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December Delight: Holiday Dinner in the Decorated Vanderbilt Mansion

October 16, 2017 5:12 am Comments Off

Begin your holiday season where Hollywood stars and European royalty once dined with members of one of America’s most famous families. You can do that at a spectacular, historic mansion – the elegant home of William K. Vanderbilt II, overlooking Northport Bay – decorated for the holidays.

(Above right: William K. Vanderbilt II’s mansion library. Vanderbilt […]

Federal Grant Will Fund Anti-Gang Programs Discussed at July 2017 Meeting

October 15, 2017 2:03 pm Comments Off

Funding will implement measures planned at session with Suffolk County and Huntington Town

Part of a $500,000 U.S. Department of Justice grant the Suffolk County Police Department is receiving to combat the influence of street gangs such as MS-13 will be used to implement programs first discussed at a July meeting that included top Suffolk […]

SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE BELLONE ANNOUNCES OVER 500 TICK-REMOVAL KITS DISTRIBUTED TO NEARLY 150 SCHOOLS ACROSS SUFFOLK COUNTY

October 15, 2017 1:55 pm Comments Off

Partnership with Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, School Districts and Suffolk County Department of Health Services will Enhance Prevention Measures Against Tick-Borne Diseases

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone today announced that the Suffolk County Department of Health Services has launched a new partnership with the Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital to provide nearly […]

SUFFOLK COUNTY’S LARGEST HALLOWEEN PET COSTUME

October 13, 2017 5:34 pm Comments Off

CONTEST AND PARADE TO BE HELD SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2017
Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn has announced the region’s largest Halloween pet costume contest and parade will be held on Sunday, October 29, 2017 beginning at 12:00 p.m., Holiday Inn Express Stony Brook, 3131 Nesconset Highway, Setauket, NY. Suffolk Barkfest is free and open to the […]

HELP GROW A GREENER HUNTINGTON STATION:

October 13, 2017 5:19 pm Comments Off

Volunteers needed to help make a home for Butterflies and Bees at Gateway Community Garden, and prep the garden for winter. Saturday, October 21, from 10 AM to 2 PM, corner Lowndes and NY Avenues (Route 110).

Elwood BOE Recognizes Outstanding Staff Members

October 13, 2017 5:11 pm Comments Off

At its business meeting on Sept. 28, 2017 the Elwood Union Free School District Board of Education recognized several outstanding staff members for their dedication to the students of the district.
Bari Shapiro was commended for being awarded a Books for Children Shelf from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Program. Out of 2,000 applications, only […]

Huntington to Revitalize, Restructure Anti-Bias Task Force

October 11, 2017 6:18 pm Comments Off

Councilwoman Edwards sponsors move to broaden representation on panel
The Huntington Town Board, at its October 17, 2017 meeting, will consider a proposal to revitalize and restructure the Town’s Anti-Bias Task Force, broadening its representation and reflecting changing issues relating to bias since the Task Force was created in 1994.
The proposal, sponsored by […]

Wanted for Huntington Station Grand Larceny

October 10, 2017 8:39 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the person who stole a dirt bike from a garage in Huntington Station last month.

A person stole a 2004 Kawasaki dirt bike from a garage in the rear of a residence on Greenhills Road in […]

Deadline, Rules Revised for Gingerbread House Competition

October 10, 2017 8:21 pm Comments Off

Applications must be submitted by Nov. 10 to enter; entries due later

The Town of Huntington and the Huntington Village Parade and Festival committee have extended until November 10 the deadline for applying to enter the Third Annual Gingerbread House Competition, one of the many activities in Huntington Village November 26, 2017.

The extension covers […]

Huntington Mobilizes To Help Puerto Rico

October 5, 2017 3:09 pm Comments Off

Town provides ways to donate supplies, funds
The Town of Huntington is partnering with two groups, one local and the other national, to make it easier for Town residents to provide support for victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, Councilwoman Tracey A. Edwards announced today.
Speaking at a news conference […]