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DRAW OUT! Free Event, Sunday September 27

September 18, 2015 5:36 am Comments Off

12:00 noon – 4:00 pm
(Rain Date October 4)
There will be an array of drawing and collage activities in the Museum, on the terrace, and in Heckscher Park. A variety of materials will be on hand or bring your own to capture the excitement of the day! Experience a printmaking demonstration by exhibiting master printer Dan Welden; […]

Petrone Presents 2016 Proposed Budget

September 18, 2015 5:26 am Comments Off

Town Hall Press Release:
Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone proposed a $188,663,991 Town budget for 2016, a spending plan that remains within the state’s tax cap while maintaining services at a time when revenues are stagnant and fixed costs are increasing.
The proposed budget contains no new initiatives, but it does follow through on implementing ones that […]

First-Ever Retro Video Game Event To Be Held in Huntington

September 17, 2015 5:53 am Comments Off

Buy/Trade/Sell—and Play! Vintage Video Games

–Fun for All Ages–
Saturday, October 17
10 am – 6 pm
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington

Want to buy retro video games? There will be thousands to choose from. Have a closet full of old video games you want to turn into cash? Find out what they’re worth. Psyched to play Super Mario Brothers […]

Free Farewell to Summer Concert

September 17, 2015 5:26 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and the Suffolk County Office for the Aging will host the county’s second annual Farewell to Summer Concert on Friday September 18 at the Pennysaver Amphitheater at Bald Hill.
The 60’s Invasion, playing radio favorites from the 1960s and early 1970s; Backtrax, formerly known as A Touch of Grey, and the […]

Woman Seriously Injured in Motor Vehicle Crash in East Northport

September 16, 2015 5:34 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a crash which seriously injured a woman in East Northport on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at approximately 6:50 p.m.
Shannon Hanly was driving a 2004 Jeep northbound on Larkfield Road, south of Zoranne Drive, when she lost control of her vehicle and struck a utility pole.
Hanly, 28, of Massapequa, […]

Hard Luck Café Concert Series Resumes at Cinema Arts Centre, Sept. 17

September 16, 2015 5:30 am Comments Off

Annika Bennett and Kirsten Maxwell are Featured Performers

Two talented young singer-songwriters – Annika Bennett and Huntington’s own Kirsten Maxwell — will perform song swap-style and accompany each other on a few of their own songs when the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Hard Luck Café concert series resumes at the Cinema Arts Centre (423 Park […]

Dix Hills FD Car Show on Saturday, September 19

September 16, 2015 5:17 am Comments Off

The Dix Hills Fire Department will be holding a Custom Car and Motorcycle Show on Saturday, September 19, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Dix Hills Fire Headquarters at 115 East Deer Park Road, just north of the Northern State Parkway. Classic cars, muscle cars, and roadsters along with the stunning 9/11 Tribute Car will […]

Lupinacci Seeks More Reasonable Approach for Traffic Light Cameras

September 15, 2015 5:53 am Comments Off

Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci recently commented on the growing opposition to the red light cameras in Suffolk County and other parts of Long Island. Motorists have been voicing their disapproval of this form of traffic enforcement, which capture images of vehicles illegally passing through intersections, because of the large fines from violations.
“I’ve had several discussions with […]

Dix Hills FD Remembers Terry Farrell on 9/11

September 14, 2015 9:17 am Comments Off

As they have done every September 11th since 9/11/01, the members of the Dix Hills Fire Department visited the gravesite of their Chief Terry Farrell, also a firefighter with FDNY Rescue Company 4, who was killed along with 342 of his brother firefighters at the World Trade Center. At the St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Huntington, Dix […]

East Northport Fire Department Held Their 14th annual September 11th Memorial Service

September 14, 2015 7:47 am Comments Off

The East Northport Fire Department held their 14th annual September 11th Memorial Service at their 9/11 Memorial Monument, set around an eight-foot, 8,000 pound Steel Beam from the World Trade Center. Chief Wayne Kaifler Jr. welcomed the community and firefighters, followed by an Opening Prayer from Chaplain William Bootz. The sirens were sounded to mark […]