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Amityville Beginnings: When the Carmans family built their mill at Carmans Lane around 1700, the area was known as Huntington West Neck South. Salt hay sprouting from the region's marshy wetlands and harvested for animal feed was the big draw for settlers who carved up the one-time Indian tribal land into small farms.
Photo: The Business Street of Amityville
Photo: The Business Street of Amityville
Amityville Beginnings: When the Carmans family built their mill at Carmans Lane around 1700, the area was known as Huntington West Neck South. Salt hay sprouting from the region's marshy wetlands and harvested for animal feed was the big draw for settlers who carved up the one-time Indian tribal land into small farms.
Photo: The Business Street of Amityville
Photo: The Business Street of Amityville
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Help for travelers who have special requirements
For every traveler who has a special need or interest, there are agencies, Web sites and other resources that can help. YOUTH AFS Intercultural Programs Inc.: It has work, community service and study programs for students 16 and older and young adults....Tags: Boston, Car Guides and Reviews, Buffalo (Erie, New York), Houston, Cruises
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Sources for Niches and Needs
We asked the experts what Web sites, resources and organizations could help travelers who have special needs or who fall into niches. Here are their choices. YOUTH Youth Beat columnist Lucy Izon says these resources are among the best for young budget...Tags: Boston, Sharon, Business Trips, Trumbull, Periodicals
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Nurse, minister Benetia Tekosky-Johnson dies
NewsdayBenetia Tekosky-Johnson, an Amityville nurse and minister who worked with jailed women, died May 9 at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip after surgery complications. She was 62. Her death was confirmed by a sister, Susan Tekosky-Banks of New...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, AIDS, West Islip, Wyandanch, Copiague
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$15.2M Amityville budget up for vote avoids cuts
NewsdayAmityville trustee Nick LaLota has presented the basics of a $15.2 million budget proposal for the coming fiscal year that would avoid service cuts while imposing a 3.45 percent tax-levy increase. The work session, held Wednesday in advance of a board...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Local Government, Budgets and Budgeting
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“Long Island Medium” season 3 recaps for “Homecoming” and “A Medium Surprise”
Channel Guide MagazineShe’s baaack!!! Long Island Medium Theresa Caputo returned for a third season last night with two back-to-back new episodes: “Homecoming” and “A Medium Surprise.” Season 3 of Long Island Medium (TLC Sundays at 9pm ET/PT)... -
'Paranormal Paparazzi' to premiere today on Travel Channel
TV WatchersAaron Sagers has traveled the globe to hunt for ghosts, search for aliens and investigate curses. Now, he’s the host and co-executive producer of “Paranormal Paparazzi,” an entertainment news show premiering Sept. 28 on the Travel... -
A list of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack victims
A list of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack victims from data compiled by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The overall death toll from the attacks stands at 2,977 -- including 2,753 killed as a result of the attacks at the World Trade Center, 184...Tags: Employees, Robert Hughes, Hackettstown, Manhasset, Eastchester
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Man Charged With DWI After Mowing Down Couple, Killing 1
A Long Island man was arrested and charged with DWI after police say he struck two pedestrians, killing one of them in North Amityville.
According to Suffolk County Police, Richard Hughes, 49, of East Islip was driving a 2002 Lincoln Continental along...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Central Islip, Long Island, Murder, Nassau University Medical Center
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'Amityville Horror' House Up For Sale
KTLA NewsAMITYVILLE, N.Y. -- The house made famous in the 1979 film "The Amityville Horror" is up for sale in New York - ghosts not included. The five-bedroom Dutch Colonial, situated in Long Island, was the scene of a grisly multiple murder in 1974 in which...Tags: Entertainment, Long Island, Murder, Buffalo (Erie, New York), Death
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Three Dozen Amityville Middle Schoolers Fall Ill
A mild respiratory virus or possibly strep throat likely sickened 36 Amityville middle school students and three teachers, Suffolk's top health official said this morning. Twenty-five students were sent home Thursday from the Edmund W. Miles Middle...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Education, Medical Procedures and Tests, Schools, Health and Safety at School
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NY first Black commissioner of corrections dies
The Associated PressBenjamin Malcolm, New York City's commissioner of corrections during a turbulent time in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 81. Malcolm's appointment by Mayor John Lindsay as correction head marked New York as the third major American city to have a Black at...Tags: Death, Prisons, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Jimmy Carter, New York University
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