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Most school budgets pass muster; Shoreham-Wading River's fails
May 20, 2009 | 03:27 PM
Breaking news on budget votes and trustee elections in your local school districts.
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MTA tax anger spurs secession movement
May 14, 2009 | 11:33 AM
Local fallout over a new MTA payroll tax has fanned the flames of the dormant Long Island secession movement.
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Signals of change for Centerport traffic?
May 14, 2009 | 01:29 PM
The 60-resident crowd assembled at the Vanderbilt Museum planetarium April 29 was not there to stargaze but instead to voice their concerns about the hazardous intersection of Centerport and Centershore Roads.
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President asks Rep. Israel to bow out of Senate race
May 20, 2009 | 03:27 PM
After a phone call from President Barack Obama, Rep. Steve Israel (D-Dix Hills) announced Friday that he would not challenge Sen.
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LI secession: How would it work?
May 14, 2009 | 11:34 AM
Say the improbable happens, and Albany goes along with the plan to create a Long Island secession feasibility commission.
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Former sergeant charged with robbery
May 20, 2009 | 03:26 PM
Suffolk County Police have arrested a former New York City Police Department sergeant and charged him with robbing a Roslyn Savings Bank branch in Huntington Station today.
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Legislator of ephedra ban fame goes after e-cigarettes
May 13, 2009 | 03:48 PM
The Suffolk County Legislature is considering a proposal by Legislator Jon Cooper (D-Lloyd Neck) to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes, which would be the first legislation of its kind in the country.
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Time for scrutiny of child care centers?
May 27, 2009 | 02:20 PM
In response to the recent death of a toddler at a Hicksville nursery school, state Sen. Carl Marcellino (R-Syosset) resounded his call for licensing of all child care centers in the state.
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Farm forever
May 14, 2009 | 01:27 PM
Brookhaven Town officials announced last week the preservation of Hobbs Farm, perhaps the last remaining working farm in Centereach.
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SANE center opens at SBU
May 13, 2009 | 04:34 PM
Stony Brook University Medical Center is now home to a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Center. Thanks to a collaborative effort with the Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk, victims of sexual assault will be able to remain on campus to receive the appropriate treatment and necessary forensic examination.
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Tax man trying to help
May 13, 2009 | 04:30 PM
The tax man is coming to a location near you. Brookhaven Receiver of Taxes Lou Marcoccia thinks paying your property taxes is bad enough without having to trek to Town Hall in Farmingville and make the long walk from the parking lot to his office on the first floor, especially if you are a senior citizen.
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Candidate pool final
May 14, 2009 | 08:11 AM
By the time the clock in Port Jefferson Village Clerk Bob Juliano's office showed 5 pm Tuesday — the statutory deadline to file nominating petitions for the June 16 village elections — two candidates for mayor and four candidates for village trustee had delivered the requisite signatures.
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PEOPLE
May 14, 2009 | 03:33 PM
Engagement, professional appointment, honors
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Residents criticize, endorse 3V budget
May 14, 2009 | 12:33 PM
A few Three Village residents took their last shots at the adopted 2009-10 school district budget Tuesday, the final trustees meeting before next week's annual budget vote.
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Biker babe
May 14, 2009 | 12:07 PM
A leather-clad Legislator Vivian Viloria-Fisher hitched a motorcycle ride Wednesday with Three Villages' Dee Snider to team up with the March of Dimes and Stony Brook University Medical Center to fight against premature birth.
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Afghanistan and back
May 13, 2009 | 02:36 PM
Setauket resident Lt. Gregory Holownia recently returned from a one-year tour in Afghanistan. The West Point Military Academy graduate visited the Setauket Fire Department to return a department flag that was flown over his outpost in Afghanistan.
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Scam artist scores $400 at multiplex
May 14, 2009 | 12:34 PM
The manager of a movie theater on Nesconset Highway in Stony Brook called at 3:50 pm May 1 to report the cash register of one of his employees was missing $400.
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Fundraiser is slam dunk
May 14, 2009 | 08:25 AM
Teachers and administrators, men and women, from area schools ran up and down the hardwood at Rocky Point High School gymnasium Friday evening, competing in the annual Rick Smith Four Faculties Final Four Basketball Tournament to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project.
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RP civic explores details of school budget
May 14, 2009 | 08:27 AM
Rocky Point school officials dissected the district's $66.76 million 2009-10 budget at the May 7 meeting of the Rocky Point Civic Association.
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PEOPLE
May 08, 2009 | 12:04 PM
Military news, dean's list, honors
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Successful second Lenny Lamb Day
May 20, 2009 | 03:27 PM
This past Saturday, Councilman Mark Cuthbertson and the Town of Huntington hosted the second annual Lenny Lamb Day at the Greenlawn Skate Park.
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Woman injured in crash
May 20, 2009 | 03:27 PM
Second Squad detectives are investigating a single-car crash that seriously injured a Huntington Station woman in Dix Hills early this morning.
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No sign of celebrities at Sassafras
May 19, 2009 | 12:03 PM
Although they have been spotted at the Stop & Shop in Oyster Bay and a nearby Dunkin' Donuts, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their half dozen little ones are so far no-shows at the exclusive Sassafras estate in Lloyd Neck, which they purportedly planned on renting while Jolie is at work on a film shoot in Manhattan and on Long Island.
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Man pleads not guilty to vehicular manslaughter
May 18, 2009 | 05:02 PM
A Plainview man involved in a crash that killed an on-duty Suffolk County police officer in February pleaded not guilty today to first-degree vehicular manslaughter among other charges.
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CSH pitches 3.4 % tax hike
May 20, 2009 | 03:28 PM
Although the $55 million dollar budget that the Cold Spring Harbor Board of Education has proposed for 2009-10 represents a 3.
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Doc is shoe-in for H'fields board
May 13, 2009 | 03:43 PM
Filling the seat made vacant by the recent death of Harborfields school board President James Brennan, Dr.
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Catching up with Judith Thompson
May 13, 2009 | 03:44 PM
Due to a medical procedure she had earlier that day, Huntington school board contender Judith Thompson, of Huntington Station, could not attend the May 4 candidates' forum.
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A dozen more pairs of feet on the street
May 13, 2009 | 03:48 PM
Twelve instructors at the Suffolk County Police Academy have been assigned to the Second Precinct to patrol the Huntington Station area indefinitely, County Executive Steve Levy announced April 23.
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Keys to crime prevention
May 14, 2009 | 04:01 PM
Supervisor Frank Petrone, left, this week turned the keys to a surplus vehicle over to Huntington School District for use as a patrol car, as a result of cooperation between the town and district over crime prevention efforts in the Huntington Station area.
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Where to find the paper
March 19, 2009 | 02:03 PM
The Times of Huntington can regularly be found at these locations on Thursdays. Please report questions or concerns to us at 751-7744.
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Here's the place to connect!
March 20, 2009 | 01:40 PM
Community links are back! Bookmark this page for a one-stop overview of local happenings as posted on the various websites and blogs of your community.
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Budget passes, two new faces
May 20, 2009 | 04:30 PM
Northport-East Northport voters passed a $146.3 million budget, up 2.09 percent, and elected two new school board members, Tim Madden, right, and Donna McNaughton, while re-electing Steve Waldenburg Jr., left. Photo by A. Pearlman
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Five seat-seekers differ on RFPs
May 14, 2009 | 12:21 PM
With the Northport-East Northport school board race upon us, the five candidates vying for three open seats addressed issues of full-day kindergarten, concessions from unions, athletic fields and requests for proposals for the district's legal services this week.
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Woman charged with DWI, endangering daughter
May 20, 2009 | 02:36 PM
Police arrested an East Northport woman on Thursday for driving while intoxicated while her 8-year-old daughter was in the car.
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Northport man faces child porn charges
May 20, 2009 | 02:45 PM
A Northport man pleaded not guilty this week to two counts of possessing child porn, one count of resisting arrest and one count of obstructing governmental administration.
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Two contenders for Asharoken board
May 20, 2009 | 02:36 PM
Two candidates who filed petitions with the village clerk by 5 pm Tuesday to be considered for the two-seat Asharoken Board of Trustees race are incumbent Peter Masterson and newcomer John Elephante.
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Where to get the paper
March 19, 2009 | 02:05 PM
The Times of Northport & East Northport can regularly be found at these locations on Thursdays. Please report questions or concerns to us at 751-7744.
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Communty links
February 25, 2010 | 12:16 PM
Updated to include the new website for Northport Art Walk 2010. Bookmark this page for a one-stop overview of local happenings as posted on the various websites and blogs of your community.
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Board offers Hauppauge voters 2% tax hike
May 14, 2009 | 02:49 PM
Hauppauge School Disrtict voters will say yea or nay Tuesday to the school board's adopted $92.8 million 2009-10 budget, which offers the lowest spending increase in 10 years, according to district officials.
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Civic group demands road repair
May 14, 2009 | 11:46 AM
Members of a Commack civic group called on the Town Board last week to repair roads they say damage cars and endanger children.
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Demolition's dissidents
May 14, 2009 | 11:45 AM
The town planning director's recent call to preserve Kings Park Psychiatric Center buildings on demolition row met with surprise from the Town Board and anger from elected officials and civics agitating for remediation to begin.
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Drug-sniffing dogs come to S'town
May 14, 2009 | 12:56 PM
The Smithtown School District and Suffolk police have reached an agreement to train the county's K-9 corps in district facilities, Superintendent Ed Ehmann announced Tuesday.
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Landscaper makes over hero's home
May 14, 2009 | 11:39 AM
Stephen Mazelis, owner of Mazelis Landscaping in Nesconset, has spent the last month renovating the Holbrook home of Army Corporal Chris Levi, who was injured in March 2008 while on duty in Iraq.
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MTA bailout to reimburse schools, but fears remain
May 14, 2009 | 12:57 PM
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority bailout deal reportedly could only reached last week when two Long Island state senators agreed to the imposition of a payroll tax on all employers in the MTA region as long as school district contributions were reimbursed.
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TV show to feature Nesconset poet
May 14, 2009 | 12:58 PM
A poem by Nesconset resident Gladys Henderson will be featured next week in WLIW21 Public Television's new production, "Shoreline Sonata: A Long Island Love Story.
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