Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Northport Historical Society invites children to journey into the past over the April school break.
The Northport Historical Society has one solution for those seeking an enjoyable yet educational way for children to pass the spring break. The society will be offering a three-day program, “History Takes a Vacation” which covers the three different aspects of the region’s past: the history of the Mattinecock Indians, the Revolutionary War period and Colonial times. “It’s the first time that the museum is offering a vacation program,“ said Kari-Ann Carr, who will be calling upon her expertise as museum educator and a New York State certified teacher to immerse second to fifth graders in hands-on activities which ignite the imagination. “It’s a great learning experience, and children will create something that they can take home,” Carr …
Monday, June 7, 2010
Group awarded a matching grant from the state that will help fund archive building next to old Sewing and Trade School.
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Monday, June 7, 2010
The Huntington Historical Society has received a $400,000 matching grant from New York State to build a state-of-the-art archive facility next to the Sewing and Trade School on Main Street. The trade school building, one of the four National Historic Register buildings the society maintains, houses the society's library resource center and archives and, as Town Historian Robert Hughes said, "is bursting at the seams." The trade school was purchased by the society in 1982. Currently, the library resource center and archives are housed on the main floor and lower level, with administrative offices on the third floor. The society's goal has been to secure more storage space for the archives. "We've run out of room. It's overflowing capacity…
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Huntington Historical Society
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Monday, May 3, 2010
Visitors enjoy sheep-shearings, old-time crafts, games and more at 26th annual event.
On Sunday, the Huntington Historical Society welcomed spring with its 26th annual Sheep to Shawl Festival held on the grounds of the circa 1795 Daniel W. Kissam House located on Park Avenue just south of Main Street. For animal lovers, the festival offered an assortment of heritage sheep, llamas and angoras, and a sassy pot-bellied pig named Pansy who performed tricks. At 1, 2, and 3 pm, crowds looked on as several local creatures who might have been feeling a little 'sheepish' because their coats have become dirty and matted over the course of the long, snowy winter, were shorn. Tabbethia Haubold, of Long Island Livestock Company, who studied animal science and worked for the Cornell Cooperative Extension, said that sheep-searing is now …
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Huntington Historical Society
209 Main St, Huntington, NY
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
Huntington Historical Society to offer children hands-on experience in understanding American history
The Huntington Historical Society just might have the answer for parents looking to immerse their children in an innovative educational experience over spring break which begins on March 29. On Wednesday, March 31, under the auspices of the Historical Society, professional Revolutionary War re-enactor Tom Stolfi will present two programs, "A Common Foot Soldier in General Washington's Continental Army" and "A Revolutionary War Field Doctor." Each program will last approximately one hour. Stolfi will be dressed the part in a cocked hat, weskit and breeches. He will share an incredible wealth of information about this important era in American history, said Wendy Andersen, Director of Education, adding that, as part of his lecture-…
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2 High St, Huntington, NY
Conklin Farmhouse
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Huntington Historical Society’s “Dolly and Me” tea party draws a crowd from across Long Island.
The Huntington Historical Society hosted its first annual "Tea with Dolly and Me" in the Conklin Farmhouse Thursday. Girls, ranging in age from 6 to 11, were invited to bring their favorite dolls and a tea cup for an afternoon of fun, which included learning about antique and collectible dolls, the history of tea and old-time crafts. The event, conceived of by society trustee and co-treasurer Patricia Ernst and educator/ volunteer JoAnn Alario-Paulsen, drew a crowd from across Long Island and proved so popular that every spot was taken, according to office coordinator, Maria DeLeo. Alario-Paulsen, a Huntington resident who is a doll expert and collector, enthralled her young audience with a discussion of rag, topsy-turvey, and other old …
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2 High St, Huntington, NY
Conklin Farmhouse
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The Huntington Town Board appointed Besen, who lost his bid for re-election, as a part-time special attorney in the Town Attorney John Leo's office.
Former Town Councilman Stuart Besen is back on the Huntington payroll. When the Democrat lost his re-election bid in November, Besen also lost his more than $60,000 annual council salary.
But the town board voted at its Jan. 12 meeting to bring him back as a part-time special town attorney with a $50,000 per year salary. Several attendees of the Feb. 9 Town Board meeting categorize this as "government waste" and were not timid about expressing their views. "It appears that the hiring of Stuart Besen has not been cleared by the town's own ethics office," said town resident Peter Nichols, who unsuccessfully opposed five-term incumbent Supervisor Frank Petrone in the same election that newest Councilman Mark Mayoka defeated Besen. Nichols …
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Town of Huntington - Town Hall
100 Main St, Huntington, NY
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Patched Out
7:25 pm on Monday, February 21, 2011
Kelly good job and thanks glad you are giving some traction to Town Hall because it is going to get more flavorful for news reporters over then next 6 months... more ›