Mark Cuthbertson

Spring Dine Huntington Restaurant Week will take place from March 19-26.

Go to www.dinehuntington.com for more information

An annual tradition for the Village of Northport, the Great Cow Harbor Day Weekend kicks off this Saturday morning, September 17 with a 10k race as well as a 2k Fun Run/Walk.  There is a concert in the park on Saturday evening, and a parade at noon on Sunday, September 18th.  Main Street is closed to traffic for the afternoon, as stores put out their wares, vendors sell arts and crafts items, and there are various carnival rides and activities for the whole family.

I am proud to announce the grand comeback of the Lenney Peters Junior Golf Tournament at the Crab Meadow Golf Course in Northport on Tuesday, August 30th. 

For decades, the Town of Huntington sponsored the Lenney Peters Junior Golf Tournament at the Crab Meadow Golf Course to promote youth golf, sportsmanship and the love of the game. The popular event was founded and first held in 1967 by Crab Meadow’s first golf professional, Lenney Peters.

When Crab Meadow first opened in August of 1965, then Supervisor Robert J. Flynn tapped Mr. Peters as the club’s inaugural professional. Serving at the same time as the head golf professional at the Huntington Crescent Club, Mr. Peters was instrumental in setting a positive course for Crab Meadow. He was a true champion of the game and a fierce advocate of promoting youth golf.

Registration is now open thru August 29th, and the tee-off time will start at 1:30 p.m. 

The cost is $35 per player which includes: 18 holes of golf, a barbeque dinner and an awards ceremony. 

The Tournament will have three divisions:
Junior (boys and girls ages 10 to 14) Act. #123201-01
Senior (boys and girls ages 15 to 17) Act. #123201-02
Elite (participants with a MGA handicap) Act. #123201-03

To register, please access the online portal here:
http://www.huntingtonny.gov/LPGolfsignup 

You may also register in person at the Crab Meadow Golf Course or at Huntington Town Hall. 

For further information, please call 631-351-3089.

The Town’s Animal Shelter recently started a new not for profit organization called – “Give A Dog A Dream” to help support our dogs at the shelter, as well as dogs who are in need of food and care from the community.

Give a Dog a Dream is kicking off their first fundraiser with a t-shirt drive.

For more info or to purchase a t-shirt, please visit:
https://www.booster.com/give-a-dog-a-dream

www.Giveadogadream.org

It may not seem like the boating and beach season yet, but the Town of Huntington is gearing up for the sunny and warm days ahead! 

And don't forget to save the date for 
Huntington Safe Boating Week 2016!
May 21st through May 25th! 

For more info, please visit:
www.HuntingtonSafeBoatingWeek.com

A new hearing loop in Town Board room improves audio clarity for those with hearing aids and cochlear implants.

Persons with hearing loss should find it a little easier to follow the proceedings in the Town Board Room at Huntington Town Hall, thanks to the installation of a hearing loop that works with hearing aids and cochlear implants to improve the clarity of sound emanating from the room’s audio system.

Huntington is the only Suffolk County town to have such a system, which has been installed at places such as the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Botanical Garden and the city’s two baseball stadiums, Yankee Stadium and Citi Field.

The system, which cost $8,000, was installed last November by North East Hearing of Miller Place. Installation entailed placing a copper wire in the floor throughout the room. The wire is connected to a control box and existing audiovisual equipment; the wireless technology magnetically transfers a microphone or television sound signal to the receivers in hearing aids or cochlear implants, improving quality. For those without either hearing instrument who need assistance, headphones attached to a lanyard are available (the headphones are sanitized after each use).

The system was installed after meetings with Halesite resident Len Urban, who frequently attended sessions held in the room – including the Town Board, Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals – but was frustrated by his inability to understand what the board members were saying, even after getting a cochlear implant in 2013. Urban met with Town officials and shared research he had done into various systems. Urban also pointed out that a loop system was preferable to a headset system, which the Town had been considering. “A person with a bulky headset would stand out in a crowd and, therefore, many in need would not use them. A loop system required the push of a button with no fuss or embarrassment,” Urban wrote in a recent newsletter of the Hearing Loss Association of America’s North Shore chapter.

Urban wrote about being invited to Town Hall for a demonstration of the newly-installed system. He was asked how things sounded. “I couldn’t answer because of the large lump in my throat,” he said in the article, “so I gave a thumbs-up and signed, THANK YOU.”

In an effort to help provide Town of Huntington residents with more ways to communicate and receive important information, the Town has launched two new Facebook pages:

Huntington Animal Shelter:
https://www.facebook.com/Huntington-Animal-Shelter-7857074

Huntington Parks and Recreation Department:
https://www.facebook.com/Huntington-Parks-and-Recreation-1…/  

Please "Like" these pages and share them with your family, friends and neighbors. It's a great way to keep informed of the wonderful programs and services that are offered through the Town of Huntington

The Town of Huntington will mark the anniversaries of the various branches of the United States Armed Forces when it holds its annual Veterans Day Wreath Ceremony on Sunday, November 8. The ceremony, which will begin at 9 a.m. in Veterans Plaza on the front lawn of Town Hall, 100 Main Street, Huntington, will also include a performance by the Long Island Children’s Choir and the traditional ceremony during which Supervisor Frank P. Petrone and members of the Town Council join representatives from the Town’s Veterans Advisory Board in placing memorial wreaths at each of the monuments in the plaza.

The ceremony will give special recognition to the 240th anniversaries of the founding of the United States Army, Navy and Marines; the 225th anniversary of the founding of the United States Coast Guard; and the 68th anniversary of the founding of the United States Air Force.

The public is invited to attend.

Gateway Night - October 30, 2015