Huntington to Receive Millions for Downtown, Cultural Projects

 The Town of Huntington and several nonprofit organizations will receive significant infusions of money to fund cultural and downtown projects, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said Tuesday. Accompanied by cultural organization leaders and elected town, county and state leaders who packed the Chapin Rainbow Read More …

Residents Offer Feedback on Station Revitalization

Huntington Station residents met Wednesday night to offer suggestions on ways to improve the hamlet using a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant from the state. A group appointed by the state is considering ideas to improve Huntington Station, focusing primarily on New York Avenue Read More …

Breast Cancer Screening to Be Offered June 2

The Huntington Assembly of God will be the site of breast cancer screenings on June 2 using the Stony Brook Cancer Center’s Mobile Mammography Van. The screening is cosponsored by State Sen. Mario R. Mattera and the NAACP Huntington. It is scheduled for 10 a.m. Read More …

Schools: Math Madness Tournament; Oheka Scholarships

Second graders at Elwood’s Harley Avenue Primary School, participated in a Math Madness tournament recently. Math teacher Jill Greenblatt hosted Harley’s first annual Math Madness bracket-style tournament. To tie it in with the NCAA’s March Madness basketball contest, each student was “drafted” onto one of Read More …

Brown Beats Macco; Mattera Defeats Berland

Assemblyman Keith Brown was re-elected Tuesday night over Democratic challenger Cooper Macco. And in the 2nd State Senate race, incumbent Mario Mattera defeated Susan A. Berland. The Republican in the 12th Assembly District won with about 56 percent of the vote. In 2nd State Senate Read More …

Zeldin Drops By Fall Festival at Heckscher

Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin dropped by the Long Island Fall Festival Saturday, greeting an enthusiastic crowd of supporters, some of whom addressed him as Governor, while others urged him to “save our state.” He walked along Prime Avenue, which was lined by festival booths, 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 …

Gaughran to Run in Redrawn State Senate District

State Sen. Jim Gaughran said Saturday that he will run again, from the Second District, after redrawn maps put him in a new district. The Second District will move west from its current configuration, moving farther into Northport and Huntington, and taking over an area Read More …

Proposed State Senate Redistricting Would Put Squeeze on Gaughran

A proposed redistricting map announced Monday would mean that Democratic State Sen. Jim Gaughran would no longer live in his own district but instead in an expanded 2nd District represented by Republican Mario Mattera. Huntington and Northport would move out of the 5th, according to Read More …

Officials Oppose Requirement to Allow More Apartments

A bipartisan group of officials in Suffolk County denounced a plan Thursday to require all New York State municipalities to permit accessory dwelling units. The requirement is listed in the proposed state budget. Local, state, county and federal leaders gathered at the Suffolk County Legislature Read More …

Columbus Honored With Wreath, Support for Role in History

Italian Americans and other political and business leaders honored Christopher Columbus Thursday, calling him the founder of America and a cultural icon, as they gathered at his statue on Main Street to help launch the three-day weekend that celebrates his birth. With a banner in Read More …