2012 | The Huntingtonian

Bathroom Camera Found in Elementary School

April 28, 2012 7:30 am Comments Off

According to sources at South Huntington School District A contractor doing work for the District hide an Iphone to take video in a restroom at Countrywood Elementary school was arrested Wednesday April 25th.

Huntington SD BOE Candidates

April 27, 2012 7:41 am Comments Off

Five candidates will be on the ballot when Huntington School District residents go to the polls on Tuesday, May 15 to fill three seats on the School Board. Voting will be held at Huntington High School from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Tom DiGiacomo, Bill Dwyer, Xavier Palacios, Emily Rogan and Susan Tully are all out […]

Mother’s Day Plant Sale At The Vanderbilt

April 27, 2012 7:16 am Comments Off

Vanderbilt Volunteer Gardeners Plan Mother’s Day Weekend Sale of Perennials, Annuals, Shrubs and Trees. The goal is to sell “the finest quality flowers, shrubs and trees at the fairest prices.”

South Huntington’s New website and BOE Notes

April 25, 2012 10:37 pm Comments Off

As many of you know the South Huntington districts website is something out of the 1st year of the web, circa Al Gore. So the district put out an RFP and hired a firm to update it and showed us what it will look like. The cutover will be Thursday into Friday depending on the new site propagating across the internet dns servers. See below what your new site is going to look like over the next few days. This will be a big boost and service to the district residence.

Newly Formed Abrams Community Watch Group

April 25, 2012 10:34 am Comments Off

On the evening of April 24, Abrams Neighborhood Watch held their first meeting at the 2nd precinct. About a dozen people attended. Officer John Chiquitucto who is the community liaison officer gave a presentation and overview of what forming a Neighborhood Watch group is all about. He described the general mission of a neighborhood watch group as an […]

Huntington Eagle Scout Honored

April 25, 2012 8:39 am Comments Off

Joseph Straub of Troop 360 was recently honored and presented with an Assembly Citation by Assemblyman Jim Conte. This took place at his Eagle Scout Court of Honor at Huntington High School. Joseph earned 23 merit badges in the course of his scouting career and built steps forHuntington High School’s tennis courts as part of his […]

1st Charging Station on Long Island

April 25, 2012 7:46 am 3 Comments

Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone, Councilman Mark Cuthbertson and members of the Town Council marked the opening of a five-vehicle electric charging station at the Huntington train station’s South Parking Garage, the first such charging station at a municipal parking facility on Long Island.
The charging station not only encourages residents to purchase and use electric cars by giving them a […]

Republican Presidential Primary April 24

April 24, 2012 9:54 am Comments Off

The polls are open today from 6am to 9pm for all registered New York State Republicans to vote in today’s presidential primary. The candidates on the ballot here in New York State include former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, U.S. Congressman from Texas Ron Paul and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. You can excersise […]

South Huntington’s Parent University “Graduates”

April 24, 2012 7:05 am Comments Off

The first class from South Huntington’s Parent University “graduated” Friday night, and the community couldn’t have been prouder. It was a great opportunity to sharpen the skills we all need to have in order to take on life’s most important and demanding pursuit: raising successful children.

Dr. Pedro Noguera, the evening keynote speaker and a nationally renowned expert on building partnerships between […]

Commack Junior Awarded For Original Research

April 24, 2012 6:37 am Comments Off

The Junior Science and Humanities Symposia Program invites high school students to submit a paper on an original research investigation in the sciences, engineering, or mathematics, and to participate in the Long Island Regional Symposium at Stony Brook University (SUNY) held annually in March. This year, 226 projects were entered, and 70 students were selected […]