurate and somewhat pander-ous suggestion to the NAACP yesterday that the media described him as the "accidental governor" based on some racial motivation. The NYSun, however, takes it a......Tags: Executive Branch, Government, New York, Politics, Regional Authority
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Nassau's minority turnout -- Just above '04?
Spin CycleClearly there are still questions to be explored about Election Day results. An example: As Newsday's Celeste Hadrick reports, Nassau election officials are puzzled over a relatively low turnout in minority communities on Election Day -- despite the...Tags: Referenda, Kemp Hannon, Freeport, Voting, Parliament
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For Bushes, 'careful' giving this Christmas
The Swampby Frank James First Lady Laura Bush had the media in the residence part of the White House today to show off the holiday decorations, discuss her and President Bush's plans for the holidays, their impending return to Washington......Tags: Laura Bush, Gingerbread Houses, White House, Gardens and Parks, Michelle Obama
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Schumer and Palin: First Friends of the Hunter
Spin CycleBefore this, you would have had a hard time coming up with things that Chuck Schumer and Sarah Palin have in common -- except, maybe, their mutual love of the photo-op. But it turns out they appear together in Field......Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alaska, Sarah Palin, New York, Politics
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Joe Goldstein, classic old-school p.r. man, dead at 81
WatchdogAssuming this isn't some sort of publicity stunt - because that would be just like him - Joe Goldstein died Friday at age 81. It says so here. It figures that he picked a Friday. Everyone in the p.r. business......Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Sports Illustrated, New York City Marathon
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Posing in the rain: Suozzi and the fugitive photo-op
Spin CycleIt was a photo-op in search of a home. This event Monday was meant to promote a program under which 56 trees will be planted at 40 schools in Nassau County. It was first scheduled to be held at a......Tags: South Hempstead, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Murray is the anchor, but plot adrift in 'Hyde Park on Hudson' ★★
The music’s the best thing about the peculiar, demurely prurient “Hyde Park on Hudson,” starring Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Laura Linney as his spinster fifth cousin, Daisy Suckley. Setting the scene, and the mood,...
Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, World War II (1939-1945), PG Rated Movies, Olivia Williams, Movies
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President Congeniality talks tough
WASHINGTON -- "I'm a pretty friendly guy," President Obama said near the end of his White House news conference Monday afternoon. The claim might have been a touch more plausible if he hadn't spent the bulk of the previous hour demonstrating just how...
Tags: White House, CBS Corp., Republican Party, NBC (tv network), Elections
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Basketball: Wednesday's scores
Varsity Times InsiderBOYS' BASKETBALL NONLEAGUE Aliso Niguel 46, Snoqualmie (Wash.) Mount Si 43 Brea Olinda 76, Poway 63 El Dorado 53, Chula Vista Otay Ranch 40 Irvine University 87, San Francisco Lincoln 78 Murrieta Valley 47, El Modena 45 Servite 66, South...... -
Boys' basketball: Juniors spark Palisades to win in Oaks Christian tourney
Varsity Times InsiderJuniors Louis Kurihara and Aaron Johnson contributed 17 and 14 points, respectively, as Palisades knocked off Sacramento, 68-48, in a first-round game of the Oaks Christian tournament. The Dolphins will play Royal in the 4 p.m. quarterfinals. Royal (10-2)... -
Telemundo casting for its new talent competition show “Yo Me Llamo”
Channel Guide MagazineTelemundo has launched its first national casting call for the international TV hit Yo Me Llamo (My Name Is) across five top Hispanic markets. Casting calls will be held from July 7 to July 23 in the markets listed below. Yo Me Llamo asks contestants to...
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