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No Fuss and Feathers Perform in Centerport, October 1, 2016

September 18, 2016 4:31 pm Comments Off

The Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturday Concerts series resumes on October 1, 2016 with a featured performance by No Fuss and Feathers at the Congregational Church of Huntington (30 Washington Drive, off Route 25A, Centerport). The 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, priced at $25 ($20 […]

Harborfields Central School District welcomes 18 new teachers

September 7, 2016 10:49 am Comments Off

The Harborfields Central School District held their New Teacher Orientation Program on Aug. 30 to welcome 18 new teachers into the district.

New faculty members met at Oldfield Middle School, where they learned policies and procedures and discussed instructional practices to meet the learning needs of all students. New teachers will join several different education departments. […]

Additional 19 Mosquito Samples Test Positive for West Nile Virus

August 26, 2016 2:19 pm Comments Off

Asian Tiger Mosquitoes are presently active
Zika virus has NOT been found in mosquitoes in
Suffolk County
Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. James L. Tomarken announced today that 19 mosquito samples (all Culex pipiens-restuans) collected between August 16 and August 18, 2016, have tested positive for West Nile virus. The samples were collected from Melville (1), […]

9 Cars Crashed Into by Drunk Driver in Centerport

August 23, 2016 3:44 pm Comments Off

Another out of control drunk driver this time in Centerport, crashes into 9 parked cars at the Mill Pond Restaurant, 437 East Main Street (25a). The accident occurred at 8:55pm August 22, 2016 when Mark Camenzuli 53 of Centerport , was driving a 2007 Toyota Tundra westbound on East Main Street in Centerport, when his […]

Huntington Board Revises Animals Section of Town Code

August 20, 2016 1:03 am Comments Off

The Huntington Town Board, at its August 16, 2016 meeting, approved revisions to the section of Town Code dealing with animals, including setting requirements on the proper disposal of pet waste, limiting the length of time animals may be restrained outdoors and establishing guidelines to aid in the prevention of animals being abandoned.

Under the revisions, […]

Jaguar-MG Clubs Set Classic-Car Concours d’Elegance at Vanderbilt – Sunday, September 11, 2016

August 14, 2016 11:54 am Comments Off

The Jaguar Drivers Club of Long Island and the MG Car Club-Long Island Centre will hold their annual Concours d’Elegance and All-Marque Concours Sanitaire, a show of classic automobiles, at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum on Sunday, September 11,2016 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Rain date: September 18, 2016.)

(Above: Vintage Jaguars and MGs in […]

New Immunizations Required for 2016-17 School Year

August 12, 2016 12:36 pm 1 Comment

Officials remind residents to check schedules to be sure they are up to date on their immunizations

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Commissioner of Health Services Dr. James Tomarken wish to inform parents that all children entering 7th and 12th grade in New York State this fall must have the meningococcal vaccine by September 1, […]

Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin Named Legacy Trustee of Vanderbilt Museum

August 12, 2016 12:31 pm Comments Off

Great-Great Granddaughter of William K. Vanderbilt II
William K. Vanderbilt II’s (1878-1944) great-great granddaughter, Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, has been named a legacy trustee by the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum Board of Trustees.
Costin is a seventh-generation descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the shipping and railroad entrepreneur who amassed one of the greatest fortunes of the nineteenth century.

(Above: Consuelo […]

DREDGE DUMPING UNACCEPTABLE, EPA WILL FACE CONSEQUENCES

August 12, 2016 1:14 am Comments Off

Assemblyman Andrew Raia (R,C,I-East Northport) joined over 30 federal, state and local officials to sign a letter from Gov. Andrew Cuomo informing President Obama that New York will take legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) if the planned dumping of dredged materials from Connecticut is approved. The EPA has issued a rule that […]

At Vanderbilt Planetarium, You Can View the Sun Safely with New Solar Telescope

August 11, 2016 3:07 pm Comments Off

At Vanderbilt Planetarium, You Can View the Sun Safely with New Solar Telescope

Visitors to the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum’s Reichert Planetarium can now view the Sun through a new solar telescope.
The Planetarium has just installed a Lunt Solar Systems hydrogen-alpha solar telescope in the Observatory – for daytime observation of the Sun.
Dave Bush, the Planetarium’s […]