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Beginnings: Unlike much of the Hempstead Plains, Indians used this area because the Massatayun stream flowed through it, providing a source of fish. When Englishman Thomas Powell purchased the area from the Marsapeques, he noted the hamlets of Jericho and Jerusalem (now Wantagh) and turned to the gospel of Matthew in naming his purchase: `` . . . as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him, and when they drew night unto Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage . . . then sent Jesus two disciples.'' Powell changed the spelling, supposedly because he didn't like words with too many h's in them. When Powell died in 1721, the Bethpage purchase was divided among his 14 children.
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Beginnings: Unlike much of the Hempstead Plains, Indians used this area because the Massatayun stream flowed through it, providing a source of fish. When Englishman Thomas Powell purchased the area from the Marsapeques, he noted the hamlets of Jericho and Jerusalem (now Wantagh) and turned to the gospel of Matthew in naming his purchase: `` . . . as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him, and when they drew night unto Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage . . . then sent Jesus two disciples.'' Powell changed the spelling, supposedly because he didn't like words with too many h's in them. When Powell died in 1721, the Bethpage purchase was divided among his 14 children.
Photo: The Clubhouse and adjoining areas at Bethpage State Park renovated for the upcoming 2002 US Open. (Newsday/David l. Pokress)
Photo: The Clubhouse and adjoining areas at Bethpage State Park renovated for the upcoming 2002 US Open. (Newsday/David l. Pokress)
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Crime On The Rise In Nassau County: Report
pix11.com | @lifeofareporterIf you live in Nassau County, you are more likely now than you were this time last year to be burglarized. Recently released crime statistics show burglaries are up countywide. "This might be a blib," said East Meadow resident James Pollack. According...Tags: Jericho, Plainview, New York City Police Department, Crime, Law and Justice, Nassau County
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NYPD Cop Killed On 9/11 Laid To Rest
pix11.comSomber faces matched an overcast day as family, friends and colleagues filed into the Grace Funeral Chapels in Brooklyn to pay their respects to fallen NYPD officer Kevin Jessup. Jessup, 25, who was inspired to join the New York Police Department because...Tags: Southern State Parkway, Unrest, Conflicts and War, New York City Police Department, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Ozone Park
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Pediatrician Accused Of Sexually Abusing, Videotaping Young Girls
pix11.comA Long Island pediatrician has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of sexual abuse of girls as young as 11-years old, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced Wednesday. Dr. Rakesh Punn, 53, of Bethpage was previously charged nearly a...Tags: Social Issues, Abusive Behavior, Sexual Assault, Contracts, Long Island
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Cops Seek Woman Missing Since Halloween
wpix.comNassau County police are seeking the public's assistance in locating a Bethpage woman, who has been missing since Halloween. Cops say June Young, 49, was last seen Sunday, October 31 at 9 p.m. inside her Central Avenue home. Young is described as a...Tags: Halloween, Nassau County
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Police: Husband Strangled Missing NY Teacher
MINEOLA, N.Y- William Walsh said nothing and showed no emotion on his face as he made his way into court to face charges he murdered his wife Leah Walsh, and then tried to cover it up by making it look like she was abducted. Just 24 hours earlier Walsh...Tags: William Walsh, Jr., Leah Walsh, Death, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice
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Student Goes On Rampage at L.I. High School
BETHPAGE, N.Y. (WPIX) -- A Bethpage High School student was arrested Wednesday after he went on a rampage through the halls of his school, beating up three students and a teacher, while threatening the life of another. According to police, Charles P....Tags: Nassau County Police, Virginia Tech, Theft, Death, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bus Overturns in Bethpage; 2 Hurt
A school bus that shuttles the disabled overturned in a crash in Bethpage just after noon Wednesday, injuring two, police and the bus company said. The injuries were not life-threatening. The yellow school bus has been towed away from the 12:25 p.m....Tags: Ronkonkoma, Health and Safety at School, Transportation Accidents, Bus Accidents, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Husband Admits to Strangling Wife, Covering Up His Tracks
wpix.comA Long Island man -- who staged an elaborate scam to make it seem as though his wife had been carjacked -- pleaded guilty Thursday to strangling her to death inside their Bethpage apartment before dumping her body in a wooded area off the Long Island...Tags: Transportation, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Plainview, Justice System, Travel
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Mom Arrested After Abandoning Children At Community Pool
wpix.comA Hicksville mother was arrested on four counts of endangering the welfare of a child after police said she abandoned her four children at a community pool Thursday. According to Nassau County police, 44-year-old Emilia Lanzetta brought her children,...Tags: Hicksville, Children, Nassau County
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Cops: Man Arrested After Pelting Cars with Rocks
A Bethpage man was arrested after he hit three moving vehicles with rocks he threw from a Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway overpass, police said Wednesday. Patrick Kennedy, 21, of 33A Stymus Ave., walked onto the Long Island Railroad overpass over the...Tags: Transportation, Criminals, Long Island Rail Road, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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Victoria Savage, 87
Victoria Savage, 87, of Shepherdstown, W.Va., passed away at home on Feb. 8, 2012, in the presence of her family, under the care of the Hospice of the Panhandle. Born March 12, 1924, in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Mary...Tags: Landforms, Libraries, Landforms, Queens (New York City), New York City Marathon
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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: Washington, DC, Richard Dawson, Middle Village, Sean Murphy, The Associated Press
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