Nassau County, New York

The village that I live in is called MerricK . Merrick is a hamlet in Nassau County, Long Island on the South Shore. This village is 35 miles from New York and one expressway exit from Jones Beach. The name "Merrick" is taken from Meroke, the name (meaning peaceful) of the Algonquian tribe . The first people that lived here are the Merokee Indians that farmed and fished in the area.  In 1650, a Reverend Denton moved his congregation to the area from Stamford, Conn., and founded the Town of Merrick

span over which Westchester and Rockland Counties will move virtually overnight, twenty years into the future" When Governor Thomas F. Dewey made this pronouncement in December of 1955, it does not seem as though even he knew how true his words would be. It took till 1989 and "Field of Dreams" to coin the phrase "If you build it they will come", but someone could have very well made the same observation during the 1950s in reference to Rockland County New York. Both of these statements cannot fully

watershed is a major tributary to Lake Ontario. The river originates in the Allegheny Plateau in the town of Ulysses, Potter County, Pennsylvania, about fifteen miles south of the New York State border (GFLRPC, 2004). The river flows north through Allegheny, Livingston, and Monroe Counties and forming a portion of two borders between Livingston County and Wyoming or Monroe Counties. Letchworth State Park runs along the Genesee River encapsulating 14,350 acres of the watershed and contains the “Grand

The name of the community that I researched is Lost Our Homes Pet Foundation(LOH). It is located on 2323 South Hardy Drive in Tempe, Arizona. L.O.H. was founded in 2008 when the founder, Jodi Polanski, wanted to have a world in which all pets have loving homes and are treated with respect. Now, that is the vision and purpose of L.O.H. The mission of L.O.H. is to ensure that all pets have loving homes when families face major life changes and have to give up their pets. L.O.H. also is striving

Descriptive Essay- Beach, Vacation The place where I feel most comfortable is a place where I am calm. A place that is peaceful in its own ways. It is the place to go to get away from all my troubles. It is the one place where I could sit forever, and never get tired of just staring into the deepest blue I have ever seen. It is the place where I can sit and think the best. A place where nothing matters but what is in that little moment. The one place capable of sending my senses into an overload

There are 24 named waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania along Kitchen Creek as it flows in three steep, narrow valleys, or glens. They range in height from 9 feet (2.7 m) to the 94-foot (29 m) Ganoga Falls. Ricketts Glen State Park is named for R. Bruce Ricketts, a colonel in the American Civil War who owned over 80,000 acres (32,000 ha) in the area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but spared the old growth forests in the glens from clearcutting. The

competing against an already well established company. The new entrant would fiscally be making a better decision if it were to locate a highly dense population area with few barriers of entry unlike Dutchess County. There are three towns with substitutes that are main competitors to the Renegades. Wappinger Falls, New York holds two locally owned parks and a Fun Central, a game entertainment geared towards families. Poughkeepsie, New York holds the Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall, a recreational Walkway

Red Cross Training Learning and having the Red Cross training has completely been of a great advantage to me. This experience has persuaded me to accomplish a new set of goals in my life, like helping others in need. It also has augmented my knowledge about this important organization. According to what I learned, Clara Barton was the founder of the Red Cross, and the mission of this foundation is to prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies. This is a worldwide organization

The reason why I picked Clara Barton is because she is known for helping people and that’s what I enjoy doing because it’s just a good thing to do and warms my heart and because she was a nurse and that's what I want to be when I’m older.The reason why I picked the postcard is because it’s a very creative way to show how you thought the people talked or how they saw the things then,I made it look older so it would show like the back in the day look I made sure of that from the picture to the stamp

Elections 9/22/14 New York’s Fourth Congressional District In the congressional election coming this November, the Democratic and Republican candidates will be fiercely campaigning for the Fourth District’s seat in the House of Representatives. In the analysis of the electoral race, we will closely examine various aspects of the district including demographics, income and wealth, religious preference, important federal issues in the area, partisanship, and previous voting patterns. New York’s 4th District