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Man Arrested for Recording Employees in Prime Restaurant Bathroom

July 24, 2016 12:43 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police have arrested a Huntington man for placing a cell phone camera in the employee bathroom of a Prime restaurant in Halesite.

A female employee of Prime, located at 117 New York Ave., discovered a cell phone, which was set to record, placed in an employee bathroom, on July 23, 2016 at approximately 8:30 […]

Shot Spotter Arrest Made After Activation Hears Shots Fired

July 23, 2016 2:28 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police today arrested a Huntington Station man for possessing a handgun.
Second Precinct police officers responded to 150 Lenox Road, Huntington Station, after a shot spotter activation at 4:51 a.m. Officers arrived and arrested Cristian Rodriguez for possessing an unloaded 9mm handgun.

Second Squad detectives charged Rodriguez, 24, a renter or guest of 150 Lenox […]

LOCAL BOY SCOUT VOLUNTEER LEADERS HONORED

July 23, 2016 12:10 pm Comments Off

The Matinecock District of the Suffolk County Council, Boy Scouts of America, held its annual District Awards and Recognitions Dinner to honor adult volunteers on Thursday May 26, 2016 at Huntington Elks Lodge. The Matinecock District serves over 3,000 youth members in the Town of Huntington and in the Commack, Kings Park, and Hauppauge school […]

Rabbi Eli Laufer Scholar-In-Residence and Musia Laufer Coordinator of Special Needs Youth /Ariella’s Friendship Circle & Director of New Sisterhood Chapter

July 23, 2016 1:53 am Comments Off

Rabbi Yakov Saacks, Director of The Chai Center, announced today that Rabbi Eli Laufer has been named Scholar-in-Residence, and his wife Musia Laufer, Coordinator of Special Needs Youth and Ariella’s Friendship Circle, a local chapter of today’s fastest growing Jewish organization for children with special needs.
Rabbi Laufer will primarily focus on education, where he will […]

Patricia Shih Family Concert: ‘Songs in the Key of Earth’

July 23, 2016 1:40 am Comments Off

Sunday, July 31, in the Planetarium

Patricia Shih Family Concert:
‘Songs in the Key of Earth’Sunday, July 31, in the Planetarium

CENTERPORT, NY (July 19, 2016) – Patricia Shih is an award-winning singer-songwriter who specializes in family music filled with heart, soul and fun. She will give her next family concert in the Vanderbilt Reichert Planetarium on Sunday, […]

Shots Fired on Lynch Street & Varney Avenue

July 22, 2016 6:13 pm 1 Comment

Early this morning on July 22, 2016, shot spotter detected 3 rounds that went off, on the corner of, Lynch St and Varney Avenue in Huntington Station, just a couple of hundred feet from where Maggie Rosales was murdered in 2014. (https://thehuntingtonian.com/2014/10/13/woman-found-stabbed-to-death-near-depot-road-huntington-station/).

Residents have been trying since then to work with town, county, state and police […]

Huntington Station Centenarian Congratulated by Supervisor Petrone

July 22, 2016 2:30 am Comments Off

Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone offered a proclamation and special congratulations on Monday, July 18, 2016 to Huntington Station resident Stella Harubin on the occasion of her 100th birthday.

Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on July 18, 1916, Mrs. Harubin and her husband, Benjamin, moved to Huntington in 1949 after the birth of their first daughter. They […]

Town of Huntington Commends Oldfield Middle School for Supporting Veteran

July 22, 2016 1:26 am Comments Off

Trackchair fundraising makes a difference

Harborfields’ Oldfield Middle School received a proclamation from the Town of Huntington on July 12 in recognition of fundraising efforts that supported the purchase of a Trackchair for disabled veteran Julia Torres. Principal Joanne Giordano was joined by several students to accept the honor at a town board meeting held at […]

Woman Ticketed for Using Phony Passenger, While Driving Unregistered in HOV Lane

July 21, 2016 4:02 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police issued a Miller Place woman multiple tickets after she was pulled over for driving with a phony passenger in the HOV lane on the Long Island Expressway in Dix Hills this morning July 21, 2016.

Highway Patrol Officer Andrew Spina was traveling in the left lane of the westbound Long Island Expressway, near […]

SCPD and Dix Hills Fire Department Respond to LIE Overturn Crash

July 21, 2016 3:50 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Police and the Dix Hills Fire Department responded to a report of a heavy rescue overturn crash on the westbound Long Island Expressway near Bagatelle Road, Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at about 7:45 p.m. Chief Robert Fling was the first arriving chief, and confirmed an overturned vehicle with the driver ejected and […]