Trash Pickup Schedule Shifts for Holiday Week

Trash and recycling pickup is pushed back one day throughout this week because of the Christmas holiday. There is no pickup on Monday, Christmas Day. Those with Monday/Thursday trash pickup will be on a Tuesday/Friday schedule this week. Residents whose trash is picked up Tuesdays Read More …

Santacon Hits the Ice Saturday in Dix Hills

The Town of Huntington is inviting residents to enjoy Santa Claus on ice this weekend. Santacon is scheduled for Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.  at the Clark Gillies arena at the Dix Hills ice rink. Those dressed as Santa will skate for free; others will pay Read More …

Whitman to Host Nonprofit Giving Out Food, Toys

Walt Whitman High School will host a nonprofit Saturday that will provide residents with food and other necessities, as well as toys. The “Holiday Blessings Tour” is operated by the nonprofit organization God’s Blessings Plan.  A semi-trailer truck full of food will set up in Read More …

Shop With a Cop Delivers for Kids

Dozens of children picked out their favorite toys and other gifts Thursday with the help of Suffolk County police officers at the annual Shop With a Cop. Several elected officials stopped by to help as kids roamed the aisles at Target in Huntington Station, including Read More …

Holiday Events to Fill Weekend Around Huntington

The Thanksgiving holiday is underway, with schools closed, many enjoying a long weekend with both Thursday and Friday off from work, and big events planned around Huntington this weekend. Town Hall is closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. Residents on a Tuesday-Friday trash pickup schedule Read More …

Updated: Santa. Dreidels. Music. Meals. More. It’s the Season for Holidays Celebrations

Holiday celebrations are underway, with everything from parades to tree lighting to Christmas teas and music on the schedule. These are just a few of the scheduled events around Huntington. If we’ve missed you and you want to be included in updates, please email us Read More …

Here Comes Santa Claus…

Wall Street will be closed starting Nov. 6 to prepare for the Huntington Holiday Spectacular. The street will be closed between Main and Gerard Streets until Jan. 11. For the third consecutive year, Northwell/Huntington Hospital will be main sponsor of the event, according to the Huntington Read More …

Columbus Day, Holiday Spectacular Approved

The Huntington Town Board has approved two special events coming up in October and November. The board voted last week to authorize the co-sponsorship of the Columbus Day parade on Oct. 8, with Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America. The parade will march Read More …

Holiday Spectacular Wraps Up Thursday

The Huntington Holiday Spectacular wraps up Thursday with a  live music performance. The holiiday season celebration on Wall Street, which began the weekend after Thanksgiving, has featured a parade, Santa, a menorah lighting, a gigantic tree, music, jumbo candy canes, ice carving and more. Thursday’s Read More …

Music From the Heart: St. Anthony’s Student Gives Tips to Good Cause

During the holidays, generosity flows through Huntington, in ways big and small. Business leaders write donation checks, non-profits distribute toys, elected officials collect and distribute winter coats, and grassroots groups feed the hungry. And then there’s piano-playing Mariano Schwartz, who, with the dollars from his Read More …

Santa and Volunteers Deliver Christmas Gifts to Hundreds of Kids

Hundreds of children received gifts Saturday as volunteers handed them out packages at  Assembly of God in Huntington Station. Helping Hand Rescue Mission organized the donations, delivering gifts to more than 700 families who had registered in advance. Santa Claus helped welcome the children who Read More …

Residents Encouraged to Seek Help If Overwhelmed by Covid-19 Impact, Holidays

Experts in mental health are encouraging residents to reach out for help if the combination of Covid-19 and normal holiday stresses are leaving them feeling overwhelmed. Karen Boorshtein, president and CEO of Family Service League, said many people have lost relatives to the virus, lost Read More …