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AJ Carter Responds To The Recording

November 3, 2011 7:27 pm 2 Comments

(Letter from AJ Carter to the Huntingtonian)
To the Huntingtonian:
I must ask that you correct willful inaccuracies in your article about the message left on the telephone of your editor, Nicholas Wieland.
In particular, at 1:07 into the recording, you will hear me say, clearly and unambiguously, “Frank wants me to respond to these FOILs right away.” This […]

Questionable Use of Millions of Our Tax Dollars

November 2, 2011 9:20 pm 1 Comment

We recently questioned why another local newspaper spent 4 weeks investigating $1300 in expenses. These are some expenses and other uses of public money that we feel are important for tax payers to know more about. We are investigating several of them and we encourage other media and tax payers to do the same.
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HART Bus – Worth the money?

November 2, 2011 2:38 pm 1 Comment

The Town of Huntington 2011 Adopted Budget says there were 251,350 riders of HART Bus in 2010 and the 2012 Preliminary Budget says there are expected to be 240,000 this year. So if each rider goes round trip HART Bus is serving about 500 distinct riders a day. The budget for HART Bus (pg. 136) […]

Meet The Candidates – Robert Conte

October 31, 2011 8:31 am Comments Off

Robert Conte (R) is running for Receiver of Taxes.

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Meet The Candidates – Ester Bivona

October 31, 2011 8:30 am Comments Off

Ester Bivona (Dem, Ind, WF, C) is the incumbent running for Receiver of Taxes

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Meet The Candidates – JoAnn Raia

October 31, 2011 8:03 am Comments Off

JoAnn Raia is running unopposed for Town Clerk

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Incident At Manor Field

October 29, 2011 12:54 pm Comments Off

On Saturday, October 29, an emergency meeting was called by the Huntington Youth Football League for all parents and coaches. The purpose of the meeting was to dispel any rumors and report the facts of a serious incident that occurred at Manor Field.
On Tuesday evening at approximately 5:00 pm children from the Huntington Youth Bulldogs Football […]

Town Hall Press Release

October 28, 2011 10:41 pm Comments Off

Town Board Pledges Vigorous Defense of Convenience Market Regulations
Changes were designed to protect quality of life in neighborhoods surrounding proposed free-standing convenience markets
Huntington, NY The Town of Huntington pledged this week to vigorously defend the recently-enacted regulations on applications for free-standing convenience markets in the face of a court challenge from convenience store giant 7-Eleven.
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Huntington High School Student Named Siemens Regional Finalist

October 25, 2011 11:01 pm Comments Off

The Huntington High School science research program is walking on “cloud nine” after senior Holly Flores was named a regional finalist in the Siemens Foundation Competition in Math, Science & Technology.
Huntington senior Juli Coraor was named a semi-finalist in the competition, which bills itself as the “nation’s most coveted teen science prize.” Ms. Flores and […]

Legislation Is Meaningless If Not Enforced

October 25, 2011 12:26 pm Comments Off

Some have asked why we are continuing to show these things that happened years ago. We are doing this to show how the present Town Board has issued numerous press releases etc over the years. The problem is that they are not worth the paper they are printed on if they are not enforced.
The following […]