Ferro Foundation Awards $25,000 to Farmingdale State

Farmingdale State College said it has been awarded a $25,000 gift from the Ferro Foundation, which will support its students and ncreased recruitment and retention efforts. Funding was secured by the Ferro Foundation through the Clark Gillies Foundation, in honor and memory of the many contributions Read More …

Tiffany Haddish to Host Cancer Fundraiser at Oheka

Actress-comedian Tiffany Haddish will host a weekend of entertainment, golf and fundraising July 30-31 at Oheka Castle. Celebrities expected to attend include  retired boxer Floyd Mayweather, former NFL quarterback Michael Vick, Larsa Pippen, Marcus Jordan, retired Yankee pitcher CC Sabathia, Erin Cahill, and Ja Rule. Read More …

80th Birthday Celebration for Super Bowl Champ Emerson Boozer

Friends and relatives of Emerson Boozer gathered at his Huntington home Tuesday to celebrate the 80th birthday of the former New York Jets running back who was a member of the 1969 Super Bowl winner. Kevin Thorbourne, the town’s director of minority affairs,  said, “Not Read More …

School Sports: Mascots, Dellecave Awards, Scholarships

The Half Hollow Hills school district will take up the issue of changing a school’s nickname in the fall. Half Hollow Hills East uses the nicknam and logo Thunderbirds, a supernatural figure in North American indigenous culture. Earlier this year, the state Board of Regents Read More …

Schools: Awards, Scholarships for Local Students

  Eleven local students have been granted the Girl Scout Gold Award for their projects assisting others. They represent service units in South Huntington, Northport, Centerport and Dix Hills. The Gold Award recipients are: Jennifer Weigand, Emily Lewin, Paige MacPherson, Sophie Crowley, Francesca Ferme, Alexis Read More …

350 Compete at Altebrando Festival

The fifth annual Vin Altebrando Outdoor Wrestling Festival brought hundreds of competitors Saturday to Walt Whitman High School. While most of the wrestlers were high schoolers, representing club teams, middle schoolers also participated. The district said that 350 wrestlers  registered for the day-long competition. The Read More …

Outdoor Tournament to Draw Wrestlers to Whitman

Walt Whitman High School will host the fifth annual Vin Altebrando Outdoor Wrestling Festival Saturday, drawing competitors from around the area. Altebrando, the beloved varsity wrestling coach for the Wildcats, had wanted to set up an outdoor tournament but with his sudden death from a Read More …

School Sports: Teams Head for Long Island Championship Games

Northport continued its run of excellence in lacrosse, with both the girls and boys teams winning Suffolk County titles this week. The girls defeated Smithtown East 15-13 for the county Class A title, and will play Massapequa  Sunday at Adelphi University. for the Long Island Read More …

Hockey Teams to Face Off for Cancer Fundraiser

Members of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office hockey team will play against a team from the New York Cancer  Foundation in a charity match Saturday at Dix Hills Ice Rink. This is the third annual “Hockey For Hope” game.  The event will feature raffles, vendors, Read More …

School Sports: Wins for Northport in Flag Football, Lacrosse

Host Northport teams came out on top Friday in two sports. The Tigers defeated Half Hollow Hills, 20-4, in girls lacrosse. In flag football, Northport defeated Huntington 26-7. Wrestlers Recognized The South Huntington Board of Education recently recognized the Whitman students who became part of Read More …

School Sports: Ex-AD Honored; Blue Devil Scholarship

Dr. James Wright, the former South Huntington school district athletic director, has been inducted into the New York State Athletic Administrators Hall of Fame.  He served as athletic director from 2001 until his retirement in 2021. He has been a member of the National Interscholastic Read More …

School Sports: Scholar-Athletes Named

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Inc. has named its Winter 2023 scholar-athlete teams and individuals. For Winter 2023, NYSPHSAA recognized 3,010 Scholar-Athlete teams and 34,565 individuals. A total of 595 schools across the state participated in the Scholar-Athlete program which honors Read More …