Local Students Named Regeneron Scholars

Two students from Half Hollow Hills East and students from Commack and Northport were honored Wednesday as Regeneron Scholars, part of the top student research contest in the country. The top 300 scholars were chosen from 184 high schools in 40 states and 2 American Read More …

Hometown Helpers: Janna Zilkha, Bottles for Buddies

This week’s Hometown Helper is Janna Zilkha, a 17-year-old student at Half Hollow Hills High School East who combines recycling with charity through her Bottles for Buddies program. The project: In 2013, I started a recycling program called “Bottles For Buddies”. The premise was simple: Read More …

Real Estate: Luxury Homes for Sale

Here are three options if you’re looking to buy a home in the Huntington area. 6 Tiana Place, Dix Hills: Your guests will be impressed with the brick pavers in the driveway, and the cherry hardwood floors in the dining and living rooms, of this Read More …

Santa Makes Stops in Asharoken, Dix Hills

Santa Claus was busy even before he took off to deliver presents on Christmas Eve. Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived for a visit at Asharoken Village Hall, where he spread holiday greetings and hearty “Ho, Ho, Ho’s” to all.  Santa was greeted by Asharoken Mayor Greg Letica and Village Trustees as he Read More …

Sabatino Named to All-South Region Team

Washington College senior midfielder Arianna Sabatino, a graduate of Half Hollow Hills West, has been named to the United Soccer Coaches Division III Scholar All-South Region first team. The Scholar All-Region teams recognize the student-athletes with high levels of both academic and athletic accomplishment. This is the Read More …

Hometown Helpers: Teens Promise to Help Other Teens

With winter holidays  in full swing, many fundraisers and projects aim to help those in difficult situations. Ashley Kalb, age 14, and Morgan Mandel, age 13, of Dix Hills created a project geared specifically toward helping teens. “Over the holidays we have students contribute gift Read More …

Dix Hills FD Helps at Chanukah Celebration

Dix Hills Fire Department volunteers assisted the Chai Center with a gelt drop at their Chanukah celebration and Menorah lighting ceremony on Wednesday.  The ladder truck dropped Chanukah Gelt (chocolate coins) to about 150 eager children at the celebration. Chiefs Tom Napolitano, Alan Berkowitz, Joe Read More …

Dix Hills FD Responds to House Fire

Dix Hills firefighters stopped a house fire on Vanderbilt Parkway within five minutes of arriving Friday evening, keeping it from spreading further than the basement and an exterior wall. When firefighters arrived about 6:10 p.m. Friday, they found smoke in the house and a fire Read More …

Dix Hills Fire Department Members Honored

Members of the Dix Hills Fire Department and the Suffolk County Police Department were recognized for their lifesaving actions by the Suffolk Regional Emergency Medical Services Council (REMSCO) on Nov. 13. The Dix Hills Fire Department Rescue Squad crew and Suffolk Police responded to a drowning call in July for a  Read More …

Half Hollow Hills Math Students Named to Institute of Creative Problem Solving

Seven Half Hollow Hills Central School District students have been accepted by the Institute of Creative Problem Solving for Gifted and Talented Students at SUNY College at Old Westbury. They are among the 85 students selected this year who will pursue the study of mathematics Read More …

Coltrane Home Named a National Treasure

  The Dix Hills home of John Coltrane, the pioneering jazz musician and composer, and his wife, Alice, an accomplished and influential musician and spiritual leader, was recently named a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. John Coltrane was revolutionizing the jazz world Read More …

Libraries Hosting Great Give Back Events Saturday

Local libraries are hosting events Saturday as part of a community service initiative known as  the Great Give Back 2018. The project was created by the Suffolk County Public Library Directors Association and the Suffolk Cooperative Library System. The goal is to provide  patrons of Long Read More …