Ex-Elwood School Board Members Complain About LIPA Letter

Four former members of the Elwood school board are complaining about the way two current members decided to send a letter supporting the LIPA tax settlement case to the Town Board. Rebecca Marcus, Andrew Kaplan,Dan Ciccone and Joseph Fusaro said that that the decision by Read More …

Elwood District, Teachers Union Agree to Pay Freeze

The Elwood Board of Education and Elwood Teachers Alliance have agreed on a pay freeze for the next school year, and extended the contract through June 30, 2025. The district said the contract will save about $500,000 in the coming school year.    “In light of Read More …

Schools: Silver Key Award Winner, Medical Marvels

Classes are not in session but there is still plenty of a school-related activities going on. Here are a few things you might want to know about. Harborfields High School senior Daniel White recently earned a Silver Key award in the 2020 Scholastic Art and Read More …

Schools: News Literacy in Elwood, Multicultural Night in Huntington

Howard Schneider, former editor of Newsday, and executive director of Stony Brook University’s Center for News Literacy, talked with Elwood teachers this week about understanding what information is trustworthy and what is not. Elwood Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kenneth Bossert invited Schneider to speak at  Read More …

As Schools Reopen, New Leaders, Mandates

    Educators, parents and kids are out and about around Huntington, preparing for the start of school next week. Driving around town, you’ll see teams on practice fields, parents with kids in tow leaving stores with bundles of school supplies and bus drivers surveying Read More …

School Notes: Students Create a New Art, STEAM Project Experiments with Skittles

 Holiday greetings from the South Huntington school district. Local students create 3D art, experiment with skittles, develop problem solving, participate in Emerging Leaders Competition, and get selected for special scholarships. Students Create A New Type of Art  Art teachers Carlos Taveras and Drew Lockwood Read More …

Car Crashes Into Carvel Store in Elwood

A man was injured when his car crashed into the Carvel store at the Elwood Shopping Center Wednesday night about 7:30 p.m. No other injuries were reported. Forty Dix Hills Fire Department rescue personnel and firefighters responded to the crash. The driver was taken to 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 …

School Notes: Tax Exemption Hearing, Traffic Safety Study

The South Huntington Board of Education has scheduled a public hearing Wednesday to adopt the 2006 Senior Citizen Tax Exemption  Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Silas Wood Sixth-Grade Center, 23 Harding Pl., Huntington Station. The regular business meeting will immediately follow the public hearing. Read More …

East Northport Strip Plaza Renovation Nearly Complete

The owner of Northport Plaza is paving the way to a first class retail experience. But right now the massive rehab project is simply a suburban obstacle course as it remains open throughout a multifaceted, year-long renovation. It’s a well-trafficked strip plaza along one of Read More …

Chopper Bringing NYPD Members to Join Opening of Tuozzolo Spray Park

The town of Huntington notified Elwood residents Tuesday to expect to see an NYPD helicopter landing Wednesday at James H. Boyd Elementary School on Cuba Hill Road. The chopper will be ferrying officials to the opening  of the Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo Spray Park at Elwood Read More …