The island was a British stronghold until the end of the war in 1783. As other bridges and tunnels were constructed, areas of the island began to be developed as residential suburbs, first around the railroads that offered commuting into the city. The Mayor has the responsibility of Chair for the Township Committee meetings with voice and vote. The westernmost end of Long Island contains the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn (Kings County) and Queens (Queens County). These included: Brooklyn, Gravesend, Flatlands, Flatbush, New Utrecht, and Bushwick. [23] Prior to European contact, the Lenape people (named the Delaware by Europeans) inhabited the western end of Long Island, and spoke the Munsee dialect of Lenape, part of the Algonquian language family. Below are lists of the top 10 contributors to committees that have raised at least $1,000,000 and are primarily formed to support or oppose a state ballot measure or a candidate for state office in the November 2022 general election. Present-day Suffolk County was designated as the East Riding (of Yorkshire), present-day Brooklyn was part of the West Riding, and present-day Queens and Nassau were part of the larger North Riding. Democrats hold an overall edge across the state's competitive districts; the outcomes could determine which party controls the US House of Representatives. $16.25. Football - JV - West. [135][136] Five "readiness projects" across the LIRR system, which will cost a combined $495 million, are also under construction in preparation for expanded peak-hour LIRR service after the completion of East Side Access, which will bring LIRR trains to Grand Central Terminal. In its easternmost sections, Suffolk County remains semi-rural, as in Greenport on the North Fork and some of the periphery of the area prominently known as The Hamptons, although summer tourism swells the population in those areas. Mission: The mission of Jefferson Academy is to help students attain their highest academic and character potential through an academically rigorous, content-rich educational program. [111], Maplewood is home to a gay village or "gayborhood. Under this form of government, the elected Township Committee sets policy and overall direction for the Township. This ring alerted Washington to valuable British secrets, including the treason of Benedict Arnold and a plan to use counterfeiting to induce economic sabotage. [20], The white settlers and the indigenous people lived amicably together for a while. These moraines consist of gravel and loose rock left behind during the two most recent pulses of Wisconsin glaciation during the ice ages some 21,000 years ago (19,000 BC). The 19th century saw the infusion of the wealthiest Americans in the so-called Gold Coast of the North Shore, where wealthy Americans and Europeans in the Gilded Age built lavish country homes. As a parent, your process of selecting the best school for your child(ren) is important, and we know that. Chatfield Senior High School. This form should only be used for situations with your schedule where you need a correction . [132][133] In July 2017, a $2billion plan to add a third railroad track to the LIRR Main Line between the Floral Park and Hicksville stations in Nassau County was approved. Maple Grove Elementary School; Marshdale Elementary School; Meiklejohn Elementary School; Bear Creek High School; Chatfield Senior High School; Columbine High School; Conifer High School; Dakota Ridge High School; Yearbook Photos ; Yearbook Information ; Graduation Requirements; Exporting Google Files; Senior pictures are due to the yearbook by Oct. 14 (free) or Dec. 16 ($15 fee). This period and the area was immortalized in fiction, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, which has also been adapted in films. John Durand, the son of Hudson River School painter Asher Brown Durand (who was born in Maplewood in 1796), describes the place as a picturesque but slightly backward community with close ties to Springfield. Emmett J. Conrad High School; Esperanza Hope Medrano Elementary School; Everette L. DeGolyer Elementary School; F.P. Without nouns, youll only be left with verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. As Suffolk County has more than three times the land area of Nassau County, the latter still has a much higher population density, given its proximity to New York City. your student will be absent from one or more classes. [3] Culturally, many people in the New York metropolitan area colloquially use the term "Long Island" (or "the Island") to refer exclusively to Nassau and Suffolk counties,[4] and conversely, employ the term "the City" to mean Manhattan alone. Maple Grove Elementary School; Marshdale Elementary School; Meiklejohn Elementary School; Chatfield Senior High School; Columbine High School; Conifer High School; Dakota Ridge High School; AI Yearbook Info; Home; Our School. [25], The first European settlers arrived around 1675, primarily English, Dutch and French Puritans who had earlier settled Hempstead, Long Island, and Stamford, Connecticut, via Newark and Elizabeth. [9] With a land area of 1,401 square miles (3,630km2), Long Island is the 11th-largest island in the United States and the 149th-largest island in the worldlarger than the 1,214 square miles (3,140km2) of the smallest U.S. state, Rhode Island.[10]. [11], 28.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 29.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. Loss of the Dodgers to California was locally considered a civic tragedy that negatively affected the community far more than the similar moves of other established teams to new cities in the 1950s, including the Dodgers' long-time arch-rival New York Giants, who also left for California after 1957. Oct 3 2022. [124], Long Island is well known for its production of alcoholic beverages. Every August (September, in Olympic years) the best tennis players in the world travel to Long Island to play the championships held in the USTA National Tennis Center, adjacent to Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Park. The two main rugby union teams are the Long Island RFC in East Meadow and the Suffolk Bull Moose in Stony Brook. The lists do not show all contributions to every state ballot measure, or each independent expenditure committee formed to support or [91], A growing population of nearly half a million Chinese Americans now live on Long Island. Maple Grove Senior High School. Queens also hosts one of the four tennis grand slams, the US Open. Half of the immigrants on Long Island hold white-collar positions. 6: 30 PM. These provided opportunities for white World War II military veterans returning home to buy houses and start a family. Both the Suffolk County and Nassau County Music Educator's Associations are recognized by The National Association for Music Education (NAfME),[120][121] [128] Italian cuisine is found in ubiquitous pizzerias throughout the island, with the region hosting an annual competition, the Long Island Pizza Festival & Bake-Off. Two of the most well-known are the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club and the public Bethpage Black Course that has hosted multiple U.S. Open tournaments as well as several other top level international championships. Branch, Frederick; Kuras, Jean; and Sceurman, Mark. Not so for juniors Heidi Barber of White Bear Lake and Jess Eykyn of Mankato East, young women making contributions to their respective tackle football programs. Bear Creek High School was named to the U.S. News and World Report list of Best High Schools. It also hosts private schools such as Friends Academy, Chaminade High School, Kellenberg Memorial High School, St. Anthony's High School, and North Shore Hebrew Academy, as well as parochial schools, many of which are operated by the Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre. Clams are also a popular food and clam digging a popular recreational pursuit, with Manhattan clam chowder reputed to have Long Island origins. Ruth was a member of Mechanic Grove Church of the Brethren in Quarryville. Francis Lewis from Brookhaven on Long Island was another signer of the Declaration that also had his home destroyed by the British, who then imprisoned his wife. In the late 1970s through the 1980s, the influence of radio station WLIR made Long Island one of the first places in the U.S. to hear and embrace European New Wave bands such as Depeche Mode, the Pet Shop Boys, and Culture Club. [citation needed]. The center of town is dominated by Memorial Park, a design of the Olmsted Brothers. The year 1719 is recorded in the Church of the Brethren Yearbook as the date of the start of the congregation John Youngs and settlers from New Haven, Connecticut. Watch this highlight video of the Mankato East (Mankato, MN) football team in its game Winona High School on Sep 23, 2022. [113] On March 28, 2008, Suffolk County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki proposed a plan that would make Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island the 51st state of the United States of America. Long Island is home to two Native American reservations, Poospatuck Reservation, and Shinnecock Reservation, both in Suffolk County. As many as 20% of Long Islanders commute to jobs in Manhattan. The very first European settlements on Long Island were by settlers from England and its colonies in present-day New England. The Center, a former Christian Science Church, was donated to the town by Jean Burgdorff, a local real estate entrepreneur. [119] More recently, newer acts from Long Island, including Austin Schoeffel, Jon Bellion, and Envy on the Coast, have made a name for themselves. [112] New York State Police patrol state parks and parkways. A number of structures from this era remain. Hello, and welcome to Protocol Entertainment, your guide to the business of the gaming and media industries. Other famous aviators such as Wiley Post originated notable flights from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, which became the first major airport serving New York City before it was superseded by the opening of La Guardia Airport in 1939. The longest and the largest island in the contiguous United States,[8] Long Island extends 118 miles (190km) eastward from New York Harbor to Montauk Point, with a maximum north-to-south distance of 23 miles (37km) between Long Island Sound and the Atlantic coast. (Rhode Island and New York Boundary Case)", "LONG ISLAND AT ITS BEST; Who's the Longest of Them All? [24] They also used their wampum to trade with the Europeans. Congratulations students and staff! Tyshammie L. Cooper (D, District 3 - Newark: Part of West Ward; East Orange, Orange and South Orange; East Orange),[84] Oct 3 2022. Mankato, MN. There are few tall buildings on Long Island. [67][68][full citation needed] Hurricane Sandy and its profound impacts have prompted the discussion of constructing seawalls and other coastal barriers around the shorelines of Long Island and New York City to minimize the risk of destructive consequences from another such event in the future.[69][70]. They didn't trust Hollywood to get it right, so they financed and filmed it here at home. The move from New Jersey in the summer of 2012 marked the return to Long Island for the Nets franchise, which played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale from 1972 to 1977. Nassau County executive Ed Mangano came out in support of such a proposal in April 2010 and commissioned a study on it.[116]. The complex also contains the biggest tennis stadium in the world, the Arthur Ashe Stadium. [2] The island comprises four counties: Kings and Queens counties (the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, respectively) and Nassau County share the western third of the island, while Suffolk County occupies the eastern two thirds of the island. Steering Committee Meeting. [59] The climate features hot, usually humid summers with occasional thunderstorms, mild spring and fall weather, and cold winters with a mix of snow and rain and stormier conditions. The Pine Barrens is a preserved pine forest encompassing much of eastern Suffolk County. The island's eastern portion was inhabited by speakers of the Mohegan-Pequot language group of Algonquian languages; they were part of the Pequot and Narragansett peoples inhabiting the area that now includes Connecticut and Rhode Island. These three routes resulted in the development of three separate communities that coalesced to become Maplewood and South Orange. Southampton was settled in the same year. [49] Some institutions in the New York City section of the island use the island's names, like Long Island University and Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Long Island also contains the Webb Institute, a small naval architecture college in Glen Cove. Aircraft production on Long Island extended all the way into the Space Age Grumman was one of the major contractors that helped to build the early lunar flight and space shuttle vehicles. In 1640, English colonists attempted to settle at Cow Bay at what today is Port Washington. The Duke of York held a grudge against Connecticut, as New Haven had hidden three of the judges (John Dixwell, Edward Whalley and William Goffe[35]) who sentenced the Duke's father, King Charles I, to death in 1649. Average dew points, a measure of atmospheric moisture, typically lie in the 6070F (1621C) range during July and August. This was done to prevent the Indigenous people from helping their native allies on the mainland, who were attacking settlers there. ", "Talk to the Newsroom: 'This Land' Columnist", "Jar Wars: Fame & Blame Ahmed Best's Role As Offbeat Alien Triggers A Hot Debate", "Maplewood's Birnbaum Traces Open Road to City Music Success", "20-year-old YouTuber is tech reviewing star", "Old Tappan's P.J. The land to the south of this moraine to the South Shore is the outwash plain of the last glacier. However, colloquial usage of the term "Long Island" usually refers only to Nassau and Suffolk counties. In the 1990s, hip-hop became popular with rap pioneers Rakim, EPMD, MF Doom, and Public Enemy growing up on Long Island. Several cities were incorporated, such as the 'City of Brooklyn' in Kings County, and Long Island City in Queens. [106] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 76.3% of the vote (9,113 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 22.7% (2,709 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (90 votes), among the 11,943 ballots cast by the township's 15,289 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 78.1. A vibrant, active senior living community, Londonderry Village is home to more than 620 residents and 270 compassionate, well-trained staff. [81] In 1655 they split the acquired land amongst themselves and continued to search the island for more land for settlement. Long Island is culturally and ethnically diverse, featuring some of the wealthiest and most expensive neighborhoods in the world near the shorelines, as well as working-class areas in all four counties. [117][118] Nassau and Suffolk counties are the home of 125 public school districts containing 656 public schools. Virtually walking the halls, witnessing those valuable teaching/learning moments, and feeling that sense of safety and home should be an easy and rewarding part of the process. Manhattan (/ m n h t n, m n-/), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York.Located near the southern tip of New York State, Manhattan is based in the Eastern Time Maple Grove Elementary School; Marshdale Elementary School; Meiklejohn Elementary School; Chatfield Senior High School; Columbine High School; Conifer High School; Dakota Ridge High School; Yearbook; EVENTS. [46][47], In 2018 Brooke Lea Foster of The New York Times described Maplewood as one of several "least suburban of suburbs, each one celebrated by buyers there for its culture and hip factor, as much as the housing stock and sophisticated post-city life. The population density was 6,207.1 people per square mile (2,393.6/km2). Until the 1883 completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, the only means of travel between Long Island and the rest of the United States was by boat or ship. We currently have a number of positions open in the Boise School District. Brooklyn and Queens contain five of eleven senior colleges within CUNY, the public university system of New York City and one of the largest in the country. Serving in the 1st New York, he took part in the Invasion of Quebec before transferring to the 3rd New York in 1776. Renamed Hopkins Senior High School in 1980. On January 1, 1898, Kings County and portions of Queens were consolidated into the 'City of Greater New York', abolishing all cities and towns within them. By the start of the 21st century, a number of Long Island communities had converted their assets from industrial uses to post-industrial roles. Marshall Elementary School[121] (518, K2; South Orange), From about 1930 to about 1990, Long Island was considered one of the aerospace manufacturing centers of the United States, with companies such as Grumman, Republic, Fairchild, and Curtiss having their headquarters and factories on Long Island. It hosts a large Fourth of July fireworks show every year which fills the stands. Competing railroads (soon absorbed by the LIRR) were built along the south shore to accommodate travellers from those more populated areas. This settlement, which roughly corresponds to downtown Maplewood today, developed several mills and orchards. Settlers throughout Suffolk County pressed to stay part of Connecticut, but Governor Sir Edmund Andros threatened to eliminate the settlers' rights to land if they did not yield, which they did by 1676.[36]. Private institutions include Molloy College in Rockville Centre, the New York Institute of Technology, Hofstra University and Adelphi University (both in the Town of Hempstead), as well as Long Island University (with its C.W. Watch this highlight video of the Mankato East (Mankato, MN) football team in its game Winona High School on Sep 23, 2022. [67], As of 2022[update], members of the Maplewood Township Committee are Mayor Dean Dafis (D (D, term on committee ends December 31, 2023; term as mayor ends 2022), Deputy Mayor Victor De Luca (D, term on committee ends 2023; term as deputy mayor ends 2022), Nancy J. Adams (D, 2024), Jamaine L. Cripe (D, 2024) and Frank McGehee (D, 2022). [38], In the 19th century, Long Island was still mainly rural and devoted to agriculture. Indian Education - MGMS. Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern geographical area of the U.S. state of New York; it is also part of the New York metropolitan area.With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United States and the 18th-most populous in the world.The island begins at New York Harbor approximately 0.35 miles (0.56 km) east of In 1774 he was chosen as a representative from New York to the First Continental Congress. Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. The government that they set up was a participatory democracy and there was an alliance between the tribes. [50] In the popular media this has been often misinterpreted as a ruling that Long Island is legally not an island. It is the home of the Brookhaven National Laboratory in nuclear physics and Department of Energy research. Development of vineyards on the North Fork has spawned a major viticultural industry, replacing potato fields. Gentrification has affected much of Brooklyn and a portion of Queens, relocating a sizeable swath of New York City's population. [135][136] Independent Bus provides bus service on its 31 route. After World War II, suburban development increased with incentives under the G.I. There are historic and modern bridges, and recreational and commuter trails, serving various parts of Long Island. Indian Education - PCSH. Sep 24, 2022 @ 12:41pm. The Township staff, under the direction of the Township Administrator, carries out Committee policy and provides day to day services. Football - JV - West. Gradually, development also followed these parkways, with various communities springing up along the more traveled routes. Brooklyn and Queens, on the other hand, do not have county governments. Several smaller islands, though geographically distinct, are in proximity to Long Island and are often grouped with it. The Township Administrator serves as the chief administrative officer and is accountable to the Township Committee. The ocean also brings afternoon sea breezes to the immediate South Shore areas (within 1 mile (1.6km)) that temper the heat in the warmer months. The Dutch founded six towns in present-day Brooklyn beginning in 1645. Constitutional officers elected countywide are: Eastern Long Island is a significant producer of wine. Opportunity Zones are economically distressed communities, defined by individual census tract, nominated by Americas governors, and certified by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury via his delegation of that authority to the Internal Revenue Service. Jason Alexander takes wing in, "Wins Have Been Served Family Style \ Serena, Venus Still Alive In Semis Of Singles, Doubles", "Salute this N.J. native. Boyden also built and put into operation the first steam engines to service the railroad through Maplewood. In any given winter, however, some parts of the island can see up to 50 inches (130cm) of snow or more. Also, the eyewall of Hurricane Bob in 1991 brushed the eastern tip. In 1789 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving until 1791. In 1985, the United States Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Maine that Long Island is integrally related to the mainland enough that Long Island Sound and the western part of Block Island Sound constitute a "juridical bay" for the purpose of determining maritime state boundaries. The Culper Spy Ring included agents operating between Setauket and Manhattan. He was made the colonel of the 5th New York in 1780 and the Tryon County militia in 1781, where he fought at Johnstown. Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura (Fairfield; D, 2024),[99][100] and The island's eastern end is still partly agricultural. Joining the revolutionary Sons of Liberty in the 1770s, Willett shortly thereafter enlisted in the Continental Army in 1775. The township shares a border with West Orange and South Orange to the north, Newark and Irvington to the east, Union (in Union County) to the south, and Millburn to the west. [34][35][36], Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Hilton and Valley View.[37]. With an enumerated population of 8,063,232 residents as of the 2020 U.S. Census, constituting 40% of the State of New York's population,[11][12][13][14][15] Long Island is the most populated island in any U.S. state or territory, the third-most populous island in the Americas (after only Hispaniola and Cuba), and the 18th-most populous island in the world (ahead of Ireland, Jamaica, and Hokkaid). [123] Two symbols of Long Island's duck farming heritage are the Long Island Ducks minor-league baseball team and the Big Duck, a 1931 duck-shaped building that is a historic landmark and tourist attraction. Each has a county legislature and countywide-elected officials, including district attorney, county clerk, and county comptroller. New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District, Category:People from Maplewood, New Jersey, 2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, "Maplewood Hires Jerry Giaimis as New Township Administrator", Edward J. 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In 1867, when the State of New Jersey established public education through the School Law, the newly appointed County Superintendent merged the three associations into one school district, which was formalized in 1894 as the South Orange-Maplewood School District. Other 20th-century storms that made landfall on Long Island at hurricane intensity include the 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane, Hurricane Donna in 1960, Hurricane Belle in 1976, and Hurricane Gloria in 1985. Music on Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk) is strongly influenced by the proximity to New York City and by the youth culture of the suburbs. [53], Every year, on the weekend following the weekend closest to July 4, there is a concert in town called Maplewoodstock. [28], Maplewood was originally formed as South Orange Township, which was created on April 1, 1861, from portions of Clinton Township and what was then the Town of Orange. At the 2020 census, the combined population of Nassau and Suffolk counties was 2,921,694 people, Suffolk County's share being 1,525,920 and Nassau County's 1,395,774. Mankato East football highlights Winona High School. Long Island's eateries are largely a product of the region's local ethnic populations. Jayne's Hill, at 401 feet (122m), within Suffolk County near its border with Nassau County, is the highest hill along either moraine; another well-known summit is Bald Hill in Brookhaven Town, not far from its geographical center at Middle Island. The Dodgers won several National League pennants in the 1940s and 1950s, losing several times in the World Seriesoften called Subway Seriesto their Bronx rivals, the New York Yankees. These operations have largely been phased out or significantly diminished. Intimate Long Island has a moderately sunny climate, averaging 2,400 to 2,800 hours of sunshine annually.[60]. Pumpkin farms have been added to traditional truck farming. Long Island is the most populous island and one of the most densely populated regions in the United States. The new stadium has an exterior faade and main entry rotunda inspired by Brooklyn's famous Ebbets Field (see below). Despite this success during the latter part of the team's stay in Brooklyn, they were a second-division team with an unspectacular winning record for much of their history there but nonetheless became legendary for the almost-fanatical devotion of the Brooklynites who packed the relatively small ballpark to vigorously root for the team they affectionately called, "Dem Bums". The New York Sharks is a women's American football team that is a member of the Women's Football Alliance. The MTA considers itself to be the largest regional public transportation provider in the Western Hemisphere. [64], On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage to low-lying coastal areas of Nassau and Suffolk counties, Brooklyn, and Queens, destroying or severely damaging thousands of area homes and other structures by ocean and bay storm surges. Long Island is also home to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, which was directed for 35 years by James D. Watson (who, along with Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin, discovered the double helix structure of DNA). [137], The township operates the rush-hour Maplewood Jitney service to and from the train station.[138][139]. "Philly.com: Top Neo-Nazi Shock Jock Grew Up in Maplewood NJ", "How guts, grit and gusto helped one of N.J.'s most influential LGBT advocates change the game", "Jules Heningburg: Maplewood Kid to Tewaaraton Candidate", "Mrs. Stephen J. Herben; Widow of Minister Was Long Active in Missionary Work", "Amos E. Joel Jr., Cellphone Pioneer, Dies at 90", "B. F. Jones, 65, Dies; Active In Politics; Former Speaker of New Jersey Assembly Had Also Served on the Bench. Print: 1997-2021; MARSHALL Cardinal, 1313 5th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN. Long Island is home to the East Coast's largest industrial park, the Hauppauge Industrial Park, hosting over 1,300 companies which employ more than 71,000 individuals. Many public and private high schools on Long Island are ranked among the best in the United States. Spring can be cool due to the relatively cooler temperatures of the Atlantic Ocean and occasional blocking. The Maplewood Theater, designed by William E. Lehman, was where Cheryl Crawford first revived Porgy and Bess. On August 22, 1830, Willett died and was buried in the graveyard of Trinity Church. Four in ten likely voters are While affluent overall, Nassau County has pockets of more pronounced wealth with estates covering greater acreage within the Gold Coast of the North Shore and the Five Towns area on the South Shore. Each tribe had their own territory and chief that was respected by other tribes. Maple Grove Elementary School; Marshdale Elementary School; Meiklejohn Elementary School; Chatfield Senior High School; Columbine High School; Conifer High School; Dakota Ridge High School; Yearbook; Student Newspaper; JCOS Alumni; Newsletter. Nouns occupy a central part in everyones life that is why the list of nouns is a never-ending one. Seeing action at Monmouth, Willett then participated in the 1778 Sullivan Campaign. Maplewood won New Jersey Monthly magazine's Downtown Showdown in 2015, with the editor's noting the community's "myriad boutiques, art galleries and notable restaurants". [51] The building was transferred to the town on October 15, 1988. "[112] In June 2018, Maplewood unveiled permanently rainbow-colored crosswalks to celebrate LGBTQ pride across the full year. The more southerly moraine, known as the Ronkonkoma moraine, forms the "backbone" of Long Island; it runs primarily through the very center of Long Island, roughly coinciding with the length of the Long Island Expressway. The per capita income for the borough was $47,404 (+/ $2,404). Two nearby controlled-access highways serve Maplewood: the Garden State Parkway, which runs northsouth, and Interstate78, which runs eastwest.[130]. [17] Nassau County high school students often feature prominently as winners of the International Science and Engineering Fair and similar STEM-based academic awards. Virtually walking the halls, witnessing those valuable teaching/learning moments, and feeling that sense of safety and home should be an easy and rewarding part of the process. English: 763-391-8700 Espaol: 1-855-891-8364 Lus Hmoob: 1-877-205-3002 Farms allow fresh fruit picking by Long Islanders for much of the year. [52] In 2008, the township committed to a $130,000 plan to improve the building. As a hub of commercial aviation, Long Island is home to two of the nation's and New York City metropolitan area's three busiest airports, JFK International Airport and LaGuardia Airport,[a] in addition to Long Island MacArthur Airport; as well as two major air traffic control radar facilities, the New York TRACON and the New York ARTCC. The village changed its name from North Farms to Middleville in 1830, and then to Hilton in 1880 when it was granted a post office. South Orange Middle School[126] (786, 68; South Orange) and The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.27. 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The slow-moving "Superstorm Sandy" (so-nicknamed because it merged with a nor'easter before it made landfall) caused 90% of Long Island households to lose power and an estimated $18billion in damages in Nassau and Suffolk counties alone. In 2002, The New York Times cited a study by the non-profit group ERASE Racism, which determined that Nassau and Suffolk counties constitute the most racially segregated suburbs in the United States. [30] Sewan was one of the terms for wampum (commemorative stringed shell beads, for a while also used as currency by colonists in trades with the Lenape), and is also translated as "loose" or "scattered", which may refer either to the wampum or to Long Island. They had acquired most of today's Essex County from the Native Americans and followed three trails that roughly correspond to South Orange Avenue, Springfield Avenue and Ridgewood Road. Also, daytime high temperatures on the eastern part of Long Island are cooler on most occasions, due to the moderating effect of the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United States and the 18th-most populous in the world. The island is also home to the United States Merchant Marine Academy, a Federal Service Academy in Kings Point, on the North Shore. An artificial turf baseball complex named Baseball Heaven is in Yaphank. [62], Long Island is somewhat vulnerable to tropical cyclones. As of 2019, the Asian population in Nassau County had grown by 39% since 2010 to an estimated 145,191 individuals, including approximately 50,000 Indian Americans and 40,000 Chinese Americans, as Nassau County has become the leading suburban destination in the U.S. for Chinese immigrants. Do you want to make a positive difference in a student's life? 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