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Supervisor Petrone Presents 2018 Budget

September 24, 2017 5:35 pm Comments Off

$194.2 million spending plan maintains services and stays within state tax cap

Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone, at the September 19 Town Board meeting, presented a proposed $194.2 million budget for 2018, a spending plan that maintains all Town services at current levels and calls for a tax levy that is under the state-mandated tax […]

SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE BELLONE ANNOUNCES NEARLY 600 HOMEOWNERS HAVE REGISTERED FOR FIRST-IN-THE-STATE SEPTIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

September 18, 2017 8:26 pm Comments Off

Milestone Coincides with Beginning of National SepticSmart Week 2017

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone today kicked off SepticSmart Week 2017 by highlighting that Suffolk County has already received nearly 600 registrations by homeowners interested in the Septic Improvement Program. This first of its kind program provides financial incentives to help homeowners replace their outdated septic systems or cesspools […]

Statement From Suffolk Police On London Attacks

September 17, 2017 11:13 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Timothy D. Sini and Suffolk County Police Chief of Department Stuart Cameron thoughts and prayers are with the victims of yet another apparent act of terrorism that occurred this morning in London. This attack targeted London’s transit system. The Suffolk County Police is actively monitoring intelligence from the incident in cooperation […]

Depot Road Park Renamed after Fallen Firefighter

September 12, 2017 6:05 pm Comments Off

Supervisor Frank P. Petrone, members of the Town Council and Town Clerk Jo-Ann Raia joined with the Huntington Manor Fire Department September 9 in renaming Depot Road Park after Richard Wm. Holst, who suffered a fatal heart attack while responding to a fire near the park exactly eight years ago.
The Board and the Fire Department […]

Melville Fire Department Hosts 9/11 Remembrance

September 3, 2017 1:53 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department invites the community to join us for our 9/11 Memorial Service on September 11, 2017 at 8 p.m. at Station # 3, on Old Country Road and New York Avenue. The candlelight remembrance takes place around a steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center that stands on a memorial plaza at the […]

Letter To The Editor – Lisa Cook “the biggest losers here are the residents of the Town of Huntington.”

September 1, 2017 3:39 pm Comments Off

Dear Editor,
It has come to my attention that there are grumblings that I, Lisa Cook the wife of Town of Huntington Councilman Eugene
Cook, was the reason he dropped out of the race for Huntington Town Supervisor. I feel compelled to set the record straight.
The truth of the matter is that my husband withdrew from the […]

Programs Scheduled to Help Struggling Homeowners

August 31, 2017 8:51 pm Comments Off

Sessions, spurred by state grant, will include information on reporting blight
As part of an effort spurred by a state grant, the Town of Huntington has scheduled three public programs aimed at helping struggling homeowners and at assisting residents who want to report examples of blight.
The events are designed to provide information that will […]

Mosquito Sample Tests Positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

August 31, 2017 8:20 pm Comments Off

(Sixteen Additional Mosquito Samples Test Positive for West Nile Virus)

The New York State Department of Health informed Suffolk County health officials today that a mosquito sample tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus, also referred to as Triple E. The sample, Culiseta melanura, was collected on August 16 in the Manorville area.

The presence […]

Hector Gavilla for Suffolk County Says “Suffolk Red-Light Camera Program Steals Over $30,000,000 Per Year From Tax-Payers”

August 31, 2017 8:16 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Red-light Camera Program is unconstitutional and ineffective. By the county’s own admission, rear-end collisions have increased 30%. In total, the program has fined Suffolk residents more than $30,000,000, with an average of 30-40% of these fees going not to the county, but Maryland-based Xerox, the vendor whom records and processes all fees […]

SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE BELLONE APPOINTS LISA BLACK AS DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE

August 31, 2017 6:34 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone today appointed Lisa Black as Deputy County Executive and will serve in the role of Chief of Staff. Lisa, who recently served as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, brings over 20 years of experience in state and local government […]