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On the street where you live
The names of streets in a community sometimes tell an interesting story. more
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Karen Chowske, at the Wantagh Preservation Society’s museum on Wantagh Avenue, is the new president of the organization.
Keeping Wantagh’s history alive
Karen Chowske may have grown up in Plainview, but she has a deep appreciation for the history of Wantagh. more
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Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Social Studies Chairwoman Robyn Einbinder, Mepham Social Studies teacher Stu Stein, Johnson Mutibagirana, Mepham English teacher Ed Grosskreuz and Mepham teacher Marie Netto posed for a photo at a Dec. 15 program featuring Mutibagirana, a Rwandan genocide survivor.
Rwandan genocide survivor visits Mepham
Johnson Mutibagirana was 9 years old when he watched his mother’s execution alongside 40 other Tutsi neighbors when Hutus began the politically driven slaughter of a fellow Rwandan ethnic group in … more
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The dedication plaques from the opening of the Seaford Avenue School in 1939 were among the items recently given to the Seaford Historical Society.
Seaford Avenue history saved
The Seaford Avenue School may be slated for demolition in the near future, but its memory will live on. The school district recently donated several artifacts from the building to the Seaford Historical Society, to be housed in its museum on Waverly Avenue. more
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Second-graders from East Broadway Elementary School learned how their counterparts from six decades ago watched television.
Students take a trip back in time
Levittown is commonly referred to as “America’s first suburb.” On sprawling potato fields, 17,447 houses popped up in several communities, giving returning World War II veterans a chance to own a home and start a family. more
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Walter Eisenhardt plans to pass down his historical Bellmore home to his son, Harrison.
Martin Avenue home landmarked
Charles A. Frisch, a famed Long Island entrepreneur, built a house in 1909 at what was formerly 109 Martin Ave., before his son, Charles Jr., was born. About a hundred years later, Walter Eisenhardt … more
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A teacher and her students at Clear Stream Avenue School, circa 1923.
Historian visits Valley Stream for a look back in time
Before Valley Stream was named for the waterway that cuts through it, it was part of Fosters Meadow, an agricultural community mostly populated by farmers of German heritage. The area bore several … more
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Social studies teacher Todd Nussen, right, prepares students to form a human timeline, from the Big Bang to today, on the Oceanside High School football field.
Big History with a bang
Big History, an approach to teaching about the past that looks at human history from a broader perspective than the typical study of certain times and places, has begun at Oceanside High School. The … more
Junior Frank Porcelli placed a carnation in front of one of the plaques which honor the Seaford High School graduates who perished in the attacks.
Yesterday’s horror is today’s history
Sept. 11, 2001 is one of those days in history where people remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard the tragic news. Americans collectively mourned on a day when answers were hard to come by. more
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The Mitchell Field colorguard marched in honor of the pilot who crashed on Denver Street in Wantagh in 1954.
Plane crash 60 years ago stunned Wantagh street
Denver Road in Wantagh is lined with manicured lawns and scattered with stately trees. It’s part of a quiet neighborhood that includes Roxbury and Dover roads, just a few blocks from Wantagh Avenue to the west and Oakland Avenue to the east. It is close enough to Sunrise Highway to hear the distant hum of traffic. more
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