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Three Half Hollow Hills Student Scientists Are Winners Of The 2017 Siemens Competition

December 5, 2017 5:39 pm Comments Off

National Champions Share $100,000 Scholarship Prize
Three students in the Half Hollow Hills Central School District have won the prestigious 2017 Siemens Competition, the nation’s premier competition in math, science and technology for high school students. This is the second year in a row that Half Hollow Hills has fielded national finalists. Last year, Half Hollow […]

Supervisor-Elect Chad Lupinacci Launches Transition Website At www.Chad2017.com

December 4, 2017 1:49 pm Comments Off

LUPINACCI LAUNCHES TRANSITION WEBSITE – chad2017.com
Supervisor-elect Chad A. Lupinacci announced the recent launch of his “New Direction Transition Team” website. This site will serve as a forum for individuals to inquire about personnel openings within the Town of Huntington during the transition period.
Lupinacci released the following statement Monday:
In an attempt to keep the hiring process […]

Huntington Board Approves 2018 Budget

November 24, 2017 2:59 pm Comments Off

$194.2 million spending plan maintains services and stays within state tax cap

The Huntington Town Board, at a special meeting November 20, approved a $194.2 million budget for 2018, a spending plan that maintains all Town services at current levels and calls for a tax levy that is under the state-mandated tax cap.

At the […]

Two Women Arrested For Robbing Commack Gas Station – Speedway

November 20, 2017 8:04 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police have arrested two women who robbed a Commack, New York, gas station early this morning.
Amber Edey and Cassandra Cruz entered the Speedway convenience store, located at 1173 Jericho Turnpike, wearing ski masks and gloves at approximately 3:10 a.m. Cruz went behind the counter and demanded cash while Edey motioned as if she […]

“Be Smart, Don’t Start” Night at the Dix Hills Fire Department

November 9, 2017 11:20 pm Comments Off

The Dix Hills Fire Department will be hosting a “Be Smart, Don’t Start” drug and alcohol awareness night for the youth of our community on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 7:30pm. All children and their parents from the 5th-12th grades are encouraged to attend the free event and learn about maintaining a drug and alcohol free lifestyle from the guest speakers. […]

Local Election Results 2017 Final Unofficial Results

November 7, 2017 11:52 pm Comments Off

Unofficial Election Results:
Prop 1 Constitutional Convention Yes- 40,820 No- 264,035
Prop 2 Amendment Partial or Full forfeiture of public employees pension. Yes – 206,455 No-91,904
Prop 3 Amendment Authorizing the use of Forest Perserve Land for Specified Purposes Yes- 142,769 No- 150,805
Justice of the Supreme Court (vote 4)
Linda Kevins – […]

Woman Arrested for Reporting a False Emergency to Get out of Traffic Infraction

November 5, 2017 12:02 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police have arrested a woman who called 911 to falsely report seeing two men with guns in an effort to avoid receiving traffic summonses in Commack, New York. This is the second time in a week during which a person made a 911 call to report a false emergency.
A Second Precinct police officer […]

2017 Political Endorsements By TheHuntingtonian

October 26, 2017 4:55 pm Comments Off

The criteria for receiving an endorsement from the Huntingtonian:
Integrity and honesty are more important to us than where candidates stand on all issues. Since we will never all agree with everything a candidate stands for, it is important to elect individuals who remember they work for the people. We should not have to be detectives […]

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 […]

Seven Half Hollow Hills Students Named Semifinalists in Siemens Competition

October 19, 2017 2:36 pm Comments Off

Most Semifinalists Of Any District On Long Island And In New York
Seven students in the Half Hollow Hills Central School District have been named 2017 semifinalists in the prestigious Siemens Competition, the nation’s premier competition in math, science and technology for high school students. This makes Half Hollow Hills the district with the most semifinalists […]