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Huntington Opportunity Resource Center Highlights for the Month of February 2017

February 1, 2017 4:05 pm Comments Off

St. Joseph’s College FREE Intermediate Computer Finance Class 6 pm-7:30 pm (January 12th – March 9th – space still available)

February 8, 2017 – Community Conversation 6 pm-8 pm

February 10, 2017 – Veteran Services Day: VETERANS ONLY 10 AM-3 PM

February 16, 2017 – The Town of Huntington Celebrates Black History at Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School, Huntington Station 7 pm

February 21, 2017 – Carecen: Pathways to Citizenship – Appointments ONLY 9 am -1:30 […]

Future City Awarded to South Huntington Students

January 29, 2017 7:22 pm Comments Off

Four Stimson students, representing their Middle School STEAM Club, won an award at the recently held Future City Competition. Stimson’s STEAM club worked to design both a virtual and physical city with the goal of participating in the NYC competition on January 21, 2017. After being judged by a team of engineers, the STEAM Club’s creation earned the […]

2017 Events and Services at the Huntington Opportunity Resource Center

January 16, 2017 4:33 pm Comments Off

Below you will find services, events and training courses for the month of January on-site at the Huntington Opportunity Resource Center.
In case you can not open the attached documents, they are as follows:

St. Joseph’s College Math Class – Thursday, January 12 to Thursday, February 9, 2017. Class meets only on Thursday evenings from 6 pm […]

Huntington Completes Bioswale at Centerport Beach

January 1, 2017 2:52 pm Comments Off

Project is aimed at reducing 80 percent of stormwater pollution entering harbor from Town beach

The Town of Huntington recently completed construction of a rain garden bioswale at Centerport Beach, a project aimed at filtering 80 percent of the stormwater runoff there that has been polluting Centerport Harbor.
The $276,210 project, […]

Elwood School hosts robotics competition

December 23, 2016 5:48 pm Comments Off

Elwood Middle School proudly hosted one of the VEX IQ competitions on Dec. 15, 2016. The event was the largest one to date on Long Island as the school welcomed 30 different robot teams from eight different schools and organizations.
Presented by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation, the event challenged teams of students […]

Educating On The Environment At Northport High

December 8, 2016 1:24 pm Comments Off

Students at Northport High School heard from guest speakers about plastic pollution and waterways on Nov. 21, 2016. Hosted by the school’s Environment Team, a program that focuses on the interactions of human culture and the natural world, the lecture featured Executive Director for Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) Adrienne Esposito and Suffolk […]

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 […]

Bellone Announces Key Milestone in Suffolk County Septic Demonstration Pilot Program–First Alternative Wastewater Treatment System

October 1, 2016 6:11 pm Comments Off

First Alternative Wastewater Treatment System to Be Approved in County’s History during National Septic Smart Week

On September 20, 2016 Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone was joined by regional water quality experts and environmental advocates to announce that for the first time an on-site advanced wastewater treatment system has been provisionally approved for residential use in […]

Huntington Police Officer is Encouraging Literacy to Kids from Huntington Station Low-income and Immigrant Families

August 31, 2016 11:45 am Comments Off

BELOW PLEASE FIND A LETTER FROM A HUNTINGTON POLICE OFFICER LOOKING FOR DONATIONS TO SURPASS LAST YEARS GOAL.

Hello, my name is Tom Arana-Wolfe and I am a police officer in Huntington, New York. Back in Fall 2013, I worked with the Family Service League (FSL) in Huntington Station and created a Fall reading contest for […]

Lottery Winners for Second Phase of Suffolk County Septic Demonstration Pilot Program Announced

August 11, 2016 3:42 pm Comments Off

20 Additional Homeowners Will Receive Free State-of-the-Art Septic Systems to Reduce Nitrogen Pollution & Enhance Region’s Water Quality
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced the names of the 20 homeowners that were selected at random to receive a free advanced water treatment system as part of the second phase of the County’s Septic Demonstration Pilot […]