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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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Assembly endorsements: Golisano's picks
Spin CycleThe political committee funded by Rochester billionaire Thomas Golisano on Saturday released its endorsements for State Assembly. Many of Long Island???s 21 incumbents received Responsible New York???s nod but not Ginny Fields (D-Oakdale). The committee...Tags: Great Neck, Long Beach (Nassau, New York), Earlene Hooper, Long Island, New York
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Ex. Sen. Trunzo's Islip GOP leadership challenged
Spin CycleRepublican chairman Caesar Trunzo -- unseated from the Senate in November -- is uncertain about his future as party leader, but 21st Century Republicans, a maverick GOP group in Islip, is moving ahead without him. Rick Brand writes: The......Tags: Sayville, Election Day, Bars and Clubs, National Government, Republican Party
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Ex-Suffolk official a new top Paterson aide
Spin CycleLawrence Schwartz, a onetime top aide under Suffolk County Executive Pat Halpin, is joining Gov. David Paterson's office as a $178,000-a -year first deputy secretary, reporting directly to the Governor and another Long Islander, William Cunningham, who is...Tags: Primaries, David Paterson, Brightwaters, Long Island, Politics
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Suffolk lawmaker's fatty shocker is ana-comically correct
Spin CycleIt started as a debate on banning trans-fats at chain restaurants, but ended with conservative Republican Legis. Thomas Barraga raising eyebrows and dropping jaws by proposing a new standard for obesity. ???A guy gets in the shower, he looks......Tags: Laws, United States, Bay Shore, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants
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Suffolk's Levy spends a bit to say he spends little
Spin CycleSuffolk County Executive Steve Levy spent $13,540 last week reminding voters in Presiding Officer William Lindsay???s legislative district that Levy is stingy with their tax dollars. The four-page mailer, which went to 29,073 homes, was aimed to rebut an....Tags: Laws, Politics, Mark Smith, Steve Levy
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Suffolk lawmaker asks colleagues to retract pay hikes
Spin CycleOut of Suffolk's legislative nerve center comes this irony-laced dispatch from Reid J. Epstein: In a move that could not possibly have anything to do with the upcoming election, Suffolk Legis. Kate Browning (WF-Shirley) sent a letter to almost......Tags: Public Officials, Local Elections, Republican Party, Government, Wages and Pensions
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Suffolk Legis. Tom Barraga's special interest
Spin CycleSuffolk Legis. Tom Barraga (R-West Islip) made it quite clear today how he feels about the county's labor unions agreeing to concessions like a lag payroll to help bridge the county's budget gap. After calling the proposals "anti-county worker"......Tags: Unions, Employees, Human Body, Heavy Engineering, Wages and Pensions
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Former Giant Brad Benson makes a new marital vow
WatchdogThe main element of my Friday newspaper column concerns Brad Benson, the former Giants offensive lineman and one of WFAN's best customers with his relentless, often risque, series of ads for his South Brunswick, N.J., Hyundai and Mitsubishi dealership....Tags: Brad Benson, Sales, New York Giants
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Boomer Esiason, Craig Carton take show to SNY
WatchdogElsewhere in my Friday column, I have an item on MSG Plus' coverage of high school lacrosse, including Sunday morning's scheduled replay of West Islip's victory over Ward Melville Thursday for the Suffolk Class A boys title. (Did I mention......Tags: Boomer Esiason
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Opposition to tapping open space funds in Suffolk
Spin CycleA host of environmental activists and civic leaders told Suffolk legislators they oppose a proposal to divert dedicated open space funds to the general fund Tuesday, though a powerful lobby spoke out in favor of the bill.......Tags: Laws, Unions, Employees, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Tourism and Leisure
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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, ESPN (tv network), Under Armour Inc.
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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...
Tags: Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Politics, Wind Gap, Ocean City, Northampton County (Virginia)
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