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Students In Half Hollow Hills Help Raise Over $126,000 In Students Rebuild Challenge

Students across all 13 grade levels and nine buildings in the Half Hollow Central School District have helped raise $126,410 in this year’s Students Rebuild Challenge by creating 21,408 self-portraits. The challenge was launched by the Bezos Family Foundation, a foundation run by the parents of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

April 17, 2018 12:00 pm / Comments Off / Read More

Wanted for Petit Larceny

April 17, 2018 11:40 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Fourth Precinct Crime Section are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the people who stole items from a Commack store last month.

Little Shelter Celebrating it’s 91st Anniversary

April 17, 2018 11:33 am Comments Off

Long Island’s oldest humane society will be celebrating it’s 91st Anniversary on April 29th. Little Shelter will be holding a celebration and ceremony from 3-5pm commemorating its founding in 1927 as the oldest no-kill shelter in Suffolk County.

Car Crashes into Melville Pizzeria

April 17, 2018 11:25 am Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident after a car crashed into the La Focaccia pizzeria on Broad Hollow Road on Sunday, April 15, at about 6:40 p.m.

Invisible People of Color: Whaling Captains, and Crew on All Sides of Long Island Sound

April 11, 2018 8:35 pm Comments Off

Sandi Brewster-Walker, independent historian, genealogist, and freelance writer, presents a history of 19th century whaling captains and their crew on Long Island

Town of Huntington Releases Crab Meadow Watershed Plan Draft for Public Review and Comment

April 11, 2018 7:45 pm Comments Off

Huntington – The Town of Huntington has released a draft of the Crab Meadow Watershed Plan for public review and comment. The plan is a community driven stewardship plan with the intent to highlight best practices in future management of the Town’s largest watershed.
The Crab Meadow Watershed comprises about six square miles of downward sloping […]

Melville Fire District Donates Vehicle To Suffolk County Auxiliary Police

April 11, 2018 7:35 pm Comments Off

Vehicle to be used in Second Precinct for parades, large gatherings and neighborhood patrols
Suffolk County Police Chief of Department Stuart Cameron and Suffolk County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services Commissioner Joseph Williams will thank officials from the Melville Fire District and students from Western Suffolk BOCES for their efforts in the donation of a vehicle […]

Civil War Reenactment Brings History Alive at Walt Whitman High School

April 11, 2018 7:31 pm Comments Off

Join us as we take a stroll back in time to experience Union Mounted Calvary, the roar of Field Artillery, Union and Confederate infantry demonstrating
musket firing, Field Surgeons demonstrating the medical technology and reality of being wounded in battle, a look at a Women’s role with demonstrations
over a real campfire and an authentic taste of Victorian […]

Four Injured in Melville Crash

April 11, 2018 6:15 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department responded to a four-car collision that injured four people on Bagatelle Road and the South Service Road on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at about 4:40 p.m. The four injured were transported with non-life threatening injuries to Huntington Hospital and Plainview Hospital by Melville Rescue Squad ambulances. Under the command of Chiefs […]

East Northport FD Battles House Fire

April 6, 2018 9:33 am Comments Off

The East Northport Fire Department responded to a multiple calls for a house fire on Meadow Rue Lane on Friday afternoon, March 30, at about 1:45 p.m. Firefighters arrived to a raging fire on both floors of the home and began an aggressive attack on the blaze. Five trucks and two ambulances from East Northport FD were dispatched […]