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Iconic Setauket Light Station Nominated For Historic Registry Iconic Setauket Light Station Nominated For Historic Registry
Iconic Setauket Light Station Nominated For Historic Registry A nearly 200-year-old light station with a still-functioning lighthouse on Long Island is being considered to join the State and National Registers of Historic Places, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. Old Field Point Light Station, located at 207 Old Field Road in Setauket, joins a total of 36 other properties across New York nominated by the governor on Friday, Dec. 29. Built around 1824, the station was originally comprised of a light tower with a keeper’s dwelling. It was fully paid for by the US Congress – costing $2,500 at the time – making it the first representation of federally-f…

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NY Bumps Starting Pay For Lifeguards Amid Staffing Shortage NY Bumps Starting Pay For Lifeguards Amid Staffing Shortage
NY Bumps Starting Pay For Lifeguards Amid Staffing Shortage Lifeguards in New York are getting a pay raise. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new directive Wednesday, June 22, increasing the starting pay rates for lifeguards at state park beaches and pools, as well as campgrounds and day-use area beaches. Newly hired lifeguards at upstate facilities will see a 34-percent increase in pay from $14.95 per hour to $20 per hour. And starting pay at downstate facilities will go up 21 percent from $18.15 per hour to $22 per hour. Hochul said the idea is to better attract qualified candidates amid a staffing shortage at New York State Park and Department of E…

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by Michael Mashburn
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NY State Assembly Advances Bill To Rename Trump State Park NY State Assembly Advances Bill To Rename Trump State Park
NY State Assembly Advances Bill To Rename Trump State Park New York lawmakers are moving forward with plans to potentially replace and rebrand the Donald J. Trump State Park near the Westchester-Putnam County border. With the former president’s impeachment trial underway, the New York State Assembly voted 14 to 7 to advance a bill that would rebrand the 435-acre park and remove signage advertising it along the Taconic State Parkway. 
“Our parklands should be reflective of New Yorkers that we can be proud of, New Yorkers that have expressed our values,” Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, who sponsored the bill, said to Politico. “There are a lot of…

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by Zak Failla
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NY May Rename Trump State Park NY May Rename Trump State Park
NY May Rename Trump State Park New York State officials are assessing whether or not to rebrand the Donald J. Trump State Park on the Westchester-Putnam border, citing the divisiveness that comes along with the former president's name.  Lawmakers are calling on the state to rename the approximately 435-acre park that stretches between Yorktown and Putnam Valley in the wake of Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol during the riots in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6. In a letter to New York States Park Commissioner Erik Kulleseid earlier this month, Assemblywoman Sandy Galef called for the renaming of the park, as well…

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island Home-Turned-Museum And Nearby Church Recommended For Registers of Historic Places Long Island Home-Turned-Museum And Nearby Church Recommended For Registers of Historic Places
Long Island Home-Turned-Museum And Nearby Church Recommended For Registers of Historic Places The Mary E. Bell House in Center Moriches and a nearby church, both owned and built by an African American family during the 1800's, were recommended by the state Board for Historic Review for the New York and National Registers of Historic Places.  The sites are two of 18 recommended by the organization to potentially add to the 120,000 on the National register.  The two-story home on 66 Railroad Avenue was reportedly used as a site of worship for freed slave Abraham Perdue and his neighbors and friends, according to the town's Ketcham Inn Foundation.  Perceiving a need for…

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by Christina Coulter