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Voters in Harborfields convincingly approved a plan Tuesday night to borrow $39.2 million for building improvements. The vote was 813-171. District leaders, in meetings with voters in recent months, estimated the annual cost to homeowners as $262, or $21.86 a month. The district will keep Read More …
St. Anthony’s HIgh School will host an afternoon of Celtic music on Feb. 4 with bagpipe concert that will feature several bands from around the area. The event, from 2-5 p.m. will also have food, raffles, and other prizes available. Intermission with coffee and soda Read More …
The Huntington High School Science Olympiad club is getting ready for the Eastern Long Island regional championships at Hauppauge on Jan. 27. “Science Olympiad competitions are like academic track meets,” according to the organization’s website. “Each year, a portion of the events are rotated to Read More …
Two of the eight public school districts in the Town of Huntington stand to lose varying amounts of state aid, under the budget announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul earlier this week. Cold Spring Harbor is budgeted to receive $4,495,085, a decline of 4.93 percent or Read More …
The Huntington school district has hired a retired Harborfields educator as interim director of fine and performing arts. Thomas Gellert is on contract until June 30. The opening was created by the removal of Brian Stellato after he was sued by a former student who Read More …
Students from St. Anthony’s High School and Half Hollow Hills have been designated as Regeneron Science Talent Search scholars. Daniela Parmigiani and Aidan Cazalet from St. Anthony’s and Aayush Prakash from Half Hollow Hills East were among 300 chosen from around the country. The students Read More …
A Half Hollow Hills school custodian was arrested after he livestreamed himself soliciting sex and exposing himself while working at the school, Suffolk County police said Wednesday. Arrested Tuesday evening was Thomas Winberry of West Islip, who posted the video on social media while he Read More …
Fomer Northport school superintendent Robert Banzer has been named interim school superintendent for the Waterloo school district in the Finger Lakes region of the state. Banzer, who left Northport after eight years, will serve for the rest of the school year. The Waterloo school board Read More …
The year concluding at midnight brought its share of triumphs and tragedies to Huntington. Amid the fights over zoning, politics and parking struggles. it’s easy to overlook the stories of the many Huntington residents who put their hearts into making the lives of others easier, Read More …
The director of the Huntington High School band has been sued by a graduate accusing him of sexually assaulting her when she was a student 14 years ago, which he denies, Newsday reported Thursday. The suit filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court claims that Brian Read More …
The State Education Department has nominated 25 New York State high school seniors for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Commissioner Betty A. Rosa said that Presidential Scholar recognition is one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students who represent excellence in education and Read More …
Students from the integrated co-teaching program at Oldfield Middle School paid a special visit on Nov. 27 to read to younger students at Washington Drive Primary School. programs feature two teachers within the classroom, one special education teacher and one general education teacher. The event Read More …