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Convenience Store replaces Pawn Shop

Last week, a convenience store made its debut at 800 Elmont Road where a local pawn shop once stood. The new store features all the embellishments and products one would expect from a store of this kind, and is conveniently located at the oft-traveled corner of Linden Boulevard and Elmont Road. Check out the differenceContinueContinue reading “Convenience Store replaces Pawn Shop”

Young Elmont girl enjoys summer of ‘Fresh Air’

    [Via TheDay.com, Connecticut]: Waterford — Ellen Gottfried’s condo does not look as if it would be home to a 10-year-old. It’s decorated in white and pastel tones, with lace doilies on wooden furniture and a china cabinet with antique dishes stored behind glass. An elderly black-and-white cat named Princess curls up on the couchContinueContinue reading “Young Elmont girl enjoys summer of ‘Fresh Air’”

Foster’s Meadow: A German farming community

[Via Elmont Herald] The Franklin Square Historical Society announces a new website for the preservation of the memory of Fosters Meadow — a German farming community that was established in the 1850s. Fosters Meadow was originally a large sheep pasture that was purchased by Thomas and Christopher Foster in 1650. Today, this area corresponds toContinueContinue reading “Foster’s Meadow: A German farming community”

A Traveler’s Journey Along the Queens-Nassau Borderline

[History: Part 3, via Forgotten New York] There are not one, but two signs welcoming motorists to Nassau County as the border is crossed east of the Cross Island Parkway. There are, of course, no such signs welcoming visitors to New York City or Queens as you are going west.     Just past theContinueContinue reading “A Traveler’s Journey Along the Queens-Nassau Borderline”