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Northport District Honors Students, Staff and Board Members

June 21, 2017 4:16 pm Comments Off

Recognition and accolades abounded in the Northport-East Northport School District as the Board of Education recognized its outstanding students, administrators, faculty and fellow board members during its June 15, 2017 meeting.
Kicking off the recognitions, Superintendent of Schools Mr. Robert Banzer and members of the board acknowledged the hard work, dedication and sportsmanship of the high […]

HUNTINGTON COMMUNITY FIRST AID SQUAD CONDUCTS “ACTIVE SHOOTER’ DRILL AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL

June 21, 2017 4:07 pm Comments Off

At approximately 9:15 AM on Saturday morning June 17, 2017 the Huntington Community First Aid Squad (HCFAS) received a “call “ that there was an active shooter at St. Anthony’s High School with an unknown number of gunshot victims. Two ambulances were immediately dispatched to the school. The first crew arrived at the school at […]

Longtime Commack Board of Ed Member Retires

June 21, 2017 4:00 pm Comments Off

After nineteen years serving this community on the Commack Board of Education, Mary Jo Masciello did not seek reelection this May. Mary Jo was a BOE member since 1998 and led the Board as President for 13 years. A former teacher and dedicated Commack PTA member and officer, Mary Jo and her husband raised […]

RAIA CO-SPONSORED BOATER SAFETY LEGISLATION PASSES

June 21, 2017 3:52 pm Comments Off

Tuesday evening, the New York State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 2336, which will reduce boaters liability insurance for individuals who complete boating safety courses. Assemblyman Andrew Raia (R,I,C,Ref-East Northport), an author and co-sponsor of this legislation, said that incentivizing boaters to participate in regular or advanced safety courses will create a safer and more enjoyable […]

Huntingtonian Male Found Floating in the Long Island Sound

June 20, 2017 9:41 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 41-year-old Commack man whose body was discovered in the Long Island Sound this Monday, afternoon June 19, 2017 at approximately 2:00 p.m
Someone on board the Park City, a Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company ferry, spotted a body floating in […]

Petrone Helps Unveil Historic Whale Marker in Halesite

June 20, 2017 9:35 am Comments Off

Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone helped unveil a historic marker June 17 commemorating the “Hullabaloo in Halesite,” the beaching of a 63-foot whale in 1946 that closed schools and attracted the curious from miles around.
The educational marker was erected in the Town’s Halesite Park, not far from where the black whale beached on October 21, […]

Melville Fire Department Responds to Northern State Crash

June 19, 2017 4:33 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident on the westbound Northern State Parkway, west of Round Swamp Road on June 15, 2017 at about 6:25 a.m. One of the cars involved lost control and crashed off the road into a wooded area. Firefighters arrived to find a pregnant woman in the dirt […]

Tree Falls on Car in Dix Hills

June 19, 2017 4:11 pm Comments Off

The Dix Hills Fire Department responded to an accident after a large tree fell onto a car traveling on Deer Park Road near Royal Lane on June 14 at about 6:20 p.m. Dix Hills firefighters and Suffolk Police Emergency Services cut the tree away from the car so the driver could be safely removed. The driver […]

Car Crashes into East Northport Gas Station

June 19, 2017 4:03 pm Comments Off

The East Northport Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a car that crashed into the gas pumps at the Metro Mart Gas Station on Route 25A east of Laurel Road on Friday, June 16, 2017 at about 4:05 p.m. The driver was able to self extricate from the overturned car and was transported to […]

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Launches Inaugural Summer Program for Children

June 18, 2017 4:51 pm Comments Off

Kick-Off Event Promoting Dance, Music and Drama to be Held at East Northport Barnes & Noble

GREENLAWN, NY — The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is introducing a new summer theater arts camp program for children between the ages of three and twelve. Children will learn the basics of drama techniques, such as dance, music and acting as […]