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Beginnings: Long before droves of senior citizens were drawn to the huge Leisure Village retirement community, the Randalls took up residence on Whiskey Road. In 1728, Stephen Randall staked out a farm in the mid-Island terrain that was once the hunting ground for the region's Indian tribes. So many Randalls followed Stephen that Ridge was originally called Randallville. Early maps also identified it as Ridgeville or Ridgefield, inspired by the geographical feature on its north side. Old-timers still refer to the area as ''the Ridge,'' as the Smith family once did.
Beginnings: Long before droves of senior citizens were drawn to the huge Leisure Village retirement community, the Randalls took up residence on Whiskey Road. In 1728, Stephen Randall staked out a farm in the mid-Island terrain that was once the hunting ground for the region's Indian tribes. So many Randalls followed Stephen that Ridge was originally called Randallville. Early maps also identified it as Ridgeville or Ridgefield, inspired by the geographical feature on its north side. Old-timers still refer to the area as ''the Ridge,'' as the Smith family once did.
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Firefighters find dead man burned in Brooklyn park
Firefighters responding to a brush fire at a Brooklyn park early yesterday found a dead man, his clothes partially burned off his body, authorities said. Police sources said it appears that the man may have accidentally set himself on fire trying to keep...Tags: New York, Fires, Bay Ridge
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Hertz Joins Enterprise, Zipcar in Offering Car-Sharing Service by the Hour
Edmunds.comTen months after Enterprise Rent-A-Car got in the hourly car-sharing business, arch rival Hertz Corp. this week entered the market. Available initially in New York and Hertz's hometown of Park Ridge, New Jersey, as well as London and Paris, Connect by... -
Ridge man arrested after fatal shooting
Suffolk police have arrested a Ridge man who they say killed a 22-year-old barber outside the victim's home in Coram last week. Kenneth Faulkner, 22, faces a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Luis Almonte, who was fatally shot in the head...Tags: Police Arrests, Police, Crimes, Murder
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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 do -...Tags: New York, Oyster Bay (Nassau, New York), Long Island, Charity, Long Island Sound
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Idea for wind turbine meets stiff resistance
Of The Morning CallProposed development of a utility-scale wind turbine at Blue Mountain Ski Area in Carbon County is shaping up as a classic battle between economics and the environment. For Blue Mountain president Barbara Green, potentially using wind to reduce her...Tags: Georgia, New York, Slatington, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Zionsville
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DA had sought late pharmacist's testimony in probe
rocco.parascandola@newsday.comA Bay Ridge pharmacy owner who committed suicide after getting caught up in the ongoing steroid scandal involving the New York Police Department and others could have been a key witness in any upcoming grand jury proceeding or criminal trial, law...Tags: New York, Laws, Lawyers, Witnesses, Bay Ridge
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George J. Boszilkov, Joan T. Dowd, Martin P. Luchen, Thomas A. Maltese and Elizabeth Saunders
Published Feb. 13, 2008 George J. Boszilkov, 90, on February 5, 2008. Resident of Garden City, NY for 42 years. Also of Ridge, NY, The Villages, FLA and most recently Fayetteville, GA. Predeceased by his wife, Kathleen Zaboly Boszilkov and survived by...Tags: New York, Commack, Death and Dying, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Huntington Station
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Patricia Cahill, Carole L. Vesque
Published Feb. 25, 2008 Patricia Cahill of East Northport, on February 23, 2008, at the age of 78. Beloved wife of the late Norman G. Cahill. Loving mother of Susan Spears and her husband Thomas, Brian and his wife Terry Cahill and the late Nancy Marie...Tags: New York, Diseases, Northport, East Northport, Heart Disease
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Barack Obama and John McCain lead rivals 2-1 in Illinois, poll shows
Tribune reporterFavorite-son Sen. Barack Obama and Arizona Sen. John McCain each hold a better than 2-1 edge over their closest presidential rivals entering the Illinois primary, but many voters say they're still undecided or could change their mind before casting a...Tags: Michigan, New York, The White House, Political Candidates, Chicago
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Illinois Democrats' early primary to help Obama also boosts party turnout
Tribune reporterDemocratic leaders moved up Illinois' primary to help U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, but they also helped themselves when thousands of people pulled Democratic ballots to support the home-state presidential hopeful in traditionally Republican areas. The...Tags: New York, The White House, Bill Foster, Political Candidates, Primaries
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Fosella's future still in question
dfreedlander@am-ny.comDisgraced Staten Island Congressman Vito Fossella gave no indication he'll step down over the weekend even as Republican leaders called on him to make a decision by today and local editorial boards demanded he resign. Headlines and Web sites were abuzz...Tags: Vito Fossella, Coney Island, National Government, Brooklyn (New York City), Bensonhurst
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