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As Long Island's fifth oldest town, Huntington has evolved during the last 345 years with many faces: tiny pioneer outpost, guerrilla stronghold in the American Revolution, home of Walt Whitman, whaling center, mother of Babylon Town, Gold Coast enclave and thriving suburban township.
As Long Island's fifth oldest town, Huntington has evolved during the last 345 years with many faces: tiny pioneer outpost, guerrilla stronghold in the American Revolution, home of Walt Whitman, whaling center, mother of Babylon Town, Gold Coast enclave and thriving suburban township.
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Huntington bans commercial building on part of 25A
deborah.morris@newsday.comHuntington officials unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that will ban commercial building along the south side of Route 25A in Northport for one year. The ban will run from Elwood Road east to Waterside Avenue and begins immediately, according to...Tags: Northport
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Last chance to comment on Huntington master plan
deborah.morris@newsday.comTown of Huntington officials are offering one last opportunity for residents to comment on its master plan proposal before it's implemented. On Tuesday a public hearing will be held to discuss "Comprehensive Plan Update: Horizons 2020," which outlines... -
Home Movie Day at Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington
rafer.guzman@newsday.comThis Saturday, the banks will likely be open and the mail will still come to your house, but for film buffs, it's a commemorative holiday of sorts called International Home Movie Day. It's an excuse to pull that shoe box out of the closet and dust off...Tags: Martin Scorsese, Family Vacations, Arts, Australia (movie), John Waters
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Learn 'Project Runway' skills on Long Island
denise.flaim@newsday.comFashionistas are made, not born. "Project Runway" closes in on its next design meister when season five of the Bravo series catwalks to a close in a much-anticipated two-part finale. If the cutthroat competition has you wanting to traffic in tulle and...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Fashion Trends, Project Runway (tv program), Long Island, West Babylon
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Voter registration deadline Friday
jennifer.maloney@newsday.comWhen Judie Gorenstein makes her voter registration pitch to high school seniors, she holds a mock election - and then tells a third of them that they can't vote. That disenfranchised group, she explains, represents all the people who didn't get their...Tags: Government, Labor Legislation, John McCain, Long Island, New York
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As deadline approaches, many register
sid.cassese@newsday.com; patrick.whittle@newsday.comNassau and Suffolk County election officials said they saw a steady stream of residents registering to vote yesterday, one day before the deadline for the Nov. 4 elections. In Nassau, Democratic Elections Commissioner William Biamonte said that from Jan....Tags: Local Elections, Huntington Station
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Long Island's finest downtowns offer great variety
Special to NewsdayLong Island downtowns run the gamut. Some consist of busy stretches of small strip malls. Others offer marinas and waterfront dining. There also are those that have office buildings and apartments interspersed between mom-and-pop stores. And, there are...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Long Island, Real Estate Agents, Theater, Sales
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Obama, McCain campaign volunteers on Long Island
jennifer.maloney@newsday.comBehind a Uniondale accounting office, eight kids leaned over broad white poster boards, and with bright markers spelled out O-B-A-M-A on signs destined for store windows. Inside the office, in a small backroom donated to the local Obama campaign, a...Tags: John McCain, Long Island, Freeport, Executive Branch, Alaska
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Huntington bus driver runs Haiti school
Special to NewsdayThe more inquisitive parents in Huntington may know that the school bus driver they entrust with their precious cargo has five children of her own. They may even know that this woman who speaks with an accent grew up in a small town in northern Haiti....Tags: Government, Long Island, Floods, New York, Maine
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Police reports from Cold Spring Harbor, Commack, Dix Hills, Greenlawn, Huntington, Huntington Station, Lloyd Harbor, South Huntington
lilife@newsday.comCold Spring Harbor Items were stolen from an automobile parked on Walnut Tree Lane Sept. 15. Commack The navigation system was stolen Sept. 14 from an auto parked on Wintercress Lane. A bicycle was stolen from a yard on Abbot Road Sept. 17. Dix Hills A...Tags: Cold Spring Harbor, Walt Whitman, Justice System, Police, Lloyd Harbor
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East Northport neighbors oppose plan for 98-foot antenna
deborah.morris@newsday.comWhen Gene Leavy looks out the window of his family room, he sees an inground pool, a gazebo, a lush garden and a beautiful canopy of pine trees. But that picture will change if an application to install a cell phone tower nearby, on the property of the...Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Verizon Wireless, Cell Phones, Telecommunication Service, Verizon Communications
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Artists at first Heckscher Draw Out in Huntington
steve.parks@newsday.comWhen I was about 5, my grandmother, noting my Roy Rogers six-shooters in twin holsters on both hips, commanded, "Draw!" "But I don't have paper and crayons," I said in my nonviolent innocence. I learned to draw my toy guns soon enough, but I never...Tags: James Rosenquist, Libraries and Museums, Heckscher Museum of Art, Arts, Ray Johnson
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