Cold Spring Harbor Superintendent to Depart

Jill Gierasch, who has served as superintendent of the Cold Spring Harbor Central School District since 2021,will retire in June. “The Cold Spring Harbor Board of Education would like to express its sincere gratitude to Ms. Gierasch for her service to the District,” the Board Read More …

Sea Glass Festival to Return to Whaling Museum

The Whaling Museum in Cold Spring Harbor will once again host a sea glass festival, featuring music, crafts, demonstrations, workshops and more. The festival is scheduled for July 21. Among the additions to the festival this year are: New Sea Glass & Beachcombing Travelling Exhibition in the Read More …

Northport to Host Pridefest in June

Pridefest in the Park will return to Northport June 15 with a festival and exhibit at the Northport Historical Museum. Northport Mayor Donna Koch will kick off off Pride Month with a flag-raising ceremony in front of Village Hall  at noon May 31. The event Read More …

Cold Spring Harbor to Offer Universal Pre-K

The Cold Spring Harbor Central School District will offer universal pre-kindergarten in the fall. The district said that the program will run five hours per day, with two classes of 18 students, running Monday-Friday on the district school calendar. Before- or after-school child care will Read More …

Dix Hills Soccer Club President Accused of Embezzlement

The president of the Dix Hills Soccer Club was charged Wednesday with embezzling more than $70,000 from the club. District Attorney Ray Tierney said that  Matthew Dickson, 44, of Dix Hills, was indicted for Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, for allegedly embezzling more than Read More …

Northport Village Court Closed by Resignations

The Northport Village Court is closed until further notice after two court clerks quit. The issue was first reported by Michael DeSantis at Northport Patch. News12 reported that Mayor Donna Koch said of the two court clerks,  “they left for better-paying jobs, which I think Read More …

Abuzz in Huntington Station: Illuzienz Barbershop Opens

A new barbershop has opened in Huntington Station, in space carved out of a corner of the CTown supermarket. Giovanni Urquhart opened Illuzienz Barbershop, on Tuesday, with help from his parnter, Jessie Blanco. The couple met in barber school and this is his first business Read More …

East Northport Man Gets 12 Years for Medical Fraud

An East Northport man was sentenced to 12 years Friday for perpetrating a massive healthcare fraud that involved him impersonating sports figures. Mathew James, 54, was sentenced in US District Court, Central Islip. Federal prosecutors said he ran his fraud out of the basement of Read More …

Lawyers Battle at Jellyfish Property Hearing

A Zoning Board of Appeals hearing last week involving the former Jellyfish restaurant in Centerport turned into a debate exclusively for lawyers. ZBA chair Gerard Asher said that the sole point of the hearing was to address a complaint from attorney Darrin H. Berger that Read More …

Fort Salonga Urologist, Wife Facing Drug Charges

Jessica Martinis and her husband, Francis, a urologist, were accused Thursday of Criminal Sale of Prescription for a Controlled Substance by a Practitioner and Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, for allegedly prescribing and filling prescriptions for opioids using the names of cast members Read More …

Custodian Accused of Making Threat Against School District

A custodian in the Cold Spring Harbor school district, was arrested Wednesday night and charged with making threats against the district. Suffolk County polce said that Jimmy Martin, a Huntington resident, had applied for a promotion last week but was turned down. He then made Read More …

Lewis Oliver Farm Sanctuary Looking to Add Staff

Lewis Oliver Farm Sanctuary in Northport is hosting Santa Claus today as it welcomes visitors who come to see the rescued animals that live there. But the holiday celebration comes at a time that the organization operating the animal sanctuary is eager to find the Read More …