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Huntington Blue Devils Win National Relay Championship

March 29, 2016 12:34 pm Comments Off

Forget about being county and state champions; the Huntington High School’s boys’ winter track 4x400m relay won the national championship on Sunday afternoon March 13, 2016, at the New Balance Indoor Nationals at the Armory in Manhattan finishing in the fastest time in the United States this winter.

Running under the banner of the […]

LUPINACCI WELCOMES NEW EAGLE SCOUT TO DISTRICT OFFICE

March 28, 2016 2:41 pm Comments Off

Assemblyman Chad A. Lupinacci recently recognized newly-minted Eagle Scout Mikal Eric Oltedal. Lupinacci presented Oltedal, a recent graduate of Walt Whitman High School, with a New York State Citation and an official New York State Assembly pin.

Oltedal, a member of the South Huntington-based Troop 408, received the eagle rank during a Court of Honor held […]

Huntington High School Presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid

March 25, 2016 11:55 am Comments Off

Huntington High School Presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid

Huntington High School Drama Club students have been hard at work preparing for this year’s Spring Musical. The students will be presenting The Little Mermaid on Friday, April 15th @ 7:30PM and on Saturday, April 16th @ 2PM and 7:30PM. The performances will be in the high school […]

The Tri-Community Youth Agency (Tri-CYA) Hall of Honor Gala Honorees

March 24, 2016 1:53 pm Comments Off

Each year, the Tri-Community Youth Agency (Tri-CYA) holds a fundraising dinner to honor leaders in the community for their unselfish commitment to the youth of Huntington, South Huntington and Cold Spring Harbor. This year’s honorees are:

Suffolk County Police Officer Claudia Delgado
Huntington School District Superintendent James W. Polansky
Guru Nanak’s Kitchen

This Hall of Honor Gala will be […]

Suffolk Health Commissioner Issues Zika Advisory to Students Planning to Travel for Spring Break

March 18, 2016 1:31 am Comments Off

As spring break approaches and with the possibility that college students may travel to Zika-virus affected areas, Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. James Tomarken has asked college officials in Suffolk County to notify students, both men and women, that they may be at risk of being infected and infecting others with the Zika virus.

In a […]

Sweeney Todd Musical at Commack High School March 18/19

March 16, 2016 1:08 pm Comments Off

Sweeney Todd Musical March 18th and 19th 7:30pm Commack High School Auditorium, Students $10, Adluts $12

HUNTINGTON HIGH STUDENT WINS PRIZE IN C-SPAN’S VIDEO DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

March 11, 2016 1:45 am Comments Off

Students create documentaries to address issues in the 2016 Presidential Race
WASHINGTON (March 9, 2016) – C-SPAN today announced that Charles Ehrman, a junior at Huntington High School in Huntington, N.Y., is an Honorable Mention winner in C-SPAN’s national 2016 StudentCam competition. Charles will receive $250 for his documentary,
The national competition, now in its 12th year, […]

Man Exposes Himself to Cold Spring Harbor Female Student, Police Need Your Help to Find Him

March 10, 2016 11:56 am Comments Off

ind Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who exposed himself to a girl on her way to school in Cold Spring Harbor this week.

On March 8, 2016, a female high-school student was walking to school on Thicket Drive, in […]

Over $500K Raised for Childhood Cancer Research By Commack Students

March 10, 2016 2:51 am Comments Off

The bad news: More children are lost to cancer in the U.S. than any other disease, and worldwide, a child is diagnosed every three minutes.

The good news: Because of research, today about 90% of children with the most common types of cancer will live.
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation works to fund research and provide support for […]

Commack Middle School Takes First in Regional Science Bowl

March 9, 2016 5:35 pm Comments Off

Commack Middle School’s Science Quiz Bowl Team #1 won the regional science bowl and will represent the District and Long Island at the Nationals on April 28 – May 2, 2016 in Washington, D.C.
A total of 20 teams participated in the regional competition. Commack’s Team 1 won all but one match in the round robin […]