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Lupinacci Continues Efforts For Greater Organ Donation Enrollment

October 14, 2015 5:06 am Comments Off

Photo above:Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci (center) with Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (right) assisting a future organ donor.
Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci and LiveOnNY continued their efforts to raise awareness of organ donation by hosting the first annual Donor Enrollment Day in Stony Brook. The event was held at the Stony Brook University Hospital and the Smith Haven Mall to provide […]

SADD Presents: Recovery, Awareness, and Prevention Week Beginning Thursday, October 22, 2015 7:00 PM at Northport American Legion Hall

October 13, 2015 10:54 am Comments Off

SADD Presents: Recovery, Awareness, and Prevention Week
Huntington, New York-Northport High School’s Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) will be dedicating an entire week to cultivating prevention, supporting recovery, and promoting awareness of drug and alcohol abuse. SADD has partnered with the Northport-East Northport Drug and Alcohol Task Force, County Legislator Doc Spencer’s office, the Northport Police […]

Falls Prevention Classes Offer Mature Residents a Greater Chance to Stay Independent for Life

October 13, 2015 5:43 am Comments Off

County Executive Steve Bellone and Commissioner of Health Services Dr. James Tomarken invite mature residents to attend the county’s national award-winning program focused on falls prevention. The program is intended to empower mature adults to carry out behaviors that reduce the risks of falls and improve their quality of life.
‘Stepping On,’a CDC model program, comprises […]

Scheduled Meet the Candidate Nights for Local Elections

October 12, 2015 5:58 pm Comments Off

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd. Below are the places and dates where you can hear the candidates speak and ask them questions.
Oct. 14 Wed 7:30PM , sponsored by Elwood Taxpayers Association, at the Elwood Public Library, 1929 Jericho Turnpike, East Northport.
Oct. 15 Thurs 7:30PM , NAACP sponsored Meet the Candidate at the South Huntington […]

Callista and Newt Gingrich to Visit Book Revue

October 12, 2015 10:21 am Comments Off

Callista Gingrich, author and president of Gingrich Productions, will be signing copies of Christmas in America, the latest in her New York Times bestselling children’s history series featuring Ellis the Elephant.
Newt Gingrich, politician, historian, author and political commentator will be signing copies of his latest novel, Duplicity.
BOOK REVUE, 313 NEW YORK AVENUE, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743, 631-271-1442
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH […]

Hard Luck Café Concert Series at Cinema Arts Centre, Oct. 15

October 12, 2015 6:11 am Comments Off

Caroline Cotter and Jay Hitt are Featured Performers

Two talented touring singer-songwriters – Caroline Cotter (Portland, Maine) and Jay Hitt (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) – are the featured artists during the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Hard Luck Café concert series at the Cinema Arts Centre (423 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY) on Thursday, Oct. 15. The 8:30 p.m. […]

East Northport Man Arrested for Armed Robbery Pattern Crimes

October 11, 2015 6:30 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives have arrested a man who robbed a gas station in Commack last night as well as several other businesses throughout Huntington during the last two months.
Shaun Mcneice, 29, of Stan Haven Place in East Northport, robbed a Shell gas station, located at 444 Commack Road, and fled the scene […]

Woman Arrested in Commack after Fleeing from Custody at Hospital

October 11, 2015 5:21 am Comments Off

Melina Silsbe, 24, was arrested on October 7 for numerous misdemeanor warrants and a felony warrant and was brought to the Fourth Precinct. A short time later, she was transported to St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown and admitted for a medical condition which required a police officer to be assigned to guard […]

Dix Hills Fire Department Rescues Football Coaches from Lift Truck

October 10, 2015 11:51 pm Comments Off

Volunteer firefighters from the Dix Hills Fire Department rescued two football coaches stuck 30-feet in the air on a bucket truck during the Homecoming game at Half Hollow Hills High School East on Vanderbilt Parkway, Saturday afternoon, October 10, 2015.
The two Smithtown High School East coaches became trapped in the truck’s bucket when the hydraulic lift […]

Why Billions in New Sewers Won’t Work

October 9, 2015 5:21 am Comments Off

Everybody is talking about water quality lately and that is a good thing. Following Super Storm Sandy, Governor Cuomo established the LI Resiliency and Clean Water Infrastructure Task Force, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation released a follow-up report entitled Coastal Resiliency and Water Quality in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and the Suffolk […]