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Election Day Statement by Suffolk County Police Commissioner Timothy D. Sini

November 7, 2016 2:46 pm Comments Off

The safety of the residents of our county is always of paramount importance to the Suffolk County Police Department. Although there is currently no credible threat to Suffolk County, I want to ensure the community that our officers have been instructed to closely monitor polling locations in order to protect our residents as they exercise […]

Thank You Stimson Community

October 22, 2016 1:49 am Comments Off

As many of you are aware, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Many of us on Long Island and here in the South Huntington community have had a loved one affected by this disease. To honor those lives impacted and to support research, all Stimson students and staff wore pink on Friday, October 14, […]

Plainview Man Killed in One-Car Motor Vehicle Crash

October 21, 2016 3:37 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a one-car crash that killed a Plainview man Tuesday night October 18, 2016.
Eric Schneider was driving a 2016 Nissan Maxima westbound on Old Country Road near Old East Neck Road in Melville when he drove over a median and struck a guardrail at approximately 7:05 p.m.
Schneider, 50, of […]

Melville Fire Department Dedicates Heavy Rescue Truck and Ambulance

October 17, 2016 3:45 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department recently dedicated a new heavy rescue truck and ambulance at a wet down ceremony held a fire headquarters. The Spartan Custom Heavy Rescue Truck carries a full complement of rescue equipment including three sets of Hurst “Jaws of Life” tools and rescue airbags. The PL Custom Freightliner ambulance is the largest of […]

Melville Fire Department Open House on Sunday, October 16, 2016

October 10, 2016 1:46 am Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department invites the community to join them at their Fire Safety and Prevention Open House on Sunday, October 16, 2016, from 11am – 2pm at Melville Fire Headquarters at 531 Sweet Hollow Road and Walt Whitman Road.

Melville’s firefighters and rescue volunteers will be giving live demonstrations and showing your family how to […]

Viral Video is a HOAX According to the Police

October 6, 2016 3:30 pm Comments Off

Hoax or not, that is the question-HOAX.
NYDAILYNEWS ran “A man trekking through the woods on Long Island recorded video evidence of what he thought to be a murderer’s shrine — including more than a dozen missing persons flyers posted on trees and the apparent remnants of a shelter.”
SYRACUSE.COM POSTED:
“…Gotta wonder just what sort of person […]

Stuff A Bus Stops at Stimson Middle School in South Huntington

October 1, 2016 6:04 pm Comments Off

The spirit of community service was in full force recently as the generous members of the United Way teamed up with Huntington Coach and volunteers to donate a busload of school supplies for our South Huntington children. There was a special feeling of cooperation in the air at Stimson Middle School as students from the […]

Statement from Stu Cameron, SCPD Chief of Department

September 30, 2016 1:56 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Police Department has received reports related to people wearing clown costumes while acting in a menacing manner. The department has not confirmed any of these reports and our officers have not personally witnessed any individual wearing a clown costume.
We understand this may be a social media prank throughout the country, but we […]

Town of Huntington Dedicated Pickleball Courts at Whitman Park

September 29, 2016 5:23 pm Comments Off

Melville – Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone, joined by Councilmen Mark Cuthbertson and Eugene Cook and players from across the Town, officially opened the Town’s first dedicated pickleball courts at Whitman Park September 27, 2016.
The four courts were constructed by Town employees in a former rollerblading area of the park, on New York Avenue just […]

Town of Huntington Presents 2017 Budget

September 29, 2016 2:28 pm Comments Off

TOWN TO PIERCE THE STATE TAX CAP
Plan released after Town Board unanimously approves piercing state tax cap 5-0.

Immediately after the Huntington Town Board voted unanimously at the September 27, 2016 meeting to pierce the state tax cap, Supervisor Frank P. Petrone presented a 2017 proposed budget that maintains all Town services at current levels while […]