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Town of Huntington Presents 2017 Budget

September 29, 2016 2:28 pm Comments Off

TOWN TO PIERCE THE STATE TAX CAP
Plan released after Town Board unanimously approves piercing state tax cap 5-0.

Immediately after the Huntington Town Board voted unanimously at the September 27, 2016 meeting to pierce the state tax cap, Supervisor Frank P. Petrone presented a 2017 proposed budget that maintains all Town services at current levels while […]

Two Wanted for Grand Larceny at Sunglass Hut

September 29, 2016 2:12 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 people who stole sunglasses from a store in Huntington last month.
A man and woman both entered Sunglass Hut in the Walt Whitman Mall with a pair of sunglasses. The pair both took more expensive […]

ARCHERY SEASON SET TO BEGIN OCTOBER 1ST IN SUFFOLK COUNTY PARKS

September 28, 2016 12:52 pm Comments Off

Permits Available at Park Offices on September 26th, 2016

Suffolk County Park Officials announced that Archery Permits will be available for purchase beginning September 26, 2016.
The Suffolk County Parks Department is pleased to offer 1,000 additional acres of hunting properties this season which is set to begin October 1, 2016. These additional properties include parcels in […]

Legislative Alert for Suffolk County NY Residents!!! “Safe Gun Storage Law” Already in NYSafe Act

September 28, 2016 11:41 am 1 Comment

Suffolk County legislature is trying to push through a ‘safe gun storage law’ WHY?
Legislative Alert for Suffolk County NY Residents!!!
As if the NY Safe Act forced through by Cuomo wasn’t enough, the Suffolk County Legislature is looking to pass a mandatory firearms storage law. This is already required under the NY Safe Act!
If you want to write, […]

Walt Whitman Students Choose the Bench Over the Beach

September 26, 2016 1:52 pm Comments Off

Some lucky Walt Whitman students got to participate in a one-week program at the federal courthouse in Central Islip this past summer. The program is called The Justice Institute: Crime, the Constitution, and the Courts.
The four Whitman students were part of 80 students entering 10th-grade from all over Long Island chosen for their interest in […]

Supervisor Petrone Helps Welcome Chinese Scholar to Walt Whitman Birthplace

September 23, 2016 1:01 am Comments Off

Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone joined officials from the Walt Whitman Birthplace and Assemb. Steve Englebright September 19 2016 in welcoming Chinese scholar Cheng Hong, who toured the birthplace while in the United States for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly with her husband, Chinese Premier Li Kequiang.

Professor Cheng, who has been a […]

Melville Fire Department Battles Multiple Car Fires This Weekend

September 19, 2016 5:41 pm Comments Off

Just days after battling a blaze that destroyed two cars and damaged a third on Bagatelle Road, the Melville Fire Department was called out once again to extinguish two more weekend car fires.
On Friday evening, September 16, 2016 at about 10:40 p.m., Melville firefighters were dispatched to Marcus Drive where they located a fully engulfed […]

Melville Fire Department Frees Driver Trapped in Crash

September 19, 2016 4:47 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department used the “Jaws of Life” rescue tools to remove a woman trapped after the Lexus SUV she was driving struck a tree on the South Service Road east of Half Hollow Road on Thursday September 15, 2016 at about 6 pm. Thirty firefighters and emergency medical personnel responded with three ambulances, two engines, […]

Service Road LIE – Landscaping Truck and Car Crash in Dix Hills

September 19, 2016 4:38 pm Comments Off

The Dix Hills Fire Department was dispatched to a head-on collision occurring on Carlls Straight Path and the South Service Road on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at about 5:35 p.m. The crash involved a Mercedes-Benz sedan and a landscaping truck. Two occupants of the car suffered non-life threatening injuries and were transported to Good Samaritan […]

Pedestrian Critically Injured in Melville Motor Vehicle Crash

September 16, 2016 3:12 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that critically injured a pedestrian in Melville this morning.
Maurice White was driving a 2012 Mercedes Benz southbound on Route 110 when his vehicle struck a pedestrian who was attempting to cross Route 110 at the intersection of Spagnoli Road at approximately 1:05 a.m. […]