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Vol. 115, No. 37
June 17 - 23, 2020
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A Century Of Legends:
How The Negro Leagues Shaped America
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BY MIKE ADAMS
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n 1885, a group of waiters and then-young American spectacle: plied their trade. They mumbled itinerant athletes formed a professional baseball. gibberish to one another during baseball team that entertained The team started darting games to try to pass as foreigners. guests at the Argyle Hotel in around the United States and the Since the public mistook the Babylon, a summer resort for New Caribbean, taking on all comers nonsense for Spanish, the team York City’s elite that sat off what is in an effort to rise to the top of the became known as the Cuban now Sunrise Highway. game. But because of prevailing Giants. Gaining renown for their high prejudices at the time, the men That’s how America got its first level of play, they soon relocated had to conceal their true identity African American baseball team. and sought opportunity in a in many of the venues where they It would be far from its last. see NEGRO LEAGUES on page 30 Clockwise from top left: the Cuban Giants, Buck O’Neil in his playing days, Jackie and Satchel Paige and Larry Doby with Robinson with the Kansas City Monarchs the Cleveland Indians (Photos courtesy of the Negro
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Town Asks Judge To Dismiss Lawsuit Brought By ExteNet BY CAROLINE RYAN
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n May 27, attorneys representing the Town of North Hempstead asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit ExteNet brought against the town. ExteNet filed an application with the town to install 16 cell nodes on utility poles in the unincorporated areas of Port Washington. Cell nodes are typically used to boost areas where the network coverage is poor. The town was set to have a public hearing on ExteNet’s 16 cell node applications on March 19, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, the meeting was indefinitely postponed. The board has not approved ExteNet’s application for a right-of-way agreement and will not do so until a public hearing can be held. See rest of story on page 8 Port Washington News (USPS 438-940)
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