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Beginnings: Indians called the area Winnecomac - "pleasant land.'' Because the community was split between Huntington and Smithtown and because of conflicting deeds resulting from purchases from different Indian sachems, there were many boundary disputes. They were not resolved until 1675 when Smithtown founder Richard (Bull) Smith was successful in claims made in Dutch and English courts. The resulting dividing line between the two towns also divided the properties of prominent early families with names such as Burr, Wicks, Harned and Whitman, the ancestors of the poet.
Photo: The Hamlet Golf & Country Club grandstand in Commack
Photo: The Hamlet Golf & Country Club grandstand in Commack
Beginnings: Indians called the area Winnecomac - "pleasant land.'' Because the community was split between Huntington and Smithtown and because of conflicting deeds resulting from purchases from different Indian sachems, there were many boundary disputes. They were not resolved until 1675 when Smithtown founder Richard (Bull) Smith was successful in claims made in Dutch and English courts. The resulting dividing line between the two towns also divided the properties of prominent early families with names such as Burr, Wicks, Harned and Whitman, the ancestors of the poet.
Photo: The Hamlet Golf & Country Club grandstand in Commack
Photo: The Hamlet Golf & Country Club grandstand in Commack
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Suffolk County School Reports Case Of Tuberculosis
According to the Suffolk County Department of Health, an individual at Commack High School has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. The affected person is presently receiving treatment and is not currently in attendance as a staff member or student....Tags: Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses, Tuberculosis, Suffolk County (New York)
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Plainview Man Who Admitted To Drunk Driving Will Learn His Fate Today
wpix.comA Plainview man who admitted to driving drunk and causing a deadly crash will learn his fate today. 24-year-old Jose Borbon will be sentenced on Friday in Suffolk County. Borbon confessed to the fatal accident that claimed the life of veteran police...Tags: Drunk Driving, Long Island
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Schedule of 9/11 Events on Long Island
Saturday, September 11, 2010 COMMACK Commack High School, 1 Scholar Lane, Commack, will hold a candlelight ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Call 631-912-2165 EAST MEADOW The Court Officers Steuben Association of New York State will hold a Heroes Memorial Service...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Hofstra University, Fire Department of New York, Long Island, Disasters and Accidents
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Teen Accused In High School Murder Plot Pleads Not Guilty
The Long Island teenager who allegedly plotted to murder fellow-students, teachers and staff at his New York high school pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a grand jury indictment charging him with one count of second degree conspiracy.
Christopher Franko,...Tags: Murder, Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice, Bohemia, Long Island
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Man Shot Dead in Broad Daylight
COMMACK, NY - The blood stained clothes and emergency life saving equipment remained scattered in the parking lot of a Commack Restaurant, almost 24 hours after a well known real estate attorney, and loving father of four was found murdered. A team of...Tags: Family, Restaurants, Death, Jericho, Dining and Drinking
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For Openers, Plenty of Traffic at Deer Park Tanger
A grand opening, indeed. On its first day open for business, the Tanger at The Arches outlet center in Deer Park is proving to be a popular destination. Traffic was snarled around the 800,000-square-foot center, with Grand Boulevard -- where there are...Tags: Vehicles, Dix Hills, Transportation, Long Island Expressway, Road Transportation
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Upgraded Charges in Death of Lawyer James DiMartino
The business partner of a slain Nesconset lawyer pleaded not guilty to upgraded charges Monday in Riverhead, as did one of the three people prosecutors said were hired to carry out the killing. Ronald Thornton, 37, is accused of paying $8,000 to three...Tags: Murder, Assault, Crime, Law and Justice, Real Estate Agents, Prosecution
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Suffolk Police on the Hunt for Vacuum Thief
wpix.comSuffolk Police are looking to bag a vacuum thief. If you notice the man in the photo you can clean up with a cash reward of up to $5,000.00. He is described as a white man in his mid 30's with facial hair, approximately 185 lbs, wearing jeans, black...Tags: Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Suffolk County Police, Crimes
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Suspect in Fiery Fatal Crash Has 2 DWI Arrests in '09
A veteran Suffolk County police officer was killed early Sunday when an accused drunken driver plowed into his patrol car, sending it spinning into a pole, where it burst into flames, police said. The Plainview man charged in the accident, Jose Borbon,...Tags: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Vehicles, Accidental Death, Family, Central Islip
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Suffolk Cop Killed In Fiery Crash; DWI Suspect Arrested
COMMACK, N.Y. (WPIX) -- A Plainview man, who had been arrested last month for drunken driving, is behind bars again after reportedly killing a Suffolk County police officer early Sunday morning while driving drunk. Jose Borbon, 23, was trying to make a...Tags: Police Arrests, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Drunk Driving, Nassau County
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Man Forcibly Touches Employee At Babies R Us
COMMACK, N.Y. ( WPIX) -- Suffolk County Police have released surveillance pictures of a man they say forcibly touched a female employee at Babies R Us in Commack.
Police say the November 18, 2008 attack began after an unknown Hispanic male customer asked...Tags: Suffolk County Police, Employees, Career and Workplace, Infants
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Speeding Driver Kills A Man, Charged With DWI
wpix.comSuffolk County Police arrested a man for driving while intoxicated following a fatal crash which left one man dead. Kenneth Lesser, 58, of Commack, was driving a Toyota van on Tuesday evening when he was struck by a Ford truck at the intersection of...Tags: Health, Disasters and Accidents, Prosecution, Vehicles, Hospitals and Clinics
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