Huntington Notebook: Skate Swap; Business Center Event

Showcasing the newly-renovated facilities at the Dix Hills Ice Rink for the first time while providing skaters with a useful outlet for skating equipment, the annual Skate Swap was a success last week in Huntington.

According to a town press release, about 75 skaters exchanged helmets, padding, jerseys, skates and other equipment Oct. 23 at the second annual event as patrons enjoyed a free skating period, sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union.

Swap participants droped off used equipment to the ice rink earlier in the month and received one voucher per item to swap at the event. Residents who did not donate equipment ahead of time were permitted to "Shop the Swap" with a donation to the Huntington Youth Council. 

"Skating equipment is expensive, so by offering a forum where families can pick up ‘new' equipment while donating ‘old' helps everyone," said Town Board member Susan Berland, onhand for the event. 

Members of the Huntington Youth Council were there to assist shoppers as they browsed through the donated merchandise.

In other town news:

• The Dine Northport Restaurant Week, sponsored by the Business Development Committee, will run from Nov. 7-11 with more than a dozen participating restaurants. 
• Officials from the Town Board and Northport Village Board were on hand last week at the Atria Assisted Living Facility for Seniors in East Northport with the Northport Chamber of Commerce to recognize their sponsorship of the 2011 Clean Beaches Day.
• The Town Board was represented at the Don Weidman SeniorNet Computer Learning Center's 12th annual meeting at the Cinema Arts Center in Huntington Village Oct. 24. Town Board member Susan Berland provided opening remarks.
• The Town of Huntington launched the opening of the Huntington Small Business Resource and Recovery Center in Room 304 in Huntington Town Hall with an opening ceremony event last week. In attendence was Town Supervisor Frank Petrone, Town Board member Mark Mayoka, Town of Huntington Clerk, Jo-Ann Raia, Sen. Carl Marcellino, state Assemblyman Andrew P. Raia, Huntington Bay Mayor Herb Morrow and numerous business leaders from Huntington and surrounding areas.