Letter: Response to Hochul Housing Plan Is Hypocritical
Former Huntington Councilman Mark A Cuthbertson, chairman of Huntington Town Democratic Committee, challenges Supervisor Ed Smyth on housing response. Read More …
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Public Session Set on Melville Development Proposal
The second “listening session” on the potential development in Melville is scheduled for Thursday. Known as the Melville Employment Center, the proposal goes back to the Petrone administration, and involves land use and zoning, including office/employment uses, industrial, residential, and mixed uses and open space, Read More …
Smyth: Hochul’s Criticism of Huntington Housing Is Misplaced
An Open Letter in Response to Governor Kathy Hochul’s Housing Compact Governor Hochul’s criticism of Huntington housing is misplaced. The Town of Huntington is the gold standard for housing development in New York. Where infrastructure can support it, Huntington has rezoned large parcels of land Read More …
South Huntington Unveils School Food Pantry
The South Huntington school district unveiled itsl food pantry Tuesday at Walt Whitman High School with the help of school and town officials, students, Stop & Shop and the Wildcat mascot. The well-stocked Wildcat Pantry, which serves students and their families throughout the disttrict, was Read More …
Halloween a Hit on Main Street
A family of Incredibles showed up. So did Empire stormtroopers, Pickachu, several cows, a Harborfields football player, Catwoman and dozens of other characters, all part of the Halloween parade in downtown Huntington on Monday. Supervisor Ed Smyth dressed as the football player to honor the Read More …
HART Buses Are Free to Ride Next Week
Huntington will offer free fares throughout next week on its Huntington Area Rapid Transit bus. The free ware week, running Monday through Saturday, is designed to encourage people to use mass transportation. Thursday is International Care Free Day. “The Town of Huntington is a leader Read More …
Town Hall Tree Lit for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Huntington officials and several mothers of children lost to cancer lit a tree decorated with gold ribbons Thursday in honor Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Katia Conte, whose daughter Daniela, died in 2020 at the age of 8 of rhabdomyosarcoma, said that families wanted to put Read More …
Huntington’s Second Spray Park Opens
Huntington debuted its second spray park Friday, providing watery fun to residents from toddlers to two town councilmen, who decided to wrestle another official into the spray while kids frolicked in the water. Town Supervisor Ed Smyth presided over the grand opening and ribbon cutting Read More …
Huntington Commemorates Anne Frank
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 …
Construction of Habitat for Humanity House Underway
Construction is underway on a home for a three-generation family, through the efforts of Habitat for Humanity and its many volunteers, including the future homeowners. Read More …
Huntington Commemorates Those Lost to Wars
Memorial Day parades went off around Huntington Monday, bringing together veterans, Scouts, bands and firefighters to honor service members lost to war. In downtown Huntington, Supervisor Ed Smyth, accompanied by Highway Department Superintendent Andre Sorrentino, presided over a parade that featured bands from Huntington and Read More …
Memorial Day Weekend Filled With Road Races, Parades and Commemorations
Memorial Day weekend, honoring American service members lost in wars, kicks off Saturday with the 15th and final running of the 4-mile I Did the Grid road race in East Northport. Named for Cpl. Christopher Scherer, who was killed in Iraq in 2007, the races Read More …