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Valentine’s Day at the Vanderbilt

January 30, 2012 5:45 am Comments Off

Imagine having a Valentine’s Day dinner where Hollywood stars and European royalty dined with members of one of America’s richest and most famous families. You can do that at a spectacular, historic American estate that is also one of the most glamorous and romantic settings on Long Island: the elegant, early twentieth-century mansion of William […]

Huntington SD Reaches Out To Residents On Budget

January 30, 2012 5:00 am Comments Off

There is no way around the fact that 2012 promises to be a very challenging year for school districts across New York. The Huntington School District has sent residents a postcard inviting them to participate in a series of budget development sessions beginning January 30 and continuing through the winter and into the spring months.
“As […]

Harborfields Students Selected As Suffolk County’s Finest

January 29, 2012 6:09 am Comments Off

The Harborfields Central School District’s Music and Art Department is pleased to announce the selection of fourteen student string players from grades five through twelve, representing Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School, Oldfield Middle School and Harborfields High School as participants in the 2012 Long Island String Festival Association (LISFA) honors string ensembles. The fourteen LISFA […]

Valentine’s Day Chocolate Pizza Craft

January 29, 2012 5:17 am Comments Off

Have fun at the Huntington Public Library, Station Branch. On Thursday, February 9 th from 6:00 – 7:00 pm, children in grades 1 – 5 are invited to make a special and delicious Valentine’s Day craft. Create your special pizza using various candy toppings to share with someone special.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Station Community Room

Homeless Intel Semi-Finalist Has New Home From Bellone

January 27, 2012 3:06 pm Comments Off

Samantha Garvey and Her Family to Receive Keys to New Home from County Executive Bellone
Three Bedroom Rent Stabilized Home Will Serve As New Residence for the Family.
Intel semi-finalist, Samantha Garvey, will receive the keys to her new family home. When announced as a semi-finalist, Samantha and her family were living in a homeless shelter. Suffolk […]

Huntington & Commack SD’s Intel Finalists

January 27, 2012 6:05 am Comments Off

Two outstanding students from the Town of Huntington have been named finalists in the prestigious Intel Science Competition.

Conte On Medicaid Costs

January 26, 2012 8:49 am Comments Off

Medicaid is by far New York’s largest unfunded mandate. The total municipal share of Medicaid spending for the 2010-11 fiscal year alone totaled $8 billion. The high cost of Medicaid as well as the way Albany has chosen to fund the program is a major drain on the budgets of local governments and has led […]

Whitman Students Pledge Not To Text While Driving

January 26, 2012 5:31 am Comments Off

Walt Whitman’s driver education instructor, Mr. Samuel Levant, goes to all lengths to impress upon his students the dangers of distracted driving, with special attention to texting. Students recently watched a short film clip during which Alex Brown’s parents described what it was like to discover the wreckage of their car and tragedy of the […]

Young Historian’s After-School Program

January 26, 2012 5:18 am Comments Off

Does your child love history?
Would your child like to make part of history come alive?
The Huntington Historical Society is offering an 8 session after school program for children ages 7 to 12.
Each session of this hands on program will be focused on one colonial project such as weaving on a loom, candle dipping, authentic colonial cooking, […]

Bellone Addressing Huntington Station Crime

January 25, 2012 2:48 pm Comments Off

On Tuesday, January 24th, new County Executive Steve Bellone held a press conference outside St. Hugh of Lincoln church. Choosing this location was significant because it is across the street from the most recent publicized violence in Huntington Station. County Executive Bellone showed up in Huntington Station with a plan after being in office for only […]