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Valentine’s Day Love for our Troops

February 13, 2015 7:22 pm Comments Off

By Brenda Lentsch
Kindergarten students in Diane Gandolfi’s class at Rolling Hills Primary School in Commack are spreading love and good cheer by sending Valentine’s Day cards to recovering soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital. Army Veteran, Steven Brogan, who works at Walter Reed, contacted Mrs. Gandolfi to thank her for the cards and letters from the […]

Dryer Safety

February 13, 2015 2:47 pm Comments Off

Dear Neighbors,
Did you know that your clothes dryer is probably one of the most dangerous appliance in your home? That’s because even when they are working properly, dryers and washing machines were the cause of one out of every 22 home structure fires in that last ten years.
According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) […]

Freon Leak at Wild By Nature Store

February 13, 2015 1:39 pm Comments Off

On Wednesday, February, 11, at approximately 1:00 p.m., Huntington Community First Aid Squad responded with three ambulances and one first-responder vehicle to a Freon leak incident at the Wild By Nature store.
First Deputy Chief Dominic Heavey was first to arrive on scene and established command. Chief Tom Lemp and 3rd Dep. Chief Keith Rubenstein also […]

High School Students Injured in Dix Hills School Bus Crash

February 13, 2015 12:00 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Precinct and First Precinct officers responded to a school bus crash this morning in Dix Hills during which students and adults were injured.
A box truck was traveling southbound on Deer Park Avenue in Dix Hills when the truck collided with a school bus traveling eastbound on Seaman Neck Road at 7:50 […]

Scholarship Opportunity for High School Senior

February 13, 2015 10:03 am Comments Off

Huntington Republican Committee Announces $250 Scholarship for High School Seniors:

The Huntington Republican Committee is now accepting applications for the 2015 scholarship program. All Huntington residents graduating from any local, regional, public or private high school may apply for a $250 Award if they are planning to attend a 4-year college/university, 2-year college, or a vocational/technical […]

Discovering Black Artists

February 13, 2015 9:51 am Comments Off

Huntington Public Library
338 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743
February 15: Horace Pippin, 2:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Description: Tweens through Adults are invited to learn about celebrated African-American artists. Relax at tables in the auditorium, while we watch a ½ hour film about the artist and, then, participate in our own art making to the sounds of music of the […]

2015 Poetry for the HART Winners to be Recognized

February 13, 2015 9:09 am Comments Off

Winning teens to join poets Terri Muuss and Matt Pasca in April 30 reading at Walt Whitman Birthplace
On Thursday, April 30, the Huntington Town Board will recognize teen poets from the community selected for participation in the Town’s Poetry for the HART Public Art Initiative. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at the Walt […]

Huntington Teen Qualifies for National Basketball Event

February 12, 2015 2:45 pm Comments Off

Middle school student emerges from field of more than 45,000
A seventh grade student from Huntington will have the opportunity to show off his basketball skills on the big stage this weekend after finishing among the top players in the region in the NBA Fit, Dribble, Dish and Swish competition.
Freddie Amato, a student at J. Taylor […]

Senator Flanagan Leads Effort To Return One Billion To Schools By Eliminating The GEA

February 11, 2015 9:23 am Comments Off

By Robert Caroppoli (Office of Senator Flanagan)
Senator John Flanagan (2nd Senate District) joined with his Senate Republican colleagues at a press conference in Albany to call for the complete elimination of the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) to protect our public schools and taxpayers. The Conference proposed a plan that would return $1 billion to schools […]

Dix Hills Woman Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver

February 10, 2015 8:45 am Comments Off

On Sunday, February 7, 2015, Jalpa Patel, 48 of Stratford Avenue, Dix Hills was crossing Deer Park Avenue at approximately 8:30 p.m. when she was struck by a blue Jeep Liberty that was traveling northbound on Deer Park Avenue. The driver of the Jeep initially stopped but fled the scene prior to the arrival of […]