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COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER DECLARE BLOOD EMERGENCY

June 26, 2017 6:11 pm Comments Off

County Executive Announces Summer Blood Drive in Suffolk County to Provide Convenient Locations for Residents to Donate
For More Information on Donating or How to Organize a Blood Drive, Call 800-933-2566 or nybloodcenter.org/blood
Suffolk County Executive Bellone today announced that the New York Blood Center has declared a blood emergency in the New York metropolitan region. In […]

THE 2nd ANNUAL Lenney Peters Junior Golf Tournament June 28, 2017

June 24, 2017 5:02 pm Comments Off

Dear Resident,
Registration is still open for the Town of Huntington’s 2017 Lenney Peters Junior Golf Tournament scheduled for this coming Wednesday, June 28 [Rain Date: June 29] at the Crab Meadow Golf Course in Northport.
For decades, the Town of Huntington sponsored the Lenney Peters Junior Golf Tournament at the Crab Meadow Golf Course to promote […]

Health Officials Issue Advisory against Bathing at 64 Beaches One More Time

June 24, 2017 4:47 pm Comments Off

Due to the heavy rainfall that occurred today, June 24, 2017, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services has issued an advisory against bathing at 64 beaches. The advisory is based on the potential that bacteria in excess of New York State standards will impact these areas.

The beaches covered by the advisory are located in […]

COUNCILMAN COOK REQUESTS YOUR INPUT ON TERM LIMITS

June 22, 2017 1:11 pm Comments Off

Councilman Eugene Cook is requesting all Huntington residents and business owners to let him know their thoughts on term limits for the elected officials in the Town of Huntington. He is currently drafting legislation to schedule a public hearing for term limits and needs to know your thoughts on what you want for the Town […]

Boat Wake Video Underscores Boating Safety for July 4, 2017

June 22, 2017 12:55 pm Comments Off

Town will again implement speed restrictions before and after fireworks shows
The Town of Huntington has released a new video highlighting the danger of boat wakes, underscoring the need to practice safe boating during the weekend leading up to the July 4 holiday.

The four-minute video, narrated by Councilwoman Tracey A. Edwards, was produced in cooperation […]

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 […]

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, […]

Happy 105th Birthday Huntington Lighthouse!

June 18, 2017 4:36 pm Comments Off

Friday June 16, 2017
I’ll be 105 years old!
My light was first lit on
June 16, 1912 at 7:32pm

I would love if you
would help me celebrate
my historic past
by contributing to
preserve my future.

I made it really easy for you – online at:
https://www.crowdrise.com/huntington-lighthouse-preservation-society1/fundraiser/huntington-lighthouse-preservation-society-inc

Or by mail with checks payable to:

HUNTINGTON LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION SOCIETY
PO Box 2454, Halesite, […]

Limited Equity Co-Op Opens in Melville

June 16, 2017 1:58 pm Comments Off

Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone and Council Members Mark Cuthbertson and Tracey A. Edwards helped cut the ribbon June 15 marking the opening of Highland Green, Long Island’s first limited equity cooperative housing development.

Completion of the 117-unit, $34 million project represents a number of milestones, Supervisor Petrone noted in his remarks, including a final resolution […]