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Huntington Supervisor Thanks Huntington Honda for Supporting Give A Dog A Dream

June 25, 2016 11:55 am Comments Off

Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone accepted a $5,000 check from Huntington Honda June 22 on behalf of the Town’s Give A Dog A Dream Foundation and thanked the automobile dealership for its support of the Town’s efforts to adopt dogs at the Town Animal Shelter by sponsoring two adoption fairs at its showroom.
Give A Dog […]

New Cyanobacteria Blooms

June 25, 2016 11:52 am Comments Off

Recent sampling performed by SUNY Stony Brook has confirmed new cyanobacteria blooms, more commonly known as blue–green algae, in Old Town Pond in Southampton.
Currently, cyanobacteria blooms exist at the following Suffolk County locations:
o   Mill Pond, Southampton
o   Maratooka Pond, Mattituck
o   Agawam Lake, Southampton
o   Old Town Pond, Southampton
o   Lake Ronkonkoma
Due to these findings, health officials ask residents […]

WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CHOSEN AS WINNERS OF FASNY VOLUNTEER SCHOLARSHIP

June 24, 2016 1:45 pm Comments Off

Robert Eng and Julianna Rose Pasquarello Honored at Special Ceremony
The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY), has awarded 2016 FASNY Gerard J. Buckenmeyer Volunteer Scholarships to Walt Whitman High School seniors Robert Eng of Huntington Station, NY and Julianna Rose Pasquarello of Melville, NY. At a ceremony at Walt Whitman High School […]

A Maker Faire in Elwood School District

June 24, 2016 1:30 pm Comments Off

In conjunction with the National Week of Making, students in kindergarten through eighth grade in the Elwood Union Free School District participated in an afternoon of discovery, creativity and fun as they attended the district’s Maker Faire on June 15, 2016.
Faculty and staff members volunteered to lead workshops where students and their parents practiced basic […]

Harborfields Board of Education Appoints Russo as Harborfield HS Principal

June 24, 2016 1:22 pm Comments Off

During its business meeting, the Harborfields Central School District Board of Education appointed Harborfields High School Assistant Principal Timothy Russo as principal of Harborfields High School. Russo will be replacing Dr. Rory Manning who will be filling the position of Assistant Superintendent for Administration and Human Resources. They will respectively assume their new roles Aug. […]

LEAD CONTAMINATION AT NORTHPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT SIGNIFIES THE CRISIS AT HAND

June 24, 2016 1:13 pm Comments Off

Assemblyman Andrew Raia recently spoke out about a crisis taking place in his district. The lead
contamination crisis that made national headlines in Detroit has quietly taken the Hudson Valley region by storm, and is now impacting the Northport school district. Recent testing showed high levels of lead in 12 different drinking fountains used by children […]

Harborfields Athletes Receive the Dellecave Award

June 23, 2016 5:55 pm Comments Off

The Harborfields Central School District is pleased to congratulate Harborfields High School student-athletes Ryan Scanlon and Ella Simkins for receiving the prestigious Dellecave Award at a special breakfast awards ceremony on June 12.
Each year, the Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame presents the top male and female high school student-athletes in Suffolk County with the […]

ASSEMBLY PASSES FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN

June 23, 2016 5:45 pm Comments Off

Assemblyman Chad A. Lupinacci is pleased to announce that last week, the New York State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 8692 to amend the education law in relation to full day kindergarten. This legislation expands the full day kindergarten conversion aid to a five year transition program, offering public full day kindergarten to all students throughout […]

Elwood Executive Director Named Administrator of the Year Awarded by WSBOCES

June 23, 2016 5:38 pm Comments Off

The Elwood Union Free School District is pleased to announce that Gene Tranchino, executive director for administrative and instructional technology/transportation, has been named the 2015-16 Model Schools Administrator of the Year by Western Suffolk BOCES.
To be eligible for this award, building or district level administrators must be nominated for his or her effort to promote […]

LUPINACCI VISITS HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART

June 23, 2016 5:33 pm Comments Off

Assemblyman Chad A. Lupinacci recently joined the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington for the unveiling of “Master of Illusion: the Magical Art of Gary Erbe.” Erbe, a self-taught oil painter from Union City, New Jersey, uses illusion to portray objects belonging to our shared American experience.
“Through my work as an educator, a former South […]