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Melville Fire Department Hosts 9/11 Remembrance

September 3, 2017 1:53 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department invites the community to join us for our 9/11 Memorial Service on September 11, 2017 at 8 p.m. at Station # 3, on Old Country Road and New York Avenue. The candlelight remembrance takes place around a steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center that stands on a memorial plaza at the […]

Northport-East Northport Welcomes 20 New Teachers

September 3, 2017 1:48 pm Comments Off

The Northport-East Northport School District welcomed 20 new teachers for the 2017-18 school year during the district’s annual new teacher orientation held from Aug. 29-30, 2017. Teachers and administrators met in the high school library, shared breakfast and spent time getting to know their fellow staff members. Superintendent of Schools Robert Banzer provided a warm […]

Letter To The Editor – Lisa Cook “the biggest losers here are the residents of the Town of Huntington.”

September 1, 2017 3:39 pm Comments Off

Dear Editor,
It has come to my attention that there are grumblings that I, Lisa Cook the wife of Town of Huntington Councilman Eugene
Cook, was the reason he dropped out of the race for Huntington Town Supervisor. I feel compelled to set the record straight.
The truth of the matter is that my husband withdrew from the […]

Programs Scheduled to Help Struggling Homeowners

August 31, 2017 8:51 pm Comments Off

Sessions, spurred by state grant, will include information on reporting blight
As part of an effort spurred by a state grant, the Town of Huntington has scheduled three public programs aimed at helping struggling homeowners and at assisting residents who want to report examples of blight.
The events are designed to provide information that will […]

19 New Teachers Join Harborfields

August 31, 2017 8:46 pm Comments Off

The Harborfields Central School District held an orientation for all new teachers entering their schools on Aug. 29, 2017. The purpose of the orientation was to acclimate the new staff to the policies and procedures of the district, as well as the community and the culture of the surrounding area.
During the day, teachers got to […]

Fifteen New Teachers Join The Elwood School District

August 31, 2017 8:37 pm Comments Off

It was a day of preparation for Elwood Union Free School District’s 15 newest teachers as they gathered in the Elwood Middle School library on Aug. 28, 2017 for the first day of their New Teacher Orientation. The two-day orientation program allowed the new staff members to be officially introduced to the district through key […]

Mosquito Sample Tests Positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

August 31, 2017 8:20 pm Comments Off

(Sixteen Additional Mosquito Samples Test Positive for West Nile Virus)

The New York State Department of Health informed Suffolk County health officials today that a mosquito sample tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus, also referred to as Triple E. The sample, Culiseta melanura, was collected on August 16 in the Manorville area.

The presence […]

Hector Gavilla for Suffolk County Says “Suffolk Red-Light Camera Program Steals Over $30,000,000 Per Year From Tax-Payers”

August 31, 2017 8:16 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Red-light Camera Program is unconstitutional and ineffective. By the county’s own admission, rear-end collisions have increased 30%. In total, the program has fined Suffolk residents more than $30,000,000, with an average of 30-40% of these fees going not to the county, but Maryland-based Xerox, the vendor whom records and processes all fees […]

Huntington Resident and Dance Anatomy Specialist Teaches Master Class

August 31, 2017 6:46 pm Comments Off

Bonnie Millen of Huntington, a Professor of Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology at Long Island University’s (LIU) C.W. Post campus, taught Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts (LIHSA) dance students critical methods for injury prevention during a Master Class. The LIHSA Master Class program is part of the school’s ongoing mission to provide […]

NEEDLEWORKERS MONTHLY MEETING SEPT. 26, 2017

August 31, 2017 6:38 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Chapter of The Embroiderers’ Guild of America will hold its monthly meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills, NY. We welcome beginner, intermediate or advanced stitchers. No charge to attend first meeting. For information, please call 631-423-3738.