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Upcoming Events, Exhibitions & Programs at Heckscher Museum of Art

June 26, 2015 11:05 am Comments Off

Image above: Alonzo Chappel, Drafting the Declaration of Independence, n.d. Heckscher Museum of Art; August Heckscher Collection.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
The Heckscher Museum’s 95th Anniversary Celebration
Friday, July 10 – Sunday, July 12
Free Admission all weekend
Take a selfie with an anniversary frame and other fun props at the Selfie Station; experience Digital Action Painting on a 55-inch touchscreen; […]

Bellone’s Vision For Suffolk County

June 24, 2015 8:22 am Comments Off

At a meeting of the Long Island Regional Planning Council, the leaders joined together to announce the plan to create the Long Island Innovation Zone (I-Zone). The I-Zone will connect existing and planned transit-oriented downtowns – such as New Village in Patchogue, the Meadows at Yaphank and the Ronkonkoma Hub – to the region’s research institutions – such as […]

Bellone, Officials Provide Fish Kill Updates

June 23, 2015 11:38 am 1 Comment

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone was joined by environmental, state, county and town officials Saturday to provide an update on the recent fish kills on the East End and ask the federal government for additional assistance to help the region with its nitrogen pollution crisis after the second major fish kill in the Peconic Estuary, […]

Community Outreach from Home Depot Transforms Butterfly Garden at Sawmill

June 21, 2015 1:48 pm Comments Off

The third grade students at Mandracchia-Sawmill Intermediate School in Commack have been studying the life cycle of insects. They “raised” Painted Lady butterflies, and as a culminating activity, the students released the butterflies into the school’s butterfly garden.
The garden had undergone an amazing transformation just the day before, thanks to Christopher Longstreet, a Sawmill dad […]

Raia Pushes Pension Forfeiture For Government Officials Who Commit Felony While In Office

June 19, 2015 5:25 am Comments Off

From the Office of Andrew Raia:
On June 16, 2015, Assemblyman Andrew Raia voted in favor of the Assembly’s pension forfeiture legislation, but urged the body to take up the more stringent bill he has sponsored since 2013. Under the bill which passed, elected officials who commit a felony while in office would be stripped of […]

Vanderbilt Celebrates 65 Years as a County Museum

June 18, 2015 5:58 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum will celebrate the 65th anniversary of its official opening on July 6.
William K. Vanderbilt II — great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the railroad and shipping magnate — died in 1944. His wife Rosamund continued to live in the Vanderbilt Mansion in Centerport until her death in 1947.
He realized the potential for […]

Man Arrested in Huntington Station for Menacing Police Officers with Knives

June 18, 2015 3:41 pm 1 Comment

Second Precinct Police Officers Joseph Reilly and Michael Lavrovsky responded to a call for a domestic incident on East 20th Street in Huntington Station at approximately 4:20 p.m. on June 17, 2015. When the officers arrived, they were confronted by Kevin Jaime who was holding a kitchen knife in each hand. Jaime walked toward the […]

Lupinacci: College Sexual Assault Legislation A Good First Step

June 18, 2015 3:35 pm Comments Off

Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci and his Assembly colleagues passed legislation today to better protect college students from sexual assault on college and university campuses in New York State.
“Since SUNY established a universal response policy, I made it a priority to help pass legislation that ensures the safety of all students on college campuses, not solely those […]

County Executive Bellone Makes Statement on Charleston, SC Church Shooting

June 18, 2015 1:04 pm Comments Off

“I am saddened by the horrific mass murder which occurred last evening in Charleston, South Carolina. Out of caution, the Suffolk County Police Department will be increasing its patrol checks at religious institutions and have reached out to religious leaders throughout our communities. We pray for the victims of this tragedy and we will continue […]

DWI Arrest Made in Restaurant Crash

June 18, 2015 10:47 am 1 Comment

A 2009 Ford SUV was traveling southbound on Walt Whitman Road in Melville when the driver rear-ended a 2015 Chevy that had a male driver and female passenger. The driver of the Ford, John Shepard, 59, of West Babylon continued to the intersection of Schwab Road and into the shopping center and through the window […]