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Huntington and Suffolk County officials are looking into next steps after the discovery of an old newspaper article that noted the Ku Klux Klan membership of the apparent namesake of Ruland Road in Melville. The Jan. 9, 1925 article in The Long-Islander, an obituary for Read More …
HIgh school football teams will be competing Sunday, not on the gridiron but on the grounds of grocery stores around Huntington. Organized by Kevin Thorbourne, director of minority affairs for the Town of Huntington, and Town Councilman Sal Ferro, the teams will compete to collect Read More …
A public hearing on a proposal to build a large subdivision in Greenlawn has been moved to a bigger venue because a large turnout is expected. The hearing will be held at Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School on Oct. 19 instead of at the previously Read More …
The Huntington Town Board has scheduled a vote for Tuesday to consider whether to rename a street in Melville. The resolution, sponsored by Councilman Sal Ferro, would rename Deshon Drive to HH Pramukh Swami Drive/Deshon Drive. The Hindu temple BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, is located Read More …
Players turned out Saturday for a lively mixed-doubles pickleball tournament at Sweet Hollow Park in Melville. PIckleball, which features play on a court similar to a badminton court, is a fast-growing sport that has attracted players all over the country. The tournament was hosted by Read More …
Members of the Huntington Town Board appointed former maritime director Dom Spada to the opioid and addiction task force on Tuesday. The appointment, sponsored by Councilman Gene Cook, was approved 4-1 with no comment; Councilwoman Joan Cergol opposed it. Spada resigned as town maritime director Read More …
Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager whose diary inspires millions decades after her death in the Holocaust, was commemorated Wednesday at Huntington Town Hall. Town officials, religious leaders and others heard from Gail Sheryn Kastenholz, a Huntington Station resident, whose parents survived the Holocaust, and who Read More …
The Huntington Town Board recognized Dr. Jason Kreiner Tuesday for his having helped save a man who had collapsed at a Florida airport in April. Kreiner is a Dix Hills resident and an NYU Langone pain management specialist. He and two MTA officers went into action Read More …
The Dix Hills Ice Rink was officially renamed Clark Gillies Arena Saturday in honor of the late legendary Islanders’ hockey star. The retired player and philanthropist, who lived in Greenlawn, died in January. He had served as captain of the Islanders from 1977 to 1979, and Read More …
Ultra-runner Eva Casale kicked off her sixth year of completing seven marathons in seven days with a flag-waving sendoff from Town Hall on Sunday. Casale will run a different course each day, throughout Long Island before wrapping up the series in her hometown of Glen Read More …