The Huntingtonian | Archive | Around Town

F.O.I.L. Workshop

May 2, 2012 2:07 pm 1 Comment

The Huntingtonian with assistance from Councilman Mark Mayoka has made arrangements for F.O.I.L officers, and concerned citizens to attend a workshop with Mr. Freeman. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their concerns including open F.O.I.L requests.

Stephen Labate & Huntington BOE Candidates at GHCG Meeting

May 1, 2012 7:02 pm Comments Off

The monthly meeting of the Greater Huntington Civic Group (GHCG) will be on Thursday, May 3 at 7:00 pm. Those who attend will have the opportunity to meet Congressional Candidate Stephen Labate and the BOE candidates for the Huntington School District. Stephen Labate will speak and answer questions from 7:00 – 7:30 followed by a meet the candidates […]

Important Zoning Change Resolution To Be Considered

April 30, 2012 7:08 am 3 Comments

A public hearing has been scheduled for May 22nd, 2012, at 7:00 PM to consider a complicated zoning change that ultimately affects two distinct parcels in the Town of Huntington. The deal preserves a parcel of open space that is located at the intersection of Round Swamp Road and Old Country Road, in Melville otherwise known […]

Boy Scout Derby

April 28, 2012 12:46 pm Comments Off

The Scouts were packed shoulder to shoulder this morning for the Matinecock District Pinewood Derby held at John Glenn High School in Elwood. The event pits the top cars from scout packs in the Matinecock district which includes Huntington and parts of Smithtown.

Photo by Jim Martin

New Marker For Old Burying Ground

April 28, 2012 8:04 am Comments Off

Located on Main Street in Huntington Village, the Old Burying Ground, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also a locally designated historic landmark, within the Old Town Hall Historic District.

Mother’s Day Plant Sale At The Vanderbilt

April 27, 2012 7:16 am Comments Off

Vanderbilt Volunteer Gardeners Plan Mother’s Day Weekend Sale of Perennials, Annuals, Shrubs and Trees. The goal is to sell “the finest quality flowers, shrubs and trees at the fairest prices.”

South Huntington’s New website and BOE Notes

April 25, 2012 10:37 pm Comments Off

As many of you know the South Huntington districts website is something out of the 1st year of the web, circa Al Gore. So the district put out an RFP and hired a firm to update it and showed us what it will look like. The cutover will be Thursday into Friday depending on the new site propagating across the internet dns servers. See below what your new site is going to look like over the next few days. This will be a big boost and service to the district residence.

Newly Formed Abrams Community Watch Group

April 25, 2012 10:34 am Comments Off

On the evening of April 24, Abrams Neighborhood Watch held their first meeting at the 2nd precinct. About a dozen people attended. Officer John Chiquitucto who is the community liaison officer gave a presentation and overview of what forming a Neighborhood Watch group is all about. He described the general mission of a neighborhood watch group as an […]

South Huntington’s Parent University “Graduates”

April 24, 2012 7:05 am Comments Off

The first class from South Huntington’s Parent University “graduated” Friday night, and the community couldn’t have been prouder. It was a great opportunity to sharpen the skills we all need to have in order to take on life’s most important and demanding pursuit: raising successful children.

Dr. Pedro Noguera, the evening keynote speaker and a nationally renowned expert on building partnerships between […]

Commack Junior Awarded For Original Research

April 24, 2012 6:37 am Comments Off

The Junior Science and Humanities Symposia Program invites high school students to submit a paper on an original research investigation in the sciences, engineering, or mathematics, and to participate in the Long Island Regional Symposium at Stony Brook University (SUNY) held annually in March. This year, 226 projects were entered, and 70 students were selected […]