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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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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: AIDS, Dwayne Johnson, SUNY Farmingdale, Manhattan (New York City), Copiague
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Cops: Suffolk driver's license suspended 50 times
NewsdayOne day after Nassau County police arrested a man whose license had been suspended 201 times, Suffolk County police arrested a Bay Shore man with 50 suspensions on his license. Louis Newman, 52, of 100 Queen St., was arrested and charged with first-...Tags: Prosecution, Punishment, Bay Shore, Central Islip, Police Arrests
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Police ID victims in fatal Deer Park crash
NewsdayA head-on collision in Deer Park that killed two men and critically injured a mother and child "rips the heart" out of the victims' close-knit communities in Brentwood and Smithtown, friends and neighbors said Saturday. Robert Fattibene, 53, of...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, Stony Brook University
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BRIEF: West Babylon man stabs brother to death, police say
NewsdayA West Babylon man was arrested on Saturday after Suffolk County police said he fatally stabbed his brother in the home they shared. Police said John Beaumont, 54, called them at 5:33 p.m. to report that he had stabbed his brother during an argument....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Central Islip, West Babylon
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Police ID 2 men killed, 2 injured in Deer Park crash
NewsdaySuffolk County police Saturday morning released the identities of the two men killed and the mother and child critically injured in a head-on crash Friday evening in Deer Park. Robert Fattibene, 53, of Grandview Lane in Smithtown, and Herver Leonel...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Commack, Transportation Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, Accidental Death
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Islip board chooses airport consultant
NewsdayThe Islip Town Board Tuesday approved a $30,000 contract with an Indiana aviation firm to launch a new public relations agenda for Long Island MacArthur Airport. Four of the board's five members voted for the six-month, $5,000 monthly contract with...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, MacArthur Airport, Atlantique
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BRIEF: Way to Go: Jacqueline Izzo, W. Babylon
NewsdayJacqueline Izzo is an award winner for her volunteerism, and all she can think about is how to add to those efforts. The West Babylon High School senior's community service ranges from volunteering at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip...Tags: Family, West Babylon
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School Notebook: LI mock trial champs
NewsdayWilliam Floyd High School, once again, is the mock trial champ of Long Island. A 15-student team from the Mastic Beach school beat Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Syosset last month to win the 2013 Long Island Regional Championship at the Suffolk County...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Teachers, South Huntington, Northport
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Couples file complaints against Bayville venue to recoup wedding deposits
NewsdayEngaged couples whose waterside wedding plans were upended last week after their Bayville venue shut down said they're committed to recouping their deposits in court. Several met Tuesday with the Nassau County district attorney's office to file...Tags: Bayville, Family, Marriage, American Legion, Weddings
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George Schultz, Patrick O'Brien help Smithtown West beat West Islip
NewsdayYEARS OF FRUSTRATION -- for the Schultz brothers and for Smithtown West -- ended Tuesday night, a night when temperatures dipped into the 40s and fans wore winter jackets and huddled under blankets. But it was all about thrills not chills for the Bulls,...Tags: New York Institute of Technology, Stony Brook University
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School Notebook: State Science Olympiad winner
NewsdayThe Three Village Central School District swept the state level of the 2013 New York State Science Olympiad and will go on to compete nationally next month. Earlier this month, teams from Ward Melville High School and Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School,...Tags: Patchogue, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), YMCA, Hicksville, National Government
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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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