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Northport Village police report the following: INCIDENTS: 08/06 ASHAROKEN AVE Responded to the incident location to assist Asharoken Police locate a missing suicidal male. The officer remained on scene till the subject was located. MAIN ST Responded to the above location for a report of Read More …
The Town Board honored two Special Olympic athletes with proclamations last week, and presented awards to camp counselors. Angel Athenas, who has autism, recently won four gold medals at the 2018 Seattle Special Olympics and broke the women’s deadlifting record at the New York Special Read More …
The Town Board held a public hearing Tuesday night regarding the rezoning of a historic site in downtown Huntington, at the corner of Route 25A (East Main Street) and Park Avenue, from an R-15 residence district to a C-1 office residence district. The change, if Read More …
Northport Village police report the following: ARRESTS: 08/03 Wong,Jeffrey,55; BROOKLYN,NY CHURCH STREET The listed defendant was issued a field appearance ticket for urinating in public. INCIDENTS: 07/30 WARD AVENUE Responded to the incident location for a report of a leaving the scene of an Read More …
07/23 OCEAN AVENUE Officer responded to location regarding a male hitchhiking and walking in the street. Officer did speak with the subject who stated he was walking to get his laundry and have lunch. The officer did transport the subject to Scudder/Woodbine Avenue without incident. Read More …
“Through education we are teaching to stand against hate wherever we see it,” says Dr. Eve Krief, pediatrician and activist, of her organization called Long Island Inclusive Communities Against Hate, or LIICAH. Although always involved in advocacy, Krief says what she witnessed during the “Unite Read More …
As John Cronin, a young man who happens to have Down Syndrome, approached graduation from Huntington High School, he pondered what his next step would be. After some thought, he decided he wanted to go into business with his dad. The only challenge was what Read More …
Kerry McCarthy of Riverhead already camped outside of the Barnes & Noble on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan last month but wouldn’t miss out on another chance to see President Bill Clinton and bestselling author James Patterson, this time a bit closer to home at Book Read More …
The Town Board declared last week that two streets are to be renamed after hometown heroes who recently lost their battles to 9/11-related cancer. In other business, the board replaced outdated Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) machines and established a permit procedure for the use of Read More …
The Town Board held a public hearing Tuesday night on the rezoning of a 3.86-acre site in Melville from “R-40” to “R-3M Garden Apartments.” This will allow for the construction of two three-story apartment buildings at the intersection of New Highway and Smith Street, dubbed Read More …
For Don Dailey, better known as the Sunday Woodcarver, the craft has always been a way of life. It started when he was a teenager and would toy around with pieces of scrap wood. This fascination with wood continued throughout his adolescence and into college. Read More …
On Nov. 30, 2002, Molly Prep’s day started out just like any other seven-year-old’s would. The day’s agenda included an appointment at her pediatricians’ office, for what was thought to be symptoms of the common cold, followed by a sleepover at her grandparents’ house. However, Read More …