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SCPD Advice on Telephone Scams

March 15, 2016 1:56 pm Comments Off

Residents Warned of Telephone Scam
Scammers pretend to be IRS employees looking for unpaid taxes

The Suffolk County Police Department is warning residents of a telephone scam during which scammers pretend to be Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees looking for unpaid taxes.

During a recent incident in Suffolk County, a resident received four calls during the course of […]

Beware Don’t Become a “Victim” of Scam Calls – Like 469-424-2189

March 15, 2016 1:06 pm Comments Off

Phone number: 469-424-2189 is located in Mc Kinney, Texas.
Its exchange 424 is managed by BROADWING COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.
The number is currently on switch number DLLSTX97DSA (switch is a technical specification for phone #) .
Around 50% of people reported it as “Recorded Message”
Latest people reported the number as that of “James Caston”
Scam call reported to TheHuntingtonian.com. It happened […]

Northport Man Arrested for DWI Following Crash that Seriously Injured Passenger

March 14, 2016 12:38 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police on Sunday 3/13/2016 arrested a Northport man for driving while intoxicated following a crash that seriously injured his passenger.

Michael Powell was driving a 2002 Subaru westbound on Sunken Meadow Road when he lost control of his vehicle, east of the intersection of Kohr Road, and struck a tree at 3:09 a.m early […]

Shooting in Greenlawn Outside Greymeer’s Pub

March 13, 2016 1:33 pm 1 Comment

A 26-year old Bay Shore man was shot in the leg outside the Greymeer’s Pub located at 86 Broadway, Greenlawn at 2 a.m. Saturday morning March 12, 2016. He was transported by the Greenlawn Fire Dept. to a local hospital.

He was expected to be released from the hospital Saturday. There are no arrests. Anyone with […]

Pictures from St. Patrick’s Day Parade-2015

March 12, 2016 3:48 pm Comments Off

The 81st Annual Huntington St. Patrick’s Day parade was held on Sunday, March 8, 2015. The parade is organized and hosted each year by the Huntington Hibernians. This year’s Grand Marshal was Father Stephen Donnelly (In photo above) of St. Patrick’s Church in Huntington. Thousands of people lined the streets to view the many Huntington […]

Huntington St. Patrick’s Day Parade Tomorrow March, 13th 2016

March 12, 2016 3:38 pm Comments Off

Meet 2016 Grand Marshal
Huntington St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Sunday March 13th, 2016 2PM
NY Avenue (Big H) to Main Street West
John (Jack) W. Ryan

Jack was born in upstate New York, just outside Albany in the Town of Colonie, to Elmer and Ida Ryan.
Having been raised a Roman Catholic, he attended Our Lady of Mercy Elementary school where he […]

Family Escapes Dix Hills House Fire

March 11, 2016 2:06 pm Comments Off

The Dix Hills Fire Department responded to an early morning house fire on Wolf Hill Road early Friday morning, March 11, 2016, at 5:02 a.m. Firefighters arrived to a heavy smoke condition with the residents and family dog safely evacuated from the one-story home. About 35 firefighters aggressively attacked the blaze which was brought under control within […]

HUNTINGTON HIGH STUDENT WINS PRIZE IN C-SPAN’S VIDEO DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

March 11, 2016 1:45 am Comments Off

Students create documentaries to address issues in the 2016 Presidential Race
WASHINGTON (March 9, 2016) – C-SPAN today announced that Charles Ehrman, a junior at Huntington High School in Huntington, N.Y., is an Honorable Mention winner in C-SPAN’s national 2016 StudentCam competition. Charles will receive $250 for his documentary,
The national competition, now in its 12th year, […]

Man Exposes Himself to Cold Spring Harbor Female Student, Police Need Your Help to Find Him

March 10, 2016 11:56 am Comments Off

ind Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who exposed himself to a girl on her way to school in Cold Spring Harbor this week.

On March 8, 2016, a female high-school student was walking to school on Thicket Drive, in […]

Over $500K Raised for Childhood Cancer Research By Commack Students

March 10, 2016 2:51 am Comments Off

The bad news: More children are lost to cancer in the U.S. than any other disease, and worldwide, a child is diagnosed every three minutes.

The good news: Because of research, today about 90% of children with the most common types of cancer will live.
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation works to fund research and provide support for […]