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Wanted for Grand Larceny at Bloomingdale’s

January 4, 2012 8:44 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Second Squad Detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the two men who used a stolen credit card number to make a $2,129 purchase at Bloomingdale’s in the Walt Whitman Mall in South Huntington.
At around 10:00 AM on Saturday, December 10, 2011 two black males were observed […]

Can You Handle The Truth?

January 4, 2012 7:44 am 2 Comments

Reverend Jerry Artis is the Pastor of Love of Christ Fellowship Church
Returning home on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 27, 2011, from the Dix Hill Diner, where my whole church went in support of one of our young members who works there as she finishes up her master degree. We heard and saw a helicopter overhead, and […]

Huntington SD Switches Investments for Interest

January 3, 2012 8:44 am Comments Off

Low interest rates are having an impact on all investors, even big institutional ones like the Huntington School District, which recently moved its trust and agency scholarship accounts out of New York CLASS and into JP Morgan.
“For well over 15 years, the Huntington School District has been an active participant in the New York CLASS […]

Serious Accident & 3 Arrests At Paramount

January 2, 2012 1:12 pm 1 Comment

Just after the New Year began at approximately 1:00 am, a 23 year old male from East Northport fell from a balcony at the Paramount Theater in Huntington Village. He was air lifted to Stony Brook Medical Center and is listed in critical condition. Police investigators say the accident does not seem to be criminal.
On the same evening […]

Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash in Huntington Station

January 2, 2012 6:36 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a Huntington Station man last night.
Cesar Gudiel was walking in the roadway along New York Avenue near East 21st Street at approximately 7:35 when he was struck by a car traveling northbound on New York Avenue. The car continued to travel northbound […]

Video: HHA Attorney Acts As Judge and Jury

January 1, 2012 8:10 pm 1 Comment

This video was taken at the last Huntington Housing Authority meeting. Resident and Huntington School District BOE member Rich McGrath asks the HHA attorney about compliance with Chapter 40 of the Town code. The attorney acknowledges that the Huntington Housing Authority has decided not to comply with the law and he explains why. This Town Law has never […]

Update 1-1-12: Dix Hills Water District Tests Positive for Coliform Bacteria

December 30, 2011 5:44 pm Comments Off

County rescinds directive after coliform bacteria tests of 21 samples taken yesterday produce negative results.

Whitman Wins Gugliotta Opener

December 30, 2011 7:27 am Comments Off

Led by Whitman senior Danyal Cheema (14 pts) and junior Kevin Forland (15 pts), Walt Whitman had no trouble dispatching Hauppauge 63-31 in the second game of the opening round of the Frank Gugliotta Memorial Basketball Tournament on Tuesday evening. Ahead 22-0 at the end of the first period, 34-17 in the 2nd period, and […]

David Massengill Performs

December 30, 2011 7:25 am Comments Off

Singer/songwriter/storyteller David Massengill performs for the Folk Music Society of Huntington on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (off Route 25A), Centerport. Tickets for the 8:30 p.m. concert, which is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m., are $20; $15 for FMSH members, and will be available […]

Simply Put – The HHA Refuses To Follow The Law

December 29, 2011 8:21 am 5 Comments

The Huntington Housing Authority has a long history of poor public perception. The only thing that has changed over the recent years is that the new leadership is well connected to our local politicians. There are several laws that we know they are not complying with. Compliance with other laws can’t be determined at this […]