The Huntingtonian | Archive | Hamlets

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 […]

Plainview Man Killed in One-Car Motor Vehicle Crash

October 21, 2016 3:37 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a one-car crash that killed a Plainview man Tuesday night October 18, 2016.
Eric Schneider was driving a 2016 Nissan Maxima westbound on Old Country Road near Old East Neck Road in Melville when he drove over a median and struck a guardrail at approximately 7:05 p.m.
Schneider, 50, of […]

Four John Glenn Students Earn Commended Student Distinction

October 21, 2016 3:34 pm Comments Off

Four students from Elwood-John H. Glenn High School in the Elwood Union Free School District have earned the title of Commended Student in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. Justin Yoskowitz, Kristopher Kwan, Katherine McPherson and Derek Lee have been placed among the top five percent of more than 1.6 million students who entered the […]

Monster Trucks and Connecting Classroom Curriculum

October 21, 2016 3:27 pm Comments Off

Renowned children’s author Anika Denise visited Maplewood Intermediate School this week. Ms. Denise is the author of several critically acclaimed books for young readers, including her latest, “Monster Trucks,” which Publishers Weekly pronounced, “a mash up made in heaven” in a recent starred review.
Ms. Denise discussed the ins and outs of book writing, illustrating, and […]

Elwood Technology Class Creates Wind Turbines

October 21, 2016 3:09 pm Comments Off

Elwood Middle School students in Mr. Matthew McGuire’s technology class recently participated in an engaging lesson about energy sources and created their own wind turbines. The project was made possible due to an Elwood Education Endowment grant that the technology department received last year.
The seventh-grade students formed groups and researched wind turbines before designing […]

7th Annual Holiday Craft Fair Harborfields Public Library

October 21, 2016 2:59 pm Comments Off

The Friends of the Harborfields Public Library will be hosting their 7th Annual Holiday Craft Fair on Friday and Saturday, November 11 & 12, 2016 from 9 AM – 4 PM., at the Harborfields Public Library.

More than 50 vendors of only hand-crafted items will be offering knitted clothing, decoys, garden art, hand-thrown pottery, children’s accessories, […]

One Injured in Commack Car Crash

October 21, 2016 2:43 pm Comments Off

The Commack Fire Department, Commack Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Suffolk Police responded to a two-car crash Thursday night, October 20, 2016 at about 8:15 p.m. on Harned Road north of New Highway. One of the drivers involved was injured and transported to Southside Hospital. Commack firefighters were on the scene with an engine and a heavy […]

Huntington Names Field After Jets Legend-Emerson Boozer

October 19, 2016 12:57 pm Comments Off

Following a football career that included helping Jets win Super Bowl III, Emerson Boozer served almost 20 years as Town’s parks director
The Town of Huntington held a ceremony October 15, 2016 to officially name the turf field at Manor Field Park after Emerson Boozer, the former New York Jets star running back who went on […]

Grand Opening at Walt Whitman High School’s Newly Renovated Track

October 18, 2016 3:27 am Comments Off

The South Huntington School community officially cut the ribbon on the grand opening of their newly renovated Walt Whitman High School track. This state-of-the art competitive, interscholastic facility, installed by our good friends at The LandTek Group, was made possible through a generous grant provided by Senator Carl Marcellino.
On a recent picture perfect morning, Senator […]

Gus Alfieri At The Book Review

October 17, 2016 5:50 pm Comments Off

Long Island author and coach Gus Alfieri will be speaking and signing copies of his new book, Heart of a Champion, Tuesday October 18, 2016 at 7pm at THE BOOK REVUE 313 NEW YORK AVENUE, HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK

The Heart of A Champion trumpets the Golden Age of Long Island Basketball, from the late-1950s through the mid-1980s, […]