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Letter from the Chief of Halesite Fire Department: Blood Drive & BBQ 8/18/16

August 12, 2016 12:50 pm Comments Off

Dear Neighbors,
The Long Island Blood Services have declared an official blood emergency. The local blood supply has reached a critically low level with a less-than-two-day supply of B negative, A negative, and O negative blood, which is the type needed most readily in trauma situations and emergency rooms because it is the universal blood type. […]

Health Officials Offer Treatment for Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A at Trento Restaurant 1058 Broadhollow Road, Farmingdale

August 12, 2016 12:43 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services (SCDHS) is investigating a case of Hepatitis A virus in an individual who worked at the restaurant Trento, located at 1058 Broadhollow Rd., Farmingdale, NY. Patrons who consumed a beverage at this establishment on the dates of July 19, 23, 26, 29 and 30, 2016 may have been […]

New Immunizations Required for 2016-17 School Year

August 12, 2016 12:36 pm 1 Comment

Officials remind residents to check schedules to be sure they are up to date on their immunizations

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Commissioner of Health Services Dr. James Tomarken wish to inform parents that all children entering 7th and 12th grade in New York State this fall must have the meningococcal vaccine by September 1, […]

Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin Named Legacy Trustee of Vanderbilt Museum

August 12, 2016 12:31 pm Comments Off

Great-Great Granddaughter of William K. Vanderbilt II
William K. Vanderbilt II’s (1878-1944) great-great granddaughter, Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, has been named a legacy trustee by the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum Board of Trustees.
Costin is a seventh-generation descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the shipping and railroad entrepreneur who amassed one of the greatest fortunes of the nineteenth century.

(Above: Consuelo […]

DREDGE DUMPING UNACCEPTABLE, EPA WILL FACE CONSEQUENCES

August 12, 2016 1:14 am Comments Off

Assemblyman Andrew Raia (R,C,I-East Northport) joined over 30 federal, state and local officials to sign a letter from Gov. Andrew Cuomo informing President Obama that New York will take legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) if the planned dumping of dredged materials from Connecticut is approved. The EPA has issued a rule that […]

Dix Hills Fire Department Delivers Baby Boy

August 11, 2016 3:32 pm Comments Off

The Dix Hills Fire Department received an emergency 911 call from a Dix Hills husband after his pregnant wife went into labor on Monday, August 8, at 7:29 p.m. After the woman’s water broke and her contractions were five minutes apart just two days before her due date, the couple got into their car at their […]

CAUSE Brand Proves that Employing Special Needs Individuals is Good for Business

August 11, 2016 3:23 pm Comments Off

Owner of Northport-based Cause Café Encourages Others to Follow Her Business Model
Northport, New York – Despite the common misconception that people with special needs are difficult to manage or work with, a recent study conducted for the “Happy Tourist” project by the Leonardo da Vinci Programme in Europe found that 80 percent of hospitality employers […]

At Vanderbilt Planetarium, You Can View the Sun Safely with New Solar Telescope

August 11, 2016 3:07 pm Comments Off

At Vanderbilt Planetarium, You Can View the Sun Safely with New Solar Telescope

Visitors to the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum’s Reichert Planetarium can now view the Sun through a new solar telescope.
The Planetarium has just installed a Lunt Solar Systems hydrogen-alpha solar telescope in the Observatory – for daytime observation of the Sun.
Dave Bush, the Planetarium’s […]

More Violent Crime Reported No Arrest Yet.

August 10, 2016 11:33 am Comments Off

This has been the 7th violent crime in the last 2 months in Huntington. Police received a 911 call regarding a man with a gun on Fairground Street in Huntington Station at approximately 2:55 p.m. Monday August 8, 2016 as well as a shotspotter activation.
When police arrived, the man was gone and officers found evidence that […]

Huntington Manor Junior Firefighter Awarded Scholarship

August 8, 2016 2:58 pm Comments Off

Huntington Manor Junior Firefighter Robert Eng was the recipient of a Scholarship Award presented by the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York. FASNY President Bob McConville presented the $1500 Gerald J. Buckenmeyer Volunteer Scholarship Award to Robert Eng at the Huntington Manor firehouse.
Robert is 18 and has been a member of Huntington Manor’s Explorer Post […]