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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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Two Maryland performers make the final 12 on Fox's 'The X Factor'
The Baltimore SunTwo area Maryland performers made it to the final 12 on Simon Cowell's talent competition "The X Factor." They are 18-year-old Paige Elizabeth, of Perry Hall, and 20-year-old Marcus Canty, of Bowie. Read a Sun interview I did with Elizabeth two weeks...Tags: Facebook, Perry Hall, Verizon Wireless, L.A. Reid, Twitter, Inc.
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Dorothy E. Brunson, radio station owner, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterDorothy E. Brunson, who became the first African-American woman in the nation to own a radio station when she bought WEBB-AM in Baltimore, died Sunday of complications from ovarian cancer at Mercy Medical Center. The Northwest Baltimore resident was 72....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Bankruptcy, Radio Industry, SUNY Empire State College, Television Stations
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Health and history in Berkeley Springs
Special To The SunMany places boast that George Washington once slept there, but Berkeley Springs, W.Va., might be the only locale that brags that the Father of Our Country bathed there. Washington often visited the warm mineral springs that emerge from the base of a...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Restaurants, Gardens and Parks, Berkeley (Alameda, California)
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Juggling Olympic demands
Sun StaffWasn't this a marketing can't-miss? Michael Phelps has endorsement deals with more than a half-dozen companies. Two, Visa and Argent Mortgage, are also linked to thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. Its middle stop is in Baltimore, where organizers of the...Tags: Equestrian, Michael Phelps, Jaleel White, Journalism, National Aquarium Baltimore
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Trapped in servitude far from their homes
After journeying across an ocean and a continent - from the tiny Pacific isle of Chuuk to rural Ashburn, Ga. - Gloria Likiche was surprised to find herself working the graveyard shift at a nursing home, emptying bedpans for $5.50 an hour and eating so...Tags: Murder, Kissimmee, Lawyers, Employees, Bankruptcy
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A second-chance blind date brought happiness
Chicago Tribune (MCT)M ary Kissko, 63, is a wife, mom and grandmother. She talks about her life: "It could not have been more perfect. We've been so blessed." "If we're unique, it's because we're so normal," says her husband, Larry, 64. "We have a good marriage." He says...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Companies and Corporations, Family, Sears, Marriage
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Grand Rapids Makes the List of Best Cities for Moms
FOX 17 ProducerGrand Rapids comes in at number seven on the list of the best cities for moms in the United States, according to The Daily Beast. The study started with the 100 biggest cities in America and then looked at data points like mothers-per-capita, educational...Tags: Allentown, Charleston
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Meet Catherine Bilkey
Catherine Bilkey is a reporter and problem solver for the CW33 News' Consumer Team. She enjoys hearing about the messy things in your life, and she wants to provide you with some solutions. Whether it's the hazardous pothole in front of your house or...Tags: Facebook, New York University, NBC (tv network), Cairo (Egypt)
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Love Notes: The normal heart
Here's Mary Kissko, 63, wife, mom, grandmother, talking about her life: "It could not have been more perfect. We've been so blessed."
"If we're unique, it's because we're so normal," says her husband, Larry, 64. "We have a good marriage."
Larry Kissko...Tags: Mother's Day, Colleges and Universities, Willis Tower, Ceremonies, Companies and Corporations
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Some test questions in New York schools are just bananas
Two lamp posts are complaining about their placement on a city street: “Other lamp posts overlook parks and flower gardens; so why do we have to be bolted down in the middle of the slums?” one says. “Yeah,” agrees the other....
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Boys track and field honor roll of top 2012 performances (updated May 7)
Sentinel Staff WriterHere are the season's best performances for athletes in the Sentinel coverage area: 4x800 relay 7:40.15 Colonial 7:41.49Lake Brantley 7:42.47 Winter Park 7:55.54 Olympia 7:56.79 Lake Nona 7:58.60 Jones 7:58.72 Circle Christian 7:59.60 Hagerty 8:...Tags: Florida State Seminoles, Lake Nona, Track and Field, Poinciana, Josh Williams
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Rap star Drake to headline Virginia Beach's amphitheater in May
Hip-hop fans will remember that Drake was set to play Hampton Coliseum back in November. That show was canceled due to what was described as a scheduling conflict. The show has been rescheduled, but not at Hampton Coliseum. Promoters announced today that...
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