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Boat Wake Video Underscores Boating Safety for July 4, 2017

June 22, 2017 12:55 pm Comments Off

Town will again implement speed restrictions before and after fireworks shows
The Town of Huntington has released a new video highlighting the danger of boat wakes, underscoring the need to practice safe boating during the weekend leading up to the July 4 holiday.

The four-minute video, narrated by Councilwoman Tracey A. Edwards, was produced in cooperation […]

Elementary Students Learn to “Be Pool Smart”

June 21, 2017 5:10 pm Comments Off

Max Orza, a first grade student at Washington Drive Primary School in the Harborfields District, was recently recognized by Legislator William R. Spencer, M.D. as the winner of the annual “Be Pool Smart” poster contest in the 18th Legislative District.

“Max is helping us do something really meaningful by raising awareness about water safety and the […]

RAIA: ASSEMBLY PASSES VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER BILL

June 21, 2017 4:41 pm Comments Off

Today, the New York State Assembly unanimously passed Assembly Bill 711-B, which will expand medical coverage for volunteers to cover diagnoses of cancer in relation to the duties they perform as firefighters. Passage of the NYS Volunteer Firefighters Enhanced Cancer Disability Benefits Act will grant volunteer firefighters a disability benefit package to help assist in […]

HUNTINGTON COMMUNITY FIRST AID SQUAD CONDUCTS “ACTIVE SHOOTER’ DRILL AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL

June 21, 2017 4:07 pm Comments Off

At approximately 9:15 AM on Saturday morning June 17, 2017 the Huntington Community First Aid Squad (HCFAS) received a “call “ that there was an active shooter at St. Anthony’s High School with an unknown number of gunshot victims. Two ambulances were immediately dispatched to the school. The first crew arrived at the school at […]

Longtime Commack Board of Ed Member Retires

June 21, 2017 4:00 pm Comments Off

After nineteen years serving this community on the Commack Board of Education, Mary Jo Masciello did not seek reelection this May. Mary Jo was a BOE member since 1998 and led the Board as President for 13 years. A former teacher and dedicated Commack PTA member and officer, Mary Jo and her husband raised […]

Huntingtonian Male Found Floating in the Long Island Sound

June 20, 2017 9:41 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 41-year-old Commack man whose body was discovered in the Long Island Sound this Monday, afternoon June 19, 2017 at approximately 2:00 p.m
Someone on board the Park City, a Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company ferry, spotted a body floating in […]

Petrone Helps Unveil Historic Whale Marker in Halesite

June 20, 2017 9:35 am Comments Off

Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone helped unveil a historic marker June 17 commemorating the “Hullabaloo in Halesite,” the beaching of a 63-foot whale in 1946 that closed schools and attracted the curious from miles around.
The educational marker was erected in the Town’s Halesite Park, not far from where the black whale beached on October 21, […]

Melville Fire Department Responds to Northern State Crash

June 19, 2017 4:33 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident on the westbound Northern State Parkway, west of Round Swamp Road on June 15, 2017 at about 6:25 a.m. One of the cars involved lost control and crashed off the road into a wooded area. Firefighters arrived to find a pregnant woman in the dirt […]

Happy 105th Birthday Huntington Lighthouse!

June 18, 2017 4:36 pm Comments Off

Friday June 16, 2017
I’ll be 105 years old!
My light was first lit on
June 16, 1912 at 7:32pm

I would love if you
would help me celebrate
my historic past
by contributing to
preserve my future.

I made it really easy for you – online at:
https://www.crowdrise.com/huntington-lighthouse-preservation-society1/fundraiser/huntington-lighthouse-preservation-society-inc

Or by mail with checks payable to:

HUNTINGTON LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION SOCIETY
PO Box 2454, Halesite, […]

Police Search for Missing Kayaker in Long Island Sound

June 12, 2017 11:57 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police are searching for a kayaker who was reported missing in Northport yesterday June 11, 2017.
Selvin Vasquez-Enamorado launched his kayak from a beach near Crab Meadow Beach to go fishing sometime between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. When Vasquez, 24, of Huntington Station, did not return home, a friend called 911 at approximately […]