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Huntington Town Board Approves 2017 Budget

November 10, 2016 5:55 pm Comments Off

The Huntington Town Board, at its November 10, 2016 meeting, approved a $191 million spending plan for 2017 that maintains all Town services at current levels while calling for a modest tax increase above the state tax cap.
The $190,011,856 budget freezes all salaries and calls for some positions to be eliminated through attrition. It does […]

Election Day Statement by Suffolk County Police Commissioner Timothy D. Sini

November 7, 2016 2:46 pm Comments Off

The safety of the residents of our county is always of paramount importance to the Suffolk County Police Department. Although there is currently no credible threat to Suffolk County, I want to ensure the community that our officers have been instructed to closely monitor polling locations in order to protect our residents as they exercise […]

NEEDLEWORKERS MONTHLY MEETING NOV 22, 2016

November 5, 2016 1:59 am Comments Off

The Suffolk County Chapter of The Embroiderers’ Guild of America will hold its monthly meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills, NY. We welcome beginner, intermediate or advanced stitchers. No charge to attend first meeting. For information, please call 631-423-3738.

Residents Escape Dix Hills House Fire

November 1, 2016 3:57 pm Comments Off

Five residents safely escaped a house fire on Caledonia Road in Dix Hills on Tuesday morning, November 1, 2016. The Dix Hills Fire Department received the call shortly before 6 a.m., and upon arrival found a second floor bedroom ablaze. About 40 Dix Hills firefighters and EMS personnel responded with five trucks, three ambulances and a paramedic […]

New York State NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Team School of Distinction Award for Commack

October 24, 2016 11:54 am Comments Off

The Commack School District is proud to announce that Commack High School earned the New York State NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Team School of Distinction Award for the 2015-16 school year, as it has for the last eight out of nine school years.
To qualify for this honor, every varsity athletic team must have a […]

CHAI CENTER IN DIX HILLS TO OFFER ADULT EDUCATION ACCREDITED JEWISH LEARNING INSTITUTE COURSES

October 21, 2016 3:42 pm Comments Off

First Class: How Success Thinks: A Brand New Engaging Course, Starting Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
The Chai Center will once again offer three six-week courses based on the curriculum of the internationally-recognized Jewish Learning Institute (JLI), the world’s preeminent provider of Jewish learning. Rabbi Eli Laufer, the Chai Center’s Scholar-in-Residence, will […]

Holocaust Survivor Discusses How Her Parents and Six Siblings Emerged from the War Unharmed and Intact

October 17, 2016 2:56 pm Comments Off

Holocaust Survivor Discusses How Her Parents and Six Siblings Emerged from the War Unharmed and Intact

WHAT: Hear about an extraordinary Jewish mother’s battle to save her seven children during the outbreak of World War II as told by her youngest child, Jeannie Parnes Wechsler. The entire Parnes family survived through luck, happenstance and sheer determination to […]

Teens Visit Firehouse to Say Thanks

October 12, 2016 5:55 pm Comments Off

The Chai Center’s CTeen chapter in Dix Hills (CTEEN West Suffolk County) visited the Dix Hills Fire Department to say thanks. The teens designed mugs with messages of gratitude and praise for the firefighters and donated money they fundraised to the Department. CTeen, the fastest growing Jewish teen network in the world, inspires and facilitates […]

Dix Hills Fire Department Blood Drive on Sunday, October 16, 2016

October 9, 2016 5:40 pm Comments Off

The Dix Hills Fire Department is hosting a Blood Drive on Sunday, October 16, from 11 am – 5 pm. All are welcome to share this lifesaving gift that is much needed for our local hospitals. The drive will be held at Dix Hills Fire Department headquarters, 115 East Deer Park Road, (just north of the Northern […]

NEEDLEWORKERS MONTHLY MEETING OCT 25, 2016

October 7, 2016 4:24 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Chapter of The Embroiderers’ Guild of America will hold its monthly meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills, NY. We welcome beginner, intermediate or advanced stitchers. No charge to attend first meeting. For information, please call 631-423-3738.