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Hometown Hero Visits Northport Middle School

October 7, 2016 5:00 pm Comments Off

Students at Northport Middle School had the special opportunity to hear from 19-year old Paralympic Gold Medalist Mikey Brannigan on Sept. 23, 2016. Brannigan, who graduated Northport Middle School in 2011, competed in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio di Janeiro and won gold in the men’s Paralympic T20 1500m race at the beginning of September.
Brannigan […]

Seventh Annual Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting Set for Nov. 26, 2016

October 7, 2016 4:40 pm Comments Off

An updated interactive map, a new Holiday Parade Facebook page, an expanded gingerbread house competition, and a scavenger hunt are among the additions to the festivities for the Seventh Annual Holiday Parade and Street Festival in Huntington Village November 26th. The days’ worth of entertainment and activities starts with Small Business Saturday, continues with Long […]

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.

Halesite Fire Department Says Time of the Year to Check Fire Alarm

October 7, 2016 4:17 pm Comments Off

Does your home have a smoke alarm? According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the answer is likely yes: NFPA research shows that most American homes have at least one. But do you know how old your smoke alarms are? If you’re like most people, you’re probably not so sure. The NFPA is promoting […]

Harborfields High School Inducts Newest Members into Tri-M Honor Society

October 7, 2016 4:03 pm Comments Off

The Harborfields High School music department honored returning members and inducted 20 new students into the prestigious Tri-M Music Honor Society on Sept. 26, 2016. The goal of the society is to further the education and quality of music in both the Harborfields community and school.
Students in Tri-M actively assist at school concerts, NYSSMA, SCMEA […]

Viral Video is a HOAX According to the Police

October 6, 2016 3:30 pm Comments Off

Hoax or not, that is the question-HOAX.
NYDAILYNEWS ran “A man trekking through the woods on Long Island recorded video evidence of what he thought to be a murderer’s shrine — including more than a dozen missing persons flyers posted on trees and the apparent remnants of a shelter.”
SYRACUSE.COM POSTED:
“…Gotta wonder just what sort of person […]

Gold Coast Ghosts

October 5, 2016 11:46 am Comments Off

Long Island Paranormal Investigators will share their stories
of the Gold Coast era mansions on Oct. 15, 2016 at 7 pm

Join us at Gold Coast Ghosts on the site of the historic McKesson Brown estate at 109 Browns Road, Huntington, NY, on October 15, 2016 at 7 pm. The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington presents the […]

Home Invasion at 3am on Oakcrest Drive in Huntington Station

October 4, 2016 4:43 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police today arrested two women for a home invasion/burglarizing an occupied home in Huntington Station.
A resident of a home on Oakcrest Drive woke up after hearing a noise and observed two people standing in the hallway of her home at approximately 3:15 a.m October 4, 2106. They fled and she called 911. Second […]

Confronting Epidemic of Kids Using Drugs, New Federal Grant will Fuel Northport/E. Npt. Coalition

October 4, 2016 2:11 pm Comments Off

As parents, teachers, and youth in the Northport/East Northport school district reel from an epidemic of prescription drug and alcohol addiction among teens, including the drug-related deaths of more than 8 recent graduates in just over nine years, the community exhaled with new hope this week as it won a federal grant that will propel […]

Girl Scout Cadettes Earn Silver Award Honoring Veterans at Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

October 2, 2016 6:30 pm Comments Off

Patriotic quilts warm residents’ hearts, body and soul

Twenty-four U.S. military veterans at Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center were literally blanketed with love by two local Girl Scout Cadettes working on their Silver Award. Best friends Miranda Rago and Eviana Holmes of Troop 590 dedicated their “Take Action” service project to the aging soldiers, quilting […]