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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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DREAM COME TRUE: Teen gets his wish granted to meet 'Cake Boss' star
LANCASTER — A local teen suffering from a rare disorder had his wish to bake a cake with “Cake Boss” star Buddy Valastro granted by international children’s charity Kids Wish Network, Valastro, Carlo’s Bakery and other...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Cake Boss (tv program), Pizzas, Foods and Beverages, Times Square
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Hires, promotions at Lehigh Valley area businesses
Agatha Kershner has been added as a Realtor at Pocono Resorts Realty. She is working under the direction of Yarrow A. Wilkins, general manager and associate broker. Kershner is concentrating on listing homes in the Albrightsville and Lake Harmony...Tags: Personal Finance, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, New York University, Colorectal Surgery, Crohn's Disease
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Amanda Bynes Arrested & Give Psych Check
The former child star, 27, was arrested Thursday, May 23 at her New York City apartment for marijuana possession, reckless endangerment and tampering with evidence -- and underwent psychiatric evaluation at Roosevelt Hospital -- NYPD confirms to Us...
Tags: Police Arrests, Amanda Bynes, Punishment, New York City, Politics
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The NRA's off-target plan
Theodore Roosevelt was appalled by the lack of firearms training within the constabulary when he was appointed president of the New York City Police Department Board of Supervisors, a rank now known as police commissioner. He would, I suspect, be...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, City University of New York, Wayne LaPierre, Crime, Law and Justice, Firearms
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Charting career opened doors for advertising executive
Who Mark McKenzie, 39, Hollywood Job: Marketing Solutions Manager/COX Media Group, Miami Start date: March 1999. Before that, McKenzie was with Central Talk Management as a print media manager in Fort Lauderdale. Awards/honors: The American...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Marketing, Radio Industry, Florida International University, Human Interest
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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: Elections, NBC (tv network), Barack Obama, Politics, CBS Corp.
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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)... -
Consuming too many food studies leaves a bad taste
Coffee is now good for you. According to a research study, it may help prevent Type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's, stroke and dementia as well as help you live a little longer. But java lovers know this: Another study says that drinking three or more cups of...
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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: Roger Michell, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Entertainment, Bill Murray
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Lessons of 'Lincoln' and 'Hyde Park on Hudson': Politicians are imperfect, even the great ones
Two new movies, "Lincoln" and "Hyde Park on the Hudson," are intimate portraits of the two most consequential presidents of the United States. They are timely reminders that politics has never been pretty and our leaders have never been prefect human...
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Andrew R. Strock
Andrew Rolland Strock of Hagerstown, Md., entered into God's eternal care Nov. 14, 2012. Born Aug. 28, 1948, he was the son of the late Edgar Rolland Strock and Helen Moore Strock. He graduated from North Hagerstown High School in 1966 in the top 1...
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