The Huntingtonian | Archive | April

$1130 Backpack Stolen From Huntington Store

April 20, 2015 9:13 am 1 Comment

On April 13 at approximately 1:30 p.m., two men and a woman entered Saks Fifth Avenue, located at 230 Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station, and stole an MCM backpack worth $1,130.
One of the men is described as a black male who was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with NAVY written on the back. The […]

Dix Hills FD Responds to Garage Fire

April 19, 2015 5:39 pm Comments Off

Dix Hills Fire Department volunteers were dispatched to an automatic fire alarm at a house on Dulce Lane, Sunday morning, April 19, at about 9:50 a.m. First arriving firefighters found a light smoke condition and quickly located the fire in an attached garage. Firefighters went to work battling the blaze, which was brought under control within a half-hour, […]

Spencer To Discuss DNA-NET Huntington Station Pilot

April 19, 2015 8:04 am Comments Off

Huntington Woman Killed In Crash

April 18, 2015 9:03 pm Comments Off

On Saturday, April 18, 2015, Tracymarie Verme was driving a 1997 Lexus westbound on Central Street, west of Clinton Avenue in Huntington when her vehicle struck two parked unoccupied vehicles at 4:30 p.m.
Verme, 44, of Huntington, was transported to Huntington Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The vehicle was impounded for safety checks and Suffolk County Police […]

Man Arrested at Walt Whitman Mall for Rocky Point Bank Robbery

April 17, 2015 8:53 am Comments Off

The Suffolk County Police Department arrested a 26-year-old Miller Place man for robbing the Capital One bank located at 366 Route 25A in Rocky Point on April 14.
Following an investigation, Pattern Crime Unit detectives and Larceny Task Force detectives located and identified Max Schneider as he pulled into the Walt Whitman Shops parking lot, located […]

Internationally Acclaimed A Cappella Group Makes Tour Stop This Friday In Cold Spring Harbor

April 16, 2015 9:25 am Comments Off

The oldest collegiate a cappella group, THE WHIFFENPOOFS of YALE perform throughout the year within the United States, and travel around the world in March, and from May through August. They have appeared on television shows such as Saturday Night Live, The West Wing, Glee, NBC’s show The Sing-Off, Jeopardy!, The Today Show, 60 Minutes and Gilmore Girls. […]

Artist Exhibit: Mordechai Meles, Odyssey of Image

April 16, 2015 6:02 am Comments Off

Huntington Public Library / Main Art Gallery
338 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743; 631-427-5165
May 1- June 21, 2015; Artist Reception: Saturday, May 16; 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Hours: Mon-Fri 9 am – 9 pm; Sat 10 am – 6 pm; Sun 1 pm – 6 pm
“Nature provides us with a beautiful display of spring and summer colors. […]

Human Trafficking Presented by The League of Women Voters of Huntington

April 15, 2015 5:33 am Comments Off

The League of Women Voters of Huntington will present our third annual program targeting Human Trafficking, a relevant and very serious problem, on April 30, 2015 at the Cinema Arts Centre at 7:00 p.m. We will view the movie “Not for Sale.” Immediately following the movie, Judge Ukeiley, the former presiding judge for the Human […]

Opt-Out Numbers for Local School Districts

April 14, 2015 5:44 pm Comments Off

South Huntington – 28% of South Huntington School District Students Refused the ELA Test. 2716 were eligible to take the test, 1961 were tested, 755 students opted out.
Elwood – The following are the percentage of students at each each grade level who have been opted out of the NYS ELA exams:
Grade 3 – 26.8%, Grade 4 – […]

Commack Best of Buddies Create Friendship Mural for Disabilities Awareness Week

April 14, 2015 5:51 am Comments Off

In acknowledgement of Disabilities Awareness Week, the members of Commack Middle School’s Best of Buddies Club created a mural depicting a symbol of friendship along with a portion of an inspiring quote by Maya Angelou: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget […]