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Letter from the Chief-Halesite Fire Department: Comedy Night and Dinner 4/29/17

April 11, 2017 2:30 pm Comments Off

Dear Neighbors,
The Halesite Hook & Ladder Company invite you to their annual fundraiser event; Dinner and Comedy Show! April 27, 2017 at 7pm.
$40 per ticket includes a gourmet meal and drinks and an evening of hilarious comedians. There will be door prize raffles, and a 50/50 raffle if you’re feeling lucky. You will also be able […]

Dix Hills Firefighter Celebrates 95th Birthday

April 11, 2017 2:02 pm Comments Off

On April 10, 2017, Dix Hills Fire Department Company One celebrated a big birthday with veteran firefighter and Ex-Commissioner Hank Leids. At 95-years-old, Hank is the oldest member of the department. He joined the Dix Hills Fire Department in 1963 and has been a dedicated member, actively responding to calls as recently as 2013. Hank was a Rescue […]

Falling Tree Hits House and Propane Truck in Lloyd Harbor

April 11, 2017 1:51 pm Comments Off

The Huntington Fire Department was dispatched to the Village of Lloyd Harbor on Monday, April 10, 2017, at 1:10 p.m. for a report of wires and a tree down on a propane truck on West Neck Road near Pheasant Drive. When units arrived they found a large tree had come down and struck a house and […]

LUPINACCI VOTES YES ON STATE BUDGET

April 11, 2017 1:34 pm Comments Off

Lupinacci Says budget produced positive results but process must be more transparent

Assemblyman Chad A. Lupinacci (R,C,I,Ref-South Huntington) weighed in on the budget after voting ‘yes’ early Saturday morning. Lupinacci praised the budget for expanding aid to students seeking an undergraduate degree, but criticized the budget’s secretive and exclusive process.
“While we may not have […]

Huntington Officials Help Celebrate Little Shelter’s 90th

April 10, 2017 3:13 pm Comments Off

Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone and Council Members Eugene Cook and Tracey A. Edwards joined in the celebration April 2, 2017 of the 90th birthday of The Little Shelter Animal Rescue and Adoption Center, one of Long Island’s oldest no-kill shelters.

Supervisor Petrone presented the shelter with a proclamation signed by Council Members Cook and Edwards, […]

High Arts Showcase XIII Reception Friday, April 7, 2017 6-8pm

April 7, 2017 4:08 pm Comments Off

Join us in celebrating the art work of students from our JOURNEY program high schools.
Cold Spring Harbor, Harborfields, Huntington, Northport-East Northport, Plainview/Old Bethpage and South Huntington.

Featuring a poetry reading by Allison Magnus Harborfields High School
and Jesse Stickell Huntington High School

This is a free event, all are welcome to attend
Main Street Gallery – 213 Main Street – […]

LUPINACCI, RAIA CONGRATULATE NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS

March 31, 2017 3:58 pm Comments Off

Assemblyman Chad A. Lupinacci (R,C,I,Ref-South Huntington) and Town Clerk Jo-Ann Raia recently joined the Cold Spring Harbor Fire Department for their 2017 Installation of Officers. Lupinacci offered remarks at the gathering and awarded the installed officers with New York State Assembly Citations for their service to the community.
“Volunteer firefighters are truly everyday heroes, and its […]

REGULATE RIDESHARING STATEWIDE

March 28, 2017 4:26 pm Comments Off

Assemblyman Lupinacci says county control presents ‘direct conflict of interest’
Assemblyman Chad A. Lupinacci (R,C,I,Ref-South Huntington) today criticized the efforts of various lobbying groups to consolidate regulation of ridesharing companies to the state’s counties. Uber and Lyft contest that the regulatory boards of Nassau and Suffolk counties are responsible for policy governing ridesharing companies […]

Suffolk County Dept. of Health Services April Meeting Notices

March 28, 2017 4:17 pm Comments Off

The Open Meetings or “Sunshine” laws of New York State and Suffolk County give the public the right to attend meetings of public bodies, listen to the debates and watch the decision-making process in action. The laws also require that notice of the time and place of all meetings be given prior to every meeting.
Following […]

Little Shelter Is Looking For Some Very Special Guests For Our 90th Anniversary

March 28, 2017 4:10 pm Comments Off

With Little Shelter’s 90th anniversary less than a week away, we are looking for some very special people to join us for commemorating this landmark event. We are asking for any descendants of our founders and the children who were present at the opening ceremony in 1927 to get in touch with us.
Little Shelter was […]