The Huntingtonian Shedding Light on the Town of Huntington

 
On Friday, March 9, 2012, at approximately 6:30 PM, an unknown white female walked into Canine Corral, located at 1845 New York Avenue, Huntington Station and picked up a white Bichon Frise puppy, valued at $1,300, from the open pen where the dog was kept. The subject then placed the puppy into her handbag and […]

 Ten fire departments battled a raging brush fire that engulfed about four acres of woods at the West Hills County Park in Melville late Sunday night into Monday morning.  Over 100 firefighters using 15 trucks from Melville, Dix Hills, Huntington, Huntington Manor, Cold Spring Harbor, Deer Park, Wyandanch, West Islip, Bethpage and Plainview fire departments battled the blaze […]

County Executive Steve Bellone and members of the Suffolk County Legislature unveiled a new online permitting process to modernize county government and address delays that have hindered job creation. The new Submission & Status Terminal (www.suffolkcountyny.gov/sst) will streamline the application process for those seeking approval for Health Department or Department of Public Works permits allowing applicants to track submission date, review date, items needed for approval and current status.

Under the budget, Huntington Schools received over $6.1 million in increased state education aid with the school districts of Northport receiving a 7.90 percent increase; Half Hollow Hills a 4.01 percent increase; Harborfields a 10.08 percent increase; Commack a 6.51 percent increase; Elwood a 6.89 percent increase; Cold Spring Harbor a 6.30 percent increase and Huntington a 9.56 percent increase.

Last month there was a proposal unveiled by Engel Burman Group, represented by attorney Michael McCarthy, to convert East Northport’s Oaktree Dairy into a condo community that would have 482 units on the 37 acre property. The project is expected to cost $250 million. It is to be targeted at the 55-and-older market. The plans call for […]

There was a crash involving two landscaping trucks on Park Avenue near Stillwell Street in Huntington, Wednesday morning, April 4. Four men suffered injuries including two that were trapped in one of the truck’s crushed cabs.