Town Notebook: Avalon and a Job Fair

The week starts off with a bang Monday, with the taking up the controversial AvalonBay proposal for Huntington Station.

 The board will vote on whether to approve a zoning change that would allow for a large apartment complex on the north side of East Fifth Street near the station. The Suffolk County Planning Commission voted unanimously last week to approve a zone change for the project, which would create almost 400 residential units on a 26-acre plot.

Also on the agenda will be a proposal to grant Northport Village permission for a farmers’ market on property leased from the town and consider issuing a certificate of approval in a historic district on Old Country Road in Melville.

EDC, zoning board to meet

On Tuesday, the town Economic Development Corporation meets at 7 p.m. at , and the Zoning Board of Appeals convenes Thursday at 6 p.m. at Town Hall.

Help for those seeking jobs

Residents looking for work are invited to the town’s fifth annual job fair Thursday at Harborfields High School. The event, cosponsored by the Huntington, East Northport and Melville Chambers of Commerce, is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m., preceded by a resume writing clinic, hosted by Family Service League, at 4 p.m.

Cleanup near Manor Park

On Saturday, town residents are invited to join a Huntington Station cleanup between 10 a.m. and noon, at 144 East 2nd St., near Manor Park. Councilwoman Glenda A. Jackson is coordinating the event, with refreshments provided by Jonny D's Pizzeria. Call 351-2877 for volunteer.

Depot Road business sued

The town filed a $1.4 million suit against the operators of a used-car business in Huntington Station, claiming the business violates the town code and ignores previous Zoning Board of Appeals and court rulings going back to 2006. The town filing says that the defendants erected illegal commercial signs, an illegal awning and constructed a cinderblock wall, without approvals or permits at the business  near the corner of East 17th Sreet and Depot Road. The suit seeks $594,500 from John Mastrioanni and $599,500 from John's Bay Limousine Inc. for operating the illegal used car dealership and an additional $218,500 from the defendants for construction the cinderblock wall without a permit, for a total of $1.4125 million.

Anne Frank Memorial Garden celebration

The Town Board will celebrate the first anniversary of the Anne Frank Memorial Garden on Sunday, June 12 at

The Anne Frank Memorial Garden was built as a tribute to the words of wisdom and insight from the young Holocaust diarist Anne Frank.  Sunday’s anniversary also marks what would have been Anne Frank's 82nd birthday.

The program includes Rabbi Ian Silverman of the East Northport Jewish Center, local Holocaust specialist and author Dr. Jud Newborn, artist Thea Lanzisero, who created the sculpture featured in the memorial garden, local Holocaust survivors Morty Miller and Natalie Goenenn and the Rev. Dr. Luonne Rouse of the United Methodist Church.