Grand Opening at Board Game Cafe

Neil Goldberg, center, owner of the Main Street Board Game Cafe, family, friends and others cheer Thursday at the ribbon cutting marking the official opening of the new store. Members of the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce, Town Councilwoman Joan Cergol, and representatives of Town Read More …

PSEG to Upgrade Grid in Parts of Northport, Huntington, Greenlawn

PSEG Long Island announced plans Friday to upgrade service in three sections of Huntington, designed to improve the reliability of power circuits. The projects, which will begin next week, will lead to “some localized, intentional, short-duration power outages related to these projects. All affected customers Read More …

Payless to Close All Stores

The discount shoe store chain Payless announced Friday that it will close all 2,100 stores in the United States, including sites in Commack and Huntington. Paylesss will also shut down its online sales operations. The discount shoe store chain  said that its stores will begin Read More …

Hometown Helpers: Kids Need More

As lifetime friends with a desire to unite their school communities through a common cause, Emily Sullivan (15, Half Hollow Hills West), Gianna Tantillo (15, Half Hollow Hills East) and Julia Johnson (15, St. Anthony’s High School), have collaborated their charitable efforts with Kids Need Read More …

School-Police Link Debated at Huntington Board Meeting

The fallout from a news article about a deported student and police officers assigned to schools continued Monday night at the Huntington school board meeting. Residents, including parents and alumni, came with questions about the process of setting guidelines for police officers in the schools Read More …

Huntington Matters to Hit the Road for Facebook Summit

Two leaders of the thriving Huntington Matters group are heading to California this week for a community forum organized by Facebook. June Margolin and Dana Elliott Richter will participate in the  Feb. 7-8 session at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park. They’ll be rubbing elbows with about Read More …

‘Save Huntington Village’ Group Pushes for Building’s Landmark Status

Opponents of a proposal to build a large mixed-use apartment complex are ramping up their demands for the future of the site at  235 Main St. Fresh off Thursday’s Zoning Board of Appeals public hearing that had to be adjourned when the crowds grew too Read More …

LI Cares Thanks Babalu Owner-Chef for Healthy-Eating Demonstration

Long Island Cares presented Babalu NY restaurant owner Alan Gotay with a plaque on Friday to thank him for his work with the agency. In April, Gotay, a former boxer turned chef, helped Long Island Cares with a healthy eating demonstration for its member agencies, Read More …

ADJOURNED: ZBA Hearing on Apartment Project Postponed

  UPDATED: The Zoning Board of Appeals adjourned its public hearing into a proposed 84-unit apartment building Thursday after hundreds of residents packed the hearing room while hundreds more were left in the hallway trying to hear the proceedings. Opponents said the project, which involves Read More …

Cook Asks for Support of School Resource Officer Program

Huntington Councilman Gene Cook has written to Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, asking that he support the Suffolk County Police Department and the school districts throughout the Town of Huntington through the school resource officer program. “I believe this program is vital to our schools Read More …

Island Harvest, SPCA Offer Help to Federal Workers

Island Harvest and the SPCA are offering temporary food assistance to workers hit by the federal government shutdown. “We at Island Harvest Food Bank recognize that some federal workers living on Long Island are struggling to put food on their families’ tables due to the Read More …

Hometown Helpers: David Altman, The Huntington Townwide Fund

Meet David Altman, 53, the 2019 president of The Huntington Townwide Fund. The project: Started in 1961, The Huntington Townwide Fund was originally affiliated with United Way, which is a national organization. That affiliation ended at least 20 years ago, but the Fund continued on, the Read More …