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SUFFOLK COUNTY ANNOUNCES UPCOMING OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION CLASSES

August 29, 2019 5:07 pm Comments Off

Trainings Will Be Conducted in All 10 Towns Across Suffolk County During September

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone today announced that the County has scheduled an Opioid Overdose Prevention Class in each town during the month of September. The training, which meets New York State Department of Health requirements, will enable participants to recognize an opioid […]

Huntington Changes 2019 Town Board Meeting Schedule

August 17, 2019 4:02 pm Comments Off

Huntington Changes 2019 Town Board Meeting Schedule

At its August 6, 2019 meeting, the Huntington Town Board changed the remaining Town Board meeting schedule for 2019, dedicated a street and a park in the names of two community-focused residents, among other Town business.

The Town Board rescheduled three meetings and added a meeting to the Town Board […]

East Northport FD Battles Building Blaze at Genola Cemetery

March 2, 2019 4:20 pm Comments Off

The East Northport Fire Department was activated for a building fire on the grounds of Genola Cemetery on Laurel Road, Saturday, February 23, 2019, at about 1:30 pm.

First arriving firefighters found a fully involved fire in a one-story maintenance building, and began an aggressive attack on the fire. Sixty firefighters using eight trucks had the blaze under control within 40 minutes, under the […]

Huntington Recognizes Hispanic Heritage at 24th Annual Celebration

October 10, 2018 6:37 am Comments Off

Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci, Councilman Ed Smyth, Town Clerk Jo-Ann Raia and Tax Receiver Jillian Guthman were joined by Town officials, the Hispanic Task Force, Senator Carl L. Marcellino, Legislator Susan A. Berland, community leaders, local school districts, students and their families for the 24th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at the Jack Abrams STEM Magnet […]

Gershow Recycling Donates More than 1,200 Pounds of Scrap Aluminum to 16 Long Island FIRST® Robotics Competition Teams

January 18, 2018 6:19 pm Comments Off

Representatives from FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from across Long Island participate in the Ninth Annual Scrap Metal Day event held at Gershow Recycling’s Medford facility on Saturday, December 9, 2017. Gershow hosts the event each year in an effort to provide the teams with the metal necessary to build the 120-pound robots that are used […]

Supervisor Lupinacci, And Town Board Members Join in Kiwanis Flag Distribution

January 11, 2018 5:00 pm Comments Off

Huntington Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci, joined by his Town Board colleagues, participated January 8 in the distribution of American Flags purchased as part of the Huntington Kiwanis International’s Eighth Annual Field of Honor fundraiser.

Each year, the Kiwanis chapter sells the flags for $35, allowing purchasers to dedicate their flag to a current or former member […]

911 NYPD Hero Commits Suicide At Frazier Park in Greenlawn

December 14, 2017 4:02 pm Comments Off

Retired NYPD Captain Doug Greenwood, 61 of Greenlawn decided to take his life as the pain from the cancer he got from working the “The pile” at the world trade center bombing was just becoming too much. Greenwood was not married or had children. According to a NYPOST article his friend Kevin McCormick stated “He […]

Michael Kornfeld Re-elected President of Northeast Regional Folk Alliance

November 24, 2017 3:02 pm Comments Off

Michael Kornfeld of Huntington was re-elected to a second term as president of the board of directors of the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) during its annual conference at the Crowne Plaza in Stamford, CT, Nov. 9-12, 2017. NERFA is a regional affiliate of Folk Alliance International, a Kansas City-based nonprofit organization (on whose board […]

DA Spota and Chief of the Government Corruption Bureau – McPartland – INDICTED!

October 25, 2017 4:50 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County District Attorney and Chief Of Investigations Indicted For Obstructing Federal Civil Rights Investigation

Defendants Attempted to Cover Up the December 14, 2012 Assault of Handcuffed Suspect by Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke

A four-count indictment was returned this morning by a federal grand jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern […]

The Huntington Foundation Announces 2018 Honorees

October 22, 2017 7:51 am Comments Off

On behalf of the Huntington Foundation, we proudly announce that we have chosen our esteemed honorees for this year’s 2018 gala. This year’s choices are especially prominent as they will be honored as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the Foundation—a not-to-be missed season of celebration culminating in the Foundation’s annual Reach for the […]