Monday, September 27, 2010
Neglected area in Huntington Station turned into space for families to grow vegetables and learn about agriculture and healthy foods.
With the growing season coming to an end, Gateway Park Community Garden was the site of a joyous first-harvest celebration Sunday in Huntington Station. Once a wooded lot, the space has been transformed since the last week of June into a thriving series of 87 raised wood garden beds, 24 set aside for children and another six for people needing easier access. A bagpiper, guitarists, a story-teller, fresh vegetables and other food were all part of the celebration. So was the appearance of members of the Town Board and Suffolk County Legis. Jon Cooper. The politicians and community residents toured the gardens, sampled food and discussed ways to participate in the future. But the most excited participants were the children, many of whom had…
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Ben's Garden of Huntington and Oyster Bay shows creating space has endless possibilities.
"It's a wonderful day, everyday," according to Ben Busko, namesake of Ben's Garden of Huntington and Oyster Bay. He feels so strongly about that statement that he put it in writing as part of his company's declaration of business. In Busko's relatively short life—he's only 26— he has created a garden that goes beyond soil and seeds, seen as staff members guide customers to the various vignettes throughout the stores. Those staff members are important, Busko said, adding that he is the type entrepreneur who goes with his gut when hiring and will employ only those who "love what they do," he said and he spends time matching the right person and skill set with the job. "If I couldn't spend the day with someone I would not want them to work …
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Ben's Garden
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Monday, June 14, 2010
Arboretum Park in Melville is now the home to the garden, where a moving dedication ceremony took place on Sunday, June 13th.
On an overcast afternoon, a small crowd gathered in Arboretum Park in Melville to hear a number of people talk about Anne Frank and the memorial garden they created in her memory. Town Supervisor Frank Petrone opened the ceremony by telling everyone how lucky they were to be free because of people like Anne Frank. Rabbi Marc Gellman of nearby Temple Beth Torah, said, "This public place is not just for recreation but also for remembrance. This park is a tribute to all people of good heart and good spirit. This is a place for us to remember the Holocaust, which is a record of shame and also of heroism." The rabbi also spoke of Miep Gies, who died this year at the age of 100. He said she never thought she had done anything special and didn't …
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
The property owners are not willing to sell to the town for the price it offered.
The owner of a piece of property at Lowndes and New York avenues, which the town is in the process of obtaining via eminent domain, said the state already took a large part of the property years ago to widen the road, work that was never done. "Here we go again," John Marcinka said at a public hearing May 4. "Forty-some odd years ago it was the state Department of Transportation conducting hearings to acquire our property by eminent domain. Well, the state took the front half of our property. The purpose then was to widen and change the dangerous curve of New York Avenue. The projected roadway was going to go through the middle of my grandfather's house. All the state accomplished then was to tear down the quaint little town of Huntington …
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
LICAN director says the garden will benefit the community until a community center can be built.
As one of the founding members of the Long Island Agriculture Network, I appreciate the concerns of the anonymous resident of Huntington Station quoted at length in your recent article, "Community Garden a Good Idea 'In Theory.'" (Editor's note: the resident is not anonymous to Huntington Patch. We agreed to keep him anonymous because of any possible threat of retaliation from gang members for his speaking out.) No one involved in this project is under any illusion that a garden is a solution to the serious problem of gang violence in the Station. However, we believe that community gardens can bring numerous benefits to a neighborhood, including providing nutritious food, reducing family food budgets, encouraging self-reliance, stimulating…
Thursday, April 29, 2010
As the Town of Huntington clears the woods to make way for a community garden at the corner of Lowndes and New York avenues, at least one nearby resident said the opportunity for drive-by shootings just increased.
A resident of the area around the area that is now called Gateway Park that is being developed in to a community garden says the idea is good "in theory." But said he believes that someone will be shot there in the first or second year. He asked that Huntington Patch not use his name or photograph for fear of retribution. At the Huntington Town Board's February meeting, it approved a resolution to authorize a license agreement with the Long Island Community Agriculture Network Project of Starflower Experiences, Inc. (LI-CAN) in connection with a pilot community garden at Gateway Park. Clearing began several weeks ago. "I've been living here ten years and it's good idea in theory but realistically someone is going to die. Because it's …
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
LICAN is set to transform the wooded area at Academy and New York Ave.
The transformation of the woods at Lowndes and New York avenues in to a community garden in Huntington Station has begun. At the Huntington Town Board meeting April 12, a public hearing was set for May 17 on the proposal to use eminent domain to obtain the two remaining privately-owned parcels for what is scheduled to become Gateway Park in Huntington Station. Those parcels, lots 70 and 17, are owned by Charles Doxey and John Marcinka. Sources say that the two property owners thought their land was worth more than the amount for which it was appraised and were unwilling to sell for the amount the town was offering resulting in the eminent domain procedure. The Town Board also approved using up to $125,000 from its Environmental Open Space…
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Nina
12:26 pm on Monday, August 16, 2010
I just love the drive and success of this young man. I've got to think its smarts along with his obviously infectious positive attitude/aura. Everyday IS wonderful. more ›