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LUPINACCI LEGISLATION TO PREVENT CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING SIGNED INTO LAW

January 2, 2015 11:56 am Comments Off

Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci is proud to announce his co-sponsored legislation to install carbon monoxide detectors in restaurants and commercial buildings has been signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. After the tragic event at Legal Sea Foods, when carbon monoxide poisoning injured 20 and took the life of the restaurant manager, Lupinacci worked tirelessly to […]

Flashback Friday – Taxpayers Subsidize The Don Pius Scholarship

January 2, 2015 11:53 am Comments Off

This original post is from September 27, 2011. Update, the Huntington School district is no longer participating in this scholarship.
The Don Pius scholarship was established several years ago as part of a deal that the Town Board made with this notorious landlord. Pius is especially well known in the Huntington School district since his more than 70 […]

Bicycle and SUV Collide in Huntington Station

December 31, 2014 1:53 pm Comments Off

On Monday, December 29, 2014, at approximately 2:26 p.m. a man on a bicycle collided with an SUV in Huntington Station. The bicycle was heading down Fairground Avenue and the SUV was heading westbound on Pulaski.
The driver of the SUV and the car behind her who witnessed the accident, pulled off the road on Pulaski […]

Teens Hosting Out-of-Control Parties

December 30, 2014 10:02 am Comments Off

Today as technology moves at such a rapid pace, parents need to be ahead of the curve. Teens are using social media like Facebook, Twitter, Yik Yak, etc. to talk about parties. The word can get out in seconds causing hundreds of teens to show up an overrun a home.
There have been recent cases of […]

CVS Robbed Police Need Your Help

December 29, 2014 1:40 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate two people who stole items from a pharmacy in Huntington Station in December 2014. The crime committed is Petit Larceny.
A male and female entered CVS Pharmacy, located at 111 Depot Road, on December […]

Sunshine Toy Drive a Huge Success

December 29, 2014 1:30 pm Comments Off

By Steve Silverman Photos by SteveSilverman
The eighth annual Sunshine Toy Drive was a huge success this year, due to the many generous contributions and dedicated work by volunteers. The Holiday Toy Drive for the needy was the idea of 16-year-old Victoria Plumitallo of Dix Hills, who began the drive eight years ago with the […]

Shots Fired Again Into A Home

December 28, 2014 2:12 pm Comments Off

According to Police records at 3:30 pm on December 26th Shots were fired at a home on East 3rd Street in Huntington Station. No one was hurt per the police report. 2nd squad detectives are still investigating this incident. If anyone has information that can help the police please call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at […]

Christmas Day Robbery at West Hills Gulf Station

December 27, 2014 3:29 pm Comments Off

The Gulf station at 743 Walt Whitman Road in West Hills/Melville was robbed by two men, one displaying a handgun and stole money ( $200 we were told but have not verified that) from the register. The police have no arrests. The police helicopter was up and looking for the robbers as they left on […]

Dix Hills Fire Department – Spreads Santa’s Holiday Cheer

December 26, 2014 11:46 am Comments Off

Photo and Story by Steve Silverman

Santa arrived in Dix Hills from the North Pole this week when his sleigh landed at the Dix Hills Fire Department. Fire engines and ambulances escorted Santa on his journey through the streets to spread holiday greetings and candy treats to the kids. Santa and his helpers from the Dix Hills FD Company One […]

Merry Christmas to ALL Huntingtonians

December 25, 2014 11:54 am Comments Off

The staff at theHuntingtonian wishes you and yours to have a Happy Merry Christmas.