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There's only been one president from Long Island, and he lived in the Town of Oyster Bay. Theodore Roosevelt built his only house, Sagamore Hill, in Cove Neck in 1885, and during his presidency, 1901-1909, the Victorian mansion served as the summer White House.
There's only been one president from Long Island, and he lived in the Town of Oyster Bay. Theodore Roosevelt built his only house, Sagamore Hill, in Cove Neck in 1885, and during his presidency, 1901-1909, the Victorian mansion served as the summer White House.
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Pine Knot's preserver
The Daily ProgressSometimes the first act of preservation is realizing, and then convincing others, that something is worth saving. When Roger F.H. Leclere and his wife, Martha, initially laid eyes on Pine Knot in the mid-1990s it was in rough shape. Theodore Roosevelt's...Tags: Colonial Williamsburg, Oyster Bay (Oyster Bay, New York), Williamsburg (Virginia), National Government, Theodore Roosevelt
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Roundup: Capozzoli notches winner for Oyster Bay
Jennifer Capozzoli scored off a feed from Kelly Madden with eight minutes left to give Oyster Bay a 2-1 win over Great Neck South in Nassau Conference II. Sabrina Meyer scored in the first off an assist from Capozzoli. Sammy DeMartin scored for Great...Tags: Oyster Bay (Oyster Bay, New York)
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Search continues for 2 fishermen feared missing on Sound
bill.bleyer@newsday.com, matthew.chayes@newsday.comMarine authorities continued to search Long Island Sound Tuesday evening for at least one, but possibly two, fishermen who may have been aboard a clamming boat that was found sunk about a half mile off Bayville. Divers were able to identify the owner...Tags: Kevin Smith, Long Island Sound, Nassau County, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Police
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Search goes on for occupants of boat sunk near Bayville
bill.bleyMarine authorities continued to search Long Island Sound yesterday evening for at least one, but possibly two, fishermen who may have been aboard a clamming boat that was found sunk about a half mile off Bayville. Divers were able to identify the owner...Tags: Kevin Smith, Long Island Sound, Nassau County, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Police
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Hitting the hidden hiking trails of LI
Special to NewsdayHidden in plain sight. That's one way to describe about 200 miles of hiking trails on Long Island. They're out there, but, as Tom Casey, the vice president of the Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference says, "a lot of people don't know it." Now you...Tags: New York, Long Island Sound, Nassau County, Ridge, New Jersey
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Delays on LIRR Oyster Bay branch
john.valenti@newsday.comA disabled train and equipment trouble have caused delays Tuesday on the Long Island Rail Road. Railroad officials said the 8:45 a.m. train from Hempstead, scheduled to arrive at Flatbush Avenue at 9:34 a.m., is disabled in Queens -- and running at least...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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RNC: One backer of McCain, and a bettor v. Congress
Spin CycleAt the New York Republican gathering here Monday, delegate Jim Picken, leader from the Town of Oyster Bay, was asked how the GOP could make up ground back home due to paring back the convention program. "I don't think......Tags: New York, Republican Party, National Government, Government
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New Wave redux rolls into Jones Beach
kevin.amorim@newsday.comWe really did belong to a club. There were degrees of membership, of course -- hey, nice asymmetrical haircut! -- but one thing was for certain: if you were lucky enough to have lived through the new-wave music invasion of the early 1980s, Long Island was...Tags: Adam Ant, Lido Beach, Eric Clapton, Rock and Roll Music, Theater
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Dave Koz, Boney James at Oyster Bay's LI jazz fest
steve.parks@newsday.comIt's a "new direction" for the Long Island Jazz Festival, says director Maryann Beaumont. "We've alternated between traditional and smooth jazz. But this time, except for Koz, back by popular request, the artists tinge toward R&B." Jazz? R&B? You...Tags: Minority Groups, Anita Baker, Popular Music, Television, Syesha Mercado
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Sloop du jour: takeout deliveries in Oyster Bay
daniel.teigman@newsday.comEven in tough economic times, it seems, there's always room for dessert, especially when the goodies are delivered by boat. Such is the case along Oyster Bay's waterfront these days. Kieran Shea, 44, owner and head baker of The BayKery Cafe in the...Tags: Bay Ridge, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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June 12, 2001: Oyster Bay board rejects plan for mall at Cerro Wire site
pat.burson@newsday.comIt was a long and nasty fight, but finally, Oyster Bay Town officials did yesterday what hundreds of residents have wanted them to: They denied a developer's controversial application to build an upscale retail mall on the old Cerro Wire factory site in...Tags: Long Island Expressway, Unions, Neiman Marcus, Michigan, Syosset
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May 11, 1993: Plan for Syosset Mall Upscale shops sought for 39 acres near LIE
Newsday Staff WriterThe owner of the former Cerro Wire Co. property next to the Long Island Expressway in Syosset yesterday unveiled development plans calling for an upscale regional shopping mall on the 39-acre site. The Chicago-based Tribune Co. bought the property for...Tags: Long Island Expressway, Huntington Station, Metal and Mineral, Road Transportation, Syosset
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