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Beginnings: Because it was situated midway between Aquebogue and Mattituck on the North Fork, Laurel was known for many years as Middle District. When Riverhead Town split from Southold in 1792, the new border ran through the little farming community, dividing it in half. Middle District later became Franklinville some time before residents formed their own Presbyterian church in 1831, and finally Franklinville became Laurel in 1890. The substitution may have been inspired by the area's abundance of laurel trees and bushes.
Beginnings: Because it was situated midway between Aquebogue and Mattituck on the North Fork, Laurel was known for many years as Middle District. When Riverhead Town split from Southold in 1792, the new border ran through the little farming community, dividing it in half. Middle District later became Franklinville some time before residents formed their own Presbyterian church in 1831, and finally Franklinville became Laurel in 1890. The substitution may have been inspired by the area's abundance of laurel trees and bushes.
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Thanksgiving with the Hatfields
Los Angeles TimesEven professional chefs get the Thanksgiving Day jitters. Just ask Quinn and Karen Hatfield, the couple who own Hatfield's restaurant (he's the chef, she's the pastry chef) and the recently opened Sycamore Kitchen. "I feel like I forget how to cook a...Tags: Turkey (animal), Restaurants, Thanksgiving, Mushrooms, Dining and Drinking
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Cruises: Drinking in the ambience aboard Rotterdam VI
Rarely has a city been as in love with a shipping company as Rotterdam, Netherlands, is with the Holland America line.
So July 3, when the 1997 Rotterdam VI left the Netherlands' second-largest city for New York City, the Dutch turned out in force to...Tags: Music, Sailing, Petroleum Industry, Travel, Statue of Liberty
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In Rotation: Carole King's 'The Legendary Demos'
Pop & HissSongwriter Carole King has collected her classic demo recordings onto "The Legendary Demos." Times pop music critic Randall Roberts says it's an essential document.... -
Runway Rundown: Billy Reid spring 2012
All The RageBilly Reid presented his men's and women's spring 2012 collection during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 9, 2011. The collection was inspired by "the revival of the American songwriter" and referenced the lost days of the bohemian artists living in... -
'The Vietnam War: A Graphic History' by Dwight Jon Zimmerman and Wayne Vansant
The Vietnam War still drags at us. Unlike the Civil War or World War II, we haven't figured out how to catalog it and put it away. It eludes definition; historians can't even make up their minds when it began and ended.
That lack of definition, suggests...Tags: Sociology, History, Apocalypse Now (movie), Arts and Culture, Wars and Interventions
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New York's Erie Canal by boat
Special to the Los Angeles Times"Now I know what's meant by 'steering committee,'" the lock tender said with a laugh as the water, rushing through the sluice gates of Erie Canal Lock 32, raised us to his level. Karin was at the tiller of Seneca, our 42-foot charter boat, and I had my...Tags: Restaurants, Music, Foods and Beverages, Lakes and Ponds, Travel
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Two L.A. designers are inspired by their city
All The RageDesigners Emily Jerome, of the contemporary women's line Jerome, and Alex Israel, creator of Freeway eyewear, showed their fall 2011 collections to a crowd of fashion-savvy socials at the Soho House in West Hollywood on Monday night. Though the designers.... -
Juicy Couture channels Laurel Canyon in its spring 2011 ad campaign
All The RageWeâll be seeing quite a few ad campaigns shot in and inspired by the L.A landscape and its history come spring. As we mentioned recently, J Crew shot its entire spring catalog at various L.A landmarks and styled its wares...... -
'The Cave Man' by Xiaoda Xiao
The Cave Man
A Novel
Xiaoda Xiao
Two Dollar Radio: 184 pp., $15.50 paper
When it comes to prison literature, China remains a great enigma. Whereas the Soviet Union gave us Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- whose books note the bizarre soul-searching and self-...Tags: Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Landforms, Wars and Interventions, Prisons
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'The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story' by Hanan al-Shaykh
When we read about the Arabic world today, we see it most often through the prism of headlines, which wash out complexity as bright light washes color from a photograph. On those rare occasions, then, when a vital novel about the lives of Arabic...Tags: Death, Children, Family, Marriage
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'The Jewel of Medina' by Sherry Jones
Special to The Times"THE JEWEL of Medina," a novel by journalist Sherry Jones, was originally to be published in August. But Random House decided to drop this historical romance about A'isha, the child bride of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, after an alarm was sounded by an...Tags: Politics, University of Texas at Austin, Death, Romance (genre), Islam
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'Skyscrapers of the Midwest' by Joshua W. Cotter
Skyscrapers of the Midwest
Joshua W. Cotter
AdHouse Books: 282 pp., $19.95
"Skyscrapers of the Midwest," long awaited by fans on the indie comic circuit, is a collection of floppies (comic-speak for comic books) that Joshua W. Cotter eked out over...Tags: Christianity, Eyewear, Protestantism, Death, Book
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