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 …

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 …

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 …

Cold Spring Harbor Voters OK Funds for Sex-Abuse Settlements

Cold Spring Harbor voters Thursday night approved the liquidation of a reserve fund to pay two sex-abuse lawsuits. The vote was 241-27. The district had asked for the vote to cover the settlements brought under the Child Victims Act against two former teachers, both of whom Read More …

Grog Fest at the Whaling Museum on Nov. 30

The Grog Fest returns Nov. 30 as a fundraiser for the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum, which will be transformed into a tavern for the evening. The fest, for adults only, will include rum punch, sea shanties, a history of bootlegging, presented by Town Historian Read More …

Cold Spring Harbor to Vote on Financing of Sex-Abuse Settlement

Residents of the Cold Spring Harbor Central School District will vote Nov. 16 on a proposition to liquidate the district’s 2020 $7,667,594 Capital Reserve Fund to pay a settlement agreement involving sex-abuse lawsuits. If approved by voters, the reserve funds will be used toward paying  Read More …

Real Estate: Cold Spring Harbor Estate Listed for $10.9 Million

A  six-bedroom home on a 9-acre compound in Cold Spring Harbor is listed for sale at $10,950,000. The home features a 20-person dining room, five fireplaces home office, and a state-of-the-art kitchen. Also included are a private balcony, wine cellar, high-tech movie theater, Smart Home Read More …

Real Estate Transactions, by School District

Lucky to Live Here Realty reports on the most recent real estate transactions, broken down by school district in the Town of Huntington. New listings, those under contract, and sales closed are included. Cold Spring Harbor: 3 New, 3 Under Contract, 1 Closed Commack: 2 New, 3 Under Contract, 6 Closed Elwood: 1 New, 1 Under Read More …

Cold Spring Harbor District Calls Meeting on Sex Abuse Settlement

The Cold Spring Harbor  Board of Education has scheduled a meeting Sept. 18 to discuss its recent $14 million settlement of two claims of sex abuse. The board and superintendent Jill Gierasch will outline the next financial steps involved in the settlement of two claims Read More …

Cold Spring Harbor School District Settles 2 Sex Abuse Claims

The Cold Spring Harbor school district has agreed to pay a total of $14 million to  settle two claims of sex abuse dating back 40 years. In a letter to the community dated Aug. 8, the district said it agreed to pay one former student Read More …

Bedlam Street Bash to Recall Cold Spring Harbor History

The Whaling Museum and Education Center is planning a Bedlam Street Bash, to celebrate Cold Spring Harbor’s past. Food, drink, and other activities will form part of the event, scheduled for Dec. 1, harking back to the area’s whaling days in the 1850s when Main Read More …