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High school football teams collected food donations Sunday at supermarkets around Huntington. Players from Huntington, Northport, Harborfields and Elwood John Glenn accepted donations, both food and money, from shoppers at three Stop & Shop stores and Greenlawn Farms, in a drive organized by Councilman Read More …
Football players from four local high schools will be running food drives Oct. 15 to benefit food pantries. Huntington Director of Minority Affairs Kevin Thorbourne is organizing the supermarket food drive. The drive will include a friendly competition among the teams. Last year’s winner was Read More …
The Northport school district is selling off some surplus equipment. Bid packet and instructions for viewing of equipment for sale is available at the Northport School District Purchasing Office, Room 215, in the William J. Brosnan School, 158 Laurel Avenue, Northport. Bids must be returned Read More …
The Elwood Board of Education has approved a plan to add armed security outside schools, starting in September. The board vote for school administration to find and hire a security company was 3-2, with vice president Heather Mammalito and Dr. Sara Siddiqui opposed to the Read More …
Elwood superintendent Kenneth Bossert said Wednesday that he expects to be named superintendent of Great Neck schools, pending a vote Wednesday night. If his appointment is confirmed, he would step into a job that was supposed to become open later this summer. Great Neck superintendent Read More …
The Elwood school district has four people running for two seats in Tuesday’s election, and a proposed budget of $73,077,631 on the table. Two incumbents, Tom Scarola and Dr. Sara Siddiqui, are seeking re-election, with two challengers, Erin Aebisher and Chris Fox, vying for seats. Read More …
Most local school districts are opening after Labor Day but this year, some are starting classes Thursday. Read More …
Elwood school district voters will be asked to decide on amending a 2017 bond project to allow for a turf athletic field at Elwood-John H. Glenn HIgh School. The project, scheduled for a vote Oct. 18, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., would cost an additional Read More …
The libraries in the Town of Huntington are gearing up for special programming during the summer. Here are just a few of the many events, classes, lectures and more that are happening in the coming weeks. Read More …
Summer Reading at Birchwood Students at Birchwood Intermediate School in the South Huntington district hauled away a selection of books to read this summer and beyond this week. Families were asked to bring a non-perishable food item to help stuff a bus to take Read More …
Voters approved school budgets, often by wide margins, and incumbent Board of Education trustees did well in voting Tuesday. One exception was Cold Spring Harbor, which ousted its school board president. South Huntington re-elected board president Nick Ciappetta and elected newcomer William Biangasso, both to Read More …
Public libraries are centers of activity for many residents, of all ages. Here are a few things you may have missed if you haven’t visited your library recently. Libraries are participating in the One Island, One Book launch. On May 1, at 2 p.m., author Read More …