Page One: The Week That Was

Ryan Naughton, 17, is just coming off a week in which he was recognized for perfect attendance. The future meteorology student didn’t miss a day of school in 13 years, from kindergarten through the last day of high school.

More than 600 people attended the Friends of Oheka Garden Party June 15 to celebrate the Otto Kahn Awards Program. The program, established in 2003, honors five talented high school seniors annually with $2500 scholarships. To date, the program has awarded more than $60,000 in scholarships, according to program coordinators.

Continuing to help keep area beaches clean, more than 100 people turned out for the sixth annual Clean Beaches Day in Huntington Saturday.

As Marjorie Waxenberg’s children have grown, the Huntington resident’s patience with ever-rising property taxes has grown thin. She’s not alone. School budgets passed by wide margins in both Huntington districts this year, but not without a fight, a union walkout and demands for union givebacks. Teachers were frequent targets of voter anger.

Calling it a fun ride, outgoing South Huntington School Board member Melanie Vassallo said her goodbye's at a meeting Wednesday at Walt Whitman High School.

One year after President Barack Obama's historic health care reform became law, the process is on the right track, according to Dr. Bernard Rosof. The  board chairman spoke on the state of health care to an invitation-only crowd Wednesday as part of the  Forum in Mineola.

Beaches at  and the Huntington Beach Community Association in Centerport were opened to bathing today by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services. Steers Beach in Northport was closed to bathing today due to unsafe bacterial levels, according to Tomarkin.

In the ring against Michael Spinks in one of the biggest fights of his life 24 years ago today, Gerry Cooney was counted out in the fifth round after being knocked down twice — but since then, the Huntington heavyweight has risen far from the mat.

Eight Lloyd Harbor candidates will be running for four positions in the village election set for June 21. Longtime Mayor Lee Hairr, of the Quality of Life Party, will be running against challenger George Schwertl of the Lloyd Harbor Families Party. Hairr has served since 1999.