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Beginnings: The first crude houses in Springs - a gem of woods, sparkling water and verdant salt meadows around Accabonac Harbor - are believed to have been built in 1649, a year after the founding of the Town of East Hampton. Tradition has it that the first families were workers from nearby Gardiners Island and squatters from New England who found the soil terrible for farming but the fishing profitable.
Beginnings: The first crude houses in Springs - a gem of woods, sparkling water and verdant salt meadows around Accabonac Harbor - are believed to have been built in 1649, a year after the founding of the Town of East Hampton. Tradition has it that the first families were workers from nearby Gardiners Island and squatters from New England who found the soil terrible for farming but the fishing profitable.
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New York bettors score big with Oxbow at Preakness Stakes
Baltimore Sun Media GroupA pair of racing aficionados from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., spent Saturday watching the early races at Pimlico, then they put their observations to use to score a massive payday in the Preakness. Joe Cavallo, 26, and Stephanie Rafferty, 21, hit the Pick 4...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Kentucky Derby, Lotteries, Washington, DC, Preakness Stakes
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Fleeing the flames in Southern California
Terry Doebler woke up choking from the smoke. Doebler, 80, and her 82-year-old husband, Paul — retired New York transplants living in the Camarillo Springs neighborhood of Ventura County — had seen brushfires before in their 15 years there,...
Tags: Guiberson Fire (2009), House Building, National Weather Service, Weather Warnings, Personal Service
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On pointe: Local dancers prepare for summer intensives
For the past eigh t years, Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet students have been accepted to and attended the country's finest summer intensive programs. This year is no exception with nine of Crooked Tree's pre-professional ballet students...
Tags: Dance, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Arts and Culture, Washington, DC, Entertainment Events
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California wildfires: Evacuated residents wait for word
Hundreds of residents who fled their homes Thursday to escape a fast-moving brush fire in Ventura County that burned more than 8,000 acres waited for daylight to see if they could go back to their communities. While some evacuations were lifted Thursday...Tags: Guiberson Fire (2009), Methamphetamine (drug), Robert J. Lopez, Fires
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California wildfires: Cal State Channel Islands students evacuated
This post has been corrected. See below for details.Dozens of evacuees clustered in small groups around the sanctuary of Camarillo’s Calvary Nexus church. Some were picking at paper plates of ziti with meat sauce that had been doled out by American Red Cross volunteers. Most couldn’t take their...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, New York City, American Red Cross
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Insight Ventures raises $1.49 billion
ReutersBy Connie Loizos SAN FRANCISCO, April 29 (Reuters) - Two years after closing on roughly $2 billion in new commitments, the venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners is raising more money. The firm - which counts microblog Twitter, newsreader...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Thomson Corporation, Social Media
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US Cash Products-Gulf gasoline up on small refinery unit fire
Reuters* Gulf gasoline gains on news of unit fire at Louisiana refinery * Chicago diesel down as new cycle trades against June futures * Harbor gasoline, ULSD talked lower NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Gulf Coast gasoline differentials rose on Thursday on...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Diesel Fuel, Kerosene
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Eli H. "Nick" Shockey Jr., Union Springs, New York, formerly of Johnstown
Eli H. “Nick” Shockey Jr., Union Springs, New York, died on April 16, 2013. He was born in Johnstown, the son of Eli and Florence Shockey. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; four children; four grandchildren; a sister; a brother-in-law;...Tags: Arts and Culture, Trinity United Church of Christ
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Deeds for April 14 2013
BOYLE Deeds filed recently in the office of Boyle County Clerk Trille Bottom include: Robert and Cheryl Sinkhorn to Joseph E. and Jessica Conder, 12.446 acres in Boyle County, $140,000. PNC Bank National Association and Ella Mae Dexter, through J....Tags: Insurance, PNC Financial Services Group Incorporated, Bank of New York Company, Sears, Loans
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George T. Frush Jr., 71
George T. Frush Jr., 71, of Warfordsburg, Pa., died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at his home. Born June 18, 1941, in New York, he was the son of the late George T. Frush Sr. and Norma Bosch Frush. He retired from Mack Trucks Inc., Hagerstown, Md. He...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Mack Trucks, Inc., Shirley
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Veteran with local ties heads silent auction for injured soldiers
Donations are currently being sought from those in Northern Michigan who would like to support wounded veterans across the United States. Stacy Pearsall, whose uncle, Ron Pearsall, is a Marine Corps veteran and Harbor Springs resident, is holding a...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, The New York Times, PBS (tv network), Paralympic Games, NBC (tv network)
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Maroon 5, rappers J. Cole and Pusha T to play amphitheater in Virginia Beach
The Farm Bureau Live amphitheater in Virginia Beach announced two concerts this week: Maroon 5 and Kelly Clarkson on Sept. 8 and ShaggFest featuring rappers J. Cole and Pusha T on June 15. Adam Levine's Maroon 5 tops the bill of a Honda Civic tour...
Tags: Linkin Park (music group), Fall Out Boy (music group), Time Warner Cable Inc., Academy of Country Music Awards, Apple iTunes
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