Protesters Return to Huntington Village

Hundreds of protesters returned to downtown Huntington Wednesday, chanting for racial justice, the fourth such demonstration this week, and the second of the day. The protesters marched from the Big H center up New York Avenue, then west on Main Street to New Street, where Read More …

Letter: Comments About Marchers Were Unacceptable

  Dear Editor, I saw a video that was posted from a Huntington business owner, disparaging the peaceful protest in the village yesterday. The loss of George Floyd was unacceptable and unforgivable, and all of us know this was wrong. The Huntington community has the Read More …

Black Lives Matter Marchers Press Demand for Justice

Protesters demanding justice returned to Tutto Pazzo restaurant Tuesday to underscore their anger at racist comments made by one of its owners and to push for the end to racism and police brutality. The march, from the Big H center to Tutto Pazzo, was once Read More …

Restaurant Owner Under Fire for Calling Marchers ‘Little Animals, Savages’

A Huntington restaurant owner is under fire for comments he made Monday afternoon about people who participated in a Black Lives Matter march that passed through downtown Huntington. Luigi Petrone, co-owner of Tutto Pazzo, referred to marchers as “a bunch of kids, little punks, they Read More …

Huntington Rally Draws Hundreds Protesting Racism, Police Brutality

Hundreds of people rallied Sunday in Huntington, supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, protesting racism and denouncing police brutality. For more than three hours,  protesters chanted slogans, marched on the sidewalk along Route 110 just south of Jericho Turnpike, and cheered the many passersby who Read More …