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Beginnings: Until 1927, Middle Country Road in Centereach was a two-lane dirt road where teenagers played baseball every Sunday afternoon. It took longer for middle Island communities such as Centereach to evolve. The earliest settlers congregated in the more populous seaside communities on the North and South Shores.
Photo: Centereach Library (Newsday / Ken Spencer )
Photo: Centereach Library (Newsday / Ken Spencer )
Beginnings: Until 1927, Middle Country Road in Centereach was a two-lane dirt road where teenagers played baseball every Sunday afternoon. It took longer for middle Island communities such as Centereach to evolve. The earliest settlers congregated in the more populous seaside communities on the North and South Shores.
Photo: Centereach Library (Newsday / Ken Spencer )
Photo: Centereach Library (Newsday / Ken Spencer )
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Father Arrested For DWI After Crashing Car With 3 Child Passengers
wpix.comA Suffolk County father was arrested Wednesday afternoon after he crashed his car while he was drunk driving and had his three children in the vehicle. Kenneth Danielsen, 41, of Somerset Street in Centereach, was driving a 2009 Dodge car westbound on...Tags: Selden, Vehicles, WPIX, Suffolk County (New York), Drunk Driving
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Man Charged With Starving, Neglecting Dog
wpix.comA Long Island man was arrested Monday and charged with felony aggravated animal cruelty after abandoning his 2-year-old Doberman pincher mix and leaving it to die, Suffolk County SPCA chief Roy Gross said. Ozkan Guleryuz, 21, of Centereach, was not at...Tags: Long Island, Death, Animals, WPIX, Prosecution
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LI Man Arrested For Fatally Beating Puppy
wpix.comA Long Island man is in police custody after allegedly beating his dog and breaking its neck slowly causing the animal to suffocate, PIX 11 News has learned. Edward Semke, 50, of Centereach, was arrested by Suffolk County SPCA Detectives for fatally...Tags: Long Island, Animals, WPIX, Suffolk County Police, Suffolk County (New York)
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Man Arrested For Beating Puppy to Death
WPIX.comCENTEREACH, N.Y. -- A Long Island man is in police custody after allegedly beating his dog and breaking its neck slowly causing the animal to suffocate. Edward Semke, 50, of Centereach, was arrested by Suffolk County SPCA Detectives for fatally beating...Tags: Long Island, KTLA, Suffolk County Police, Suffolk County (New York)
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Train Engineer, Passenger Who Operated LIRR Train Arrested
A Long Island Railroad engineer and the passenger he let drive a train have been arrested following an MTA probe.
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice formally announced the arrest and criminal charges against the two individuals in a press...Tags: Long Island, New York City, WPIX, Prosecution, Science and Technology
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Cops Lose Phone Service
A broken water pipe in a Verizon central office in Selden knocked out phone service to about 22,000 customers in Suffolk County on Monday -- including the Suffolk County Police Department's Sixth Precinct -- a phone company spokesman told Newsday....Tags: Verizon Communications, Selden, Crime, Law and Justice, Farmingville, Suffolk County Police
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Off-Duty NYPD Lieutenant Shoots, Kills Wife
CENTEREACH, N.Y. (WPIX) -- An off-duty New York Police lieutenant fatally shot his wife Monday afternoon, before turning the gun on himself in their Long Island home, according to authorities. Suffolk County police arrived to the Centereach home after...Tags: Death, Long Island, Health and Safety at School, WPIX, Stony Brook University
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Mom, Sons Arrested For Stealing Baby Formula
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (WPIX) -- On the surface a mom stealing $1,400 worth of baby formula with her sons sounds like a terrible sign of the hard, economic times. But Suffolk County police say Kathy Elam, 54, along with her sons, Robert, 32, and Daniel, 29,...Tags: Long Island, Crime, Law and Justice, New York City, WPIX, Theft
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Fire Rips Through LI Home; Kills Mother, Daughter
A mother and daughter on Long Island were killed early Saturday morning after a fire tore through their Centereach home, according to Suffolk County police.
Dorothy Reinhard, 77, and Elaine Moore, 60, who were long-time roommates, perished in the blaze...Tags: Long Island, Death, WPIX, Fires, Stony Brook University
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