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Second Precinct officer’s responded to a pedestrian stuck on Pulaski Road and Fairground in Huntington Station this afternoon. A man, 34, of Huntington Station, was crossing Pulaski Road against the light when he was struck by a vehicle that could not swerve out of the way at 1 p.m. The pedestrian was transported to Huntington […]

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Flashback Friday – Don Pius & Town Hall

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This article was originally published March 25, 2012.
Don Pius is one of the most notorious landlords in Huntington.  The history of Donald Pius in the Town of Huntington and specifically Huntington Station is a very involved story.  Over the past several decades Pius has made a fortune at the expense of his tenants and the tax payers.  […]

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Arrest made in Shooting of Officer, Suspect Has Criminal History In Huntington Station

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Sheldon Leftenant has been identified as the man who was arrested for shooting a Second Precinct police officer in
Huntington Station last night. Leftenant, 22, of 7 Tippin Drive, Huntington Station, was charged with Attempted Aggravated Murder and Resisting Arrest. He is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip today.
Sheldon Leftenant was […]

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Cuthbertson Claims Town Board Never Voted to Launch a Federal Investigation, Residents Dumbfounded

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The resolution below was sent to The Huntingtonian by Councilman Cook’s office when we requested it.  It was voted on November 6, 2014 and passed 5 -0.  In the video below (from the town board meeting on 2/10/15), Councilman Cuthbertson said, “the resolution that we sent to the United States Attorney’s Office was to ask them […]

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Suffolk County Police have arrested eight people, including four gang members, following a search warrant at a Greenlawn home during which drugs and weapons were seized.
Following an investigation by detectives from the  Narcotics Section, along with detectives from the Second and Fourth Precinct Special Operations Team, Criminal Intelligence Bureau, officers from the Second and Fourth […]

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Town Board Meeting Video – Resident Discusses Huntington Station & Asks for Cuthbertson’s Resignation

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Experts State Mark Cuthbertson Clearly Violated Ethics Code

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Although the Town of Huntington Ethics Board cleared Councilman Mark Cuthbertson of wrongdoing, many experts in the ethics field state that the Huntington Ethics Board, chaired by Howard Glickstein simply got it wrong.  As reported in Newsday, Mark Cuthbertson was appointed a “Receiver” of a foreclosed commercial property, in Islandia, NY. The property manager for […]

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Suffolk Conservative Chair – Ed Walsh Charged With Fraud

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According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Suffolk County Conservative Party Chairman Edward Walsh was Charged with Scheming to Defraud the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office.  Walsh Allegedly Represented Falsely That He Worked Regular and Overtime Hours for The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office When He Was Playing Golf, Visiting Casinos, or Performing Work on Behalf of the […]

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Flashback Friday – Taxpayers Subsidize The Don Pius Scholarship

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This original post is from September 27, 2011.  Update, the Huntington School district is no longer participating in this scholarship. 
The Don Pius scholarship was established several years ago as part of a deal that the Town Board made with this notorious landlord.  Pius is especially well known in the Huntington School district since his more than 70 […]

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Bicycle and SUV Collide in Huntington Station

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On Monday, December 29, 2014, at approximately 2:26 p.m. a man on a bicycle collided with an SUV in Huntington Station.  The bicycle was heading down Fairground Avenue and the SUV was heading westbound on Pulaski.
The driver of the SUV and the car behind her who witnessed the accident, pulled off the road on Pulaski […]

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