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College information, dean’s lists, and school news in the Town of Huntington, New York, including the districts of Half Hollow Hills, Northport-East Northport, South Huntington, Harborfields, Huntington, Elwood, Cold Spring Harbor and Commack.
Although New York is one of wealthiest states in our nation, many families struggle to put food on the table. Long Island is no exception, with 90,000 school-aged children living at or below the poverty threshold and many living just above it. Last year in Read More …
Two science research students, Alexander Grosh and Katie Engel from Cold Spring Harbor Jr./Sr. High School have been chosen for the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Partners for the Future Program. The program selects a limited number of juniors who show a strong interest and academic Read More …
If you’re interested in running for your local school board, the deadline for filing petitions is coming up. Nominating petitions for election to the unpaid position of school board trustee must be delivered to the office of the school district clerk by 5 p.m. April Read More …
Unity Day celebrations will return to Huntington after a year’s absence caused by bad weather. Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. and retired deputy police commissioner Risco Mention-Lewis have been named grand marshals and will lead the celebration of diversity in Huntington. The parade and Read More …
Students, staff and families wished members of Walt Whitman’s girls basketall team well as they left Friday morning for the state seminfinal game upstate. Led by vehicles from the Huntington Manor Fire Department, the team walked the circle in front of the high school which Read More …
About a half dozen students got into a brawl Wednesday at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library, according to News12. The brawl occurred about 3:30 p.m., with the students leaving before police arrived. Half Hollow Hills East High School is directly across the street from Read More …
Walt Whitman High School will host a parade and celebration Friday to send off its girls basketball team to the state finals. The Wildcats beat Syosset, 38-29 Sunday to capture the Long Island championship. They are scheduled to play Saturday against Our Lady of Lourdes Read More …
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 …
A delegation of Huntington High School Habitat for Humanity club members traveled to New Orleans during the students’ recent mid-winter vacation, partnering with a local affiliate to help continue rebuilding housing stock destroyed more than 15 years ago when Hurricane Katrina devastated the area. The Read More …
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 …
The singing may have been lip synced and the names fictitious, but the performances were real Friday night at Walt Whitman High School at a fundraiser for scholarships. Each of the South Huntington district’s seven schools, plus a cast from the Board of Education and Read More …
The Half Hollow Hills school board Wednesday approved the hiring of armed guards who will be stationed on school campuses. Six of the seven trustees voted to hire Covert Investigations & Security; trustee Michael Prywes abstained after a passionate statement against the move, saying there Read More …