Weiss Workers Join Beach Cleanup

Members of Melville-based T. Weiss Realty Corp. staff participated in the removal of invasive plants and assisted in a beach cleanup at the North Shore Land Alliance’s Shore Road Sanctuary in Cold Spring Harbor on July 31. From left, Katie Waterhouse, marketing associate; Daniella Gozalez, Read More …

Consortium to Provide Childcare for Medical, Transit and Other Essential Workers

Suffolk County announced the launch of the Suffolk Childcare Consortium, a free childcare program for first responders, medical professionals, transit workers and where  possible, other essential workers, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced Friday. Several schools within the Town of Huntington will host the program: Read More …

Schools Ordered to Close Until April 1

All schools in the state were ordered Monday to remain closed until April  1. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the order, and said that the state will reassess whether to continue the closures and to continue to suspend the 180-day requirement.  The order was issued to Read More …

New Huntington Boutique Opens

Cynthia Ann Boutique, seller of kids clothing, hand-glittered glassware and wedding favors opened on Gerard Street in Huntington this month. The shop, founded by CEO/artisan Kia Johnson sells pre-made and personalized tutus ($10), shirts with hand-done vinyl decals ($14), tights ($12), and headbands ($5). She Read More …

Groups Take Up Housing Issues

You know it’s something when they take down the paywall. Newsday’s report on Long Island housing discrimination is free to view and a forum on it was open to the public earlier this week in Melville. In attendance were many progressive groups and perhaps fewer Read More …

Huntington YMCA Adding Open Floor Plan Facility

Huntington YMCA’s 29,000-square-foot expansion will include a full-sized gym, a basketball court, an indoor walking track and other space for health and wellness services. The expansion began in October of 2017 and is expected to be complete in early 2019. The new building will be Read More …

Coco’s Legacy Comes to Huntington

A new designer resale boutique, Coco’s Legacy, has materialized at 320 New York Avenue in Huntington. Inside, find candy as trimmings for the body: current and vintage CHANEL, Hermes, Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Pucci, Diane von Furstenberg, and this is an incomplete list. All Read More …

Dolan Family Health Center Receives Art by Smithtown Seniors

Greenlawn’s Dolan Family Heath Center recently received 12 ceiling tiles painted by members of the Smithtown Senior Center. The intent of art in this setting is to “help create a more comfortable environment,” said Joseph Volavka, the Dolan Family Health Center’s senior administrative director. Many Read More …

Postal Workers, Island Harvest Lead Food Drive

The National Association of Letter Carriers,  Island Harvest Food Bank and the United States Postal Service (USPS) for the 26th annual Stamp Out Hunger campaign on Saturday. As the nation’s largest single-day food drive, postal carriers across the country will collect nonperishable food items donated by postal customers. On Long Read More …

Want Brunch? Hatch Opens in Huntington

Hatch, a brunch place which recently opened in Huntington Village, knows it exists in the age of Instagram. On the walls, motifs of flower-suns and birds. There’s a lot of natural light, and cartoons play on a TV above the bacon mural (!?). There’s another Read More …

Centerport’s Car Show on the Beach

Centerport Fire Department will host its 23rd Annual Custom Car and Cycle Show at Centerport Beach on Sunday, May 6. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and feature race cars, food, music, fire trucks, raffles and refreshments. The spectator donation is Read More …

300 Books Donated to the Walt Whitman Birthplace

A 300-book collection, some rare, all relating to Walt Whitman, was donated to the new Norman and Jeanette Gould Library, which is housed in the Walt Whitman Birthplace, and celebrated on Thursday’s launch, in part, by the attendance of Suffolk County Legislator Tom Donnelly (D-Huntington Read More …