Huntington Local

Atria Huntington offers financial planning seminar

By Beth Bryant On Friday, June 6, Atria Huntington in Huntington Station will host a financial planning seminar. The seminar will feature financial advisor Russell D. Weill of Morgan Stanley and eldercare attorney Susan Flanagan. The seminar will begin at 10 am and is free and open to the public. Brunch will be served. For more information, call 631-549-3533. Beth Bryant is with Atria Huntington.

Girls to collect in Dix Hills for homeless

Christina Magel, Danielle Schwartz and Stephanie Ramirez at May 4 drive. By Susan Magel We often hear about raising money to help people in Africa, or more recently the food crisis in Haiti. What you may not know is that we have homeless and hungry people all around us right here on Long Island. Christina Magel and Danielle Schwartz are eighth graders at Long Island School for the Gifted. They have set out to help children in need right here in our own back yard. They have been raising money and collecting items for Madonna Heights emergency homeless shelters for women and children. There are seven of these shelters throughout Long Island. Through a message Christina left on the premier soccer community Web site, "back of the net" (botn.com), an anonymous person has donated a $10,000 matching grant for any funds donated. On May 4th, Christina, Danielle, Stephanie Ramirez and Lauren Pabisch spent three hours asking Long Islanders in the area of Bagatelle Road and the LIE service road for donations. Long Island residents did not disappoint! Just under $600 was donated. With the matching grant, that equals $1200. But the girls are not done yet. They don't want the shelters to lose the match money. On May 25th the girls will have another drive at St. Matthew’s Parish Center on Sunday, May 25, between 10:30 a.m. and noon, at 35 North Service Road, Dix Hills (Between Deer Park Ave and Carlls Straight Path). You can help by donating items such as toddler clothing, diapers of any size, wipes, q-tips, etc. Or you can send a check. For your donation to be counted towards the Matching Grant, please do the following: Make your check payable to Madonna Heights, and mail it to the law offices of: Birnbaum & Skedelsky Attorneys at Law 149-40 14th Ave. Whitestone, NY 11357 (The reason the money goes to the law office is to track the funds so that the matching contribution can be made.) There are no administrative fees attached to this Matching Grant so every penny you donate goes directly to services for these homeless women and children. Let's help the girls help the homeless women and children right here on Long Island. Susan Magel is Christina’s mom.

What the neighbors are up to

BY LYNN PETRY lynn.petry@newsday.com The Huntington Zoning Board of Appeals meets at 6 o’clock tonight to consider the following. Centerport Karen Barbaro seeks side-yard and accessory-structure variances for four front retaining walls, addition to rear retaining wall, side deck, remove second-story, build new second story and balcony and legalize second-story balcony and second-story addition, Harding Court, north of McKinley Terrace. East Northport Vincent and Lena Franzone seek rear-yard variance to build a one-story addition and to legalize screened addition, southeast corner of Klaibar and Medford lanes. Huntington Anna Naccarato seeks lot width and side-yard variance to legalize a rear addition to a two-car garage, conversion of breezeway to living space, removal of 8-foot by 4-foot shed, metal awning and 40-foot by 20-foot below-ground swimming pool and conversion of single-family to two-family residence, east side of Soundview Road, north of Willow Avenue. Huntington Ernest Saasto, Esq. seeks relief of condition of prior zoning board of appeals 17286 in which parking platform in same location was not permitted and to legalize L-shaped 13-inch interlocking-block retaining wall built to provide two parking spaces in front yard, west side of East Shore Road. Huntington Julie Boettger-Tchinnis seeks a 280-a relief, lot width, area, side and rear relief and relief to maintain two decks, front retaining wall, ramp and steps, enclosed stairs, shed, legalize garage (repair roof), shed and add second story to house, west side of Knollwood Road, north of East Neck Court. Melville Paul and Yona Miller seek a parking variance and reduction of buffers to legalize dentist office, west side of Walt Whitman Road, south of Piermond Drive. Northport David and Bronwyn Henningsen seek accessory-structure variance for a garage in front of the main house and to build 4-foot by 22-foot storage addition for detached garage, remove existing second story and replace with a new half-story for storage with height greater than 15 feet, west side of Eatons Neck Road, south of Tudor Drive. Northport Timber Point Builders, Llc seeks lot frontage, 280A relief and area relief for developed lot with proposed lot line change on the northerly terminus of Timber Point Drive, north of Woodycrest Drive, south of LIPA row.

Dix Hills library compiles Coltrane database

By Ellen Druda Librarian "The Friends of the Coltrane Home" is partnering with the Half Hollow Hills Community Library to put together a searchable database of jazz icon John Coltrane's music, photos, and other digitized memorabilia. Browse through the pictures as you sit and listen to the music, and get transported into the fantastic world of Trane's spiritual imagination. The collection will be on a computer located near the DVDs this summer. The library will also be doing a big program in the Fall with John's son Ravi. To learn more about the Coltrane Home and the library's involvement, visit thecoltranehome.wordpress.com.

AARP defensive driving course in Huntington Station

By Beth Bryant Atria Huntington On Monday, June 9, and Wednesday, June 11, Atria Huntington in Huntington Station will host the AARP Defensive Driving class. The two-day course educates participants on the effects of aging on driving and how they can adjust accordingly. The AARP Defensive Driving course is open to the public, and lunch will be served afterwards. The cost is $10. Students can make checks payable to AARP. For more information, call 631-549-3533

Trinity Regional School Golf Outing

By Lida Russo The 10th Annual Golf Outing benefiting the Trinity Regional School of East Northport will be held Monday, May 12th at the Indian Hills Country Club at Northport. Festivities include a Buffet Breakfast, Driving Range, Shotgun Start at 12pm, and BBQ lunch on golf course. Cocktail reception, dinner, awards and raffles immediately following golf. A Hole In One contest is sponsored by Jaguar of Great Neck and the WKF & C Agency. Cost of participation per golfer is $300. Sponsorships are also available. For additional information call John Renaldo 631-546-5826 Chairperson, or Email: jmrtitle@optonline.net

Flag collection box goes to Northport schools

By Dennis Giunta Norwood Elementary School Principal Michael Genovese and students welcomed the American Legion Post 1244 Flag Collection Box to kick off the tour of the "Old Glory Box" through the six grade schools of the Northport School District. Julia Labuskes, a parent, arranged the tour with the American Legion post. The "Old Glory Box" is used to collect worn, frayed and soiled American Flags to be disposed of in a proper ceremony, near Flag Day, with the cooperation of the Boy Scouts, Troop 32, the Greenlawn Fire Department and Post 1244. More than 200 old flags were collected on the last tour of the box through the Elwood and Harborfield School districts and are waiting for this years’ ceremony. Mrs. Labuskes has also been making special guest appearances at schools teaching the children how to show respect for our Nation's Flag. The "Old Glory Box," a retired Post Office Mail Box, was decorated by Cycle-Delics of Bay Shore and will move through the schools on the following schedule: Norwood Ave. School 4/29 THRU 5/07 Ocean Ave. School 5/07 THRU 5/16 Pulaski Road School 5/16 THRU 5/23 Dickinson Ave. School 5/23 THRU 5/30 Bellerose Ave. School 5/30 THRU 6/06 Fifth Ave. School 6/06 THRU 6/13 Dennis Giunta is the 2nd Vice Commander at Post 1244 and coordinator for the flag collection box .

Whitman Scores Big at International DECA

Walt Whitman’s DECA International third place winning team of Caitlin Meuser, left in photo and Kate Simone, right; with DECA Advisor Joseph Innaco Walt Whitman's DECA team, and their adviser, Joseph Innaco, and co-adviser, Diane Zamow, just returned from the 62st Annual International DECA Career Conference, held in Atlanta. Whitman's finest competed against more than 14,000 high school DECA competitors from every US state, as well as Canada, Mexico, and Germany. New York DECA is part of an international student organization whose program of leadership and personal development is designed specifically for students interested in marketing, management, and entrepreneurship. The goals of DECA, commonly known as the four points of the DECA Diamond, are to promote leadership development, civic consciousness, social intelligence, and vocational understanding. This year, as in years past, the Whitman kids competed well and continued the tradition of DECA dominance. Congratulations to the following participants: Caitlin Meuser and Kate Simone–-third place international trophy winners in the event of Entrepreneurship Promotion Project; Jonathan Balsano–-overall top-ten finalist in the event of Accounting Applications; and Kevin Klima–-top-ten semifinalist in the event of Automotive Services Marketing. Also representing the state were the following Whitman students, who should be recognized for their outstanding effort: Matt Garton–-Business Services Marketing Series, Edmund Gezelter–-Marketing Management Series; Amanda Horn–-Quick Serve Restaurant Management Series; Carly Bencivenga–-Internet Marketing Management Team Decision Making Event Linsey McDonald–-Internet Marketing Management Team Decision Making Event; Michael Giambrone–- Leadership Development Academy; Jenn LaCara–-Entrepreneurship Written Event; Sam Dewitt–-Entrepreneurship Written Event; Courtney Bryggman–-Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan Event; and Jordan Stone–-Entrepreneurship Participating Event.

Huntington's school vote, and Flat Stanleys

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