Dairy Queen Coming to Huntington

Wilbur Breslin, president of Breslin Realty Development Corp., said his firm has negotiated a 30,000 s/f ground lease for property at 321 West Jericho Tpke. for Dairy Queen Grill and Chill. 

That space is currently empty; it previously housed an OTB center. The building is on the north side of Jericho Turnpike, opposite the old cemetery, and next door to Burger King.

In July, 2013 the Breslin Organization negotiated a deal in Massapequa for the first new Dairy Queen location since the 1970s - the chain has been absent from the area since then. 

The new Jericho Tpke. location was negotiated by Charles Navarro of Breslin Realty.

No further details were immediately available.

Driver Hurt After Hitting Tree

Huntington Manor firefighters responded to this single car accident on Oakwood Road and Rolling Hills Drive around 1:25 PM on Monday afternoon. Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to free the trapped driver. He was transported to Huntington Hospital by Huntington Community First Aid Squad. Suffolk County Police were investigating the cause of the crash.

Huntington NAACP Plans Black History Month Program

The NAACP Huntington Branch will celebrate Black History Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m.  

The event will be held at the South Huntington Public Library, 145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station, New York. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Johnasina Cummings, Dentist, Cummings Family Dentistry of Huntington/Clinical Assistant Professor, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine.

For more information contact Betty J. Miller, president, at (631) 421-4292, Irene Moore, Program Coordinator, at (631) 421-2433 or Dolores Thompson, Program Chair, at (631) 425-2640.

Sign Up for Huntington Kindergarten Registration

The Huntington School District has announced kindergarten screening and registration dates for children who will be five years old by December 1, 2014.

Parents or guardians should call the kindergarten registration hotline as soon as possible at 673-4299 to secure a registration packet. Callers that reach a voice mail recording should leave their name, address and telephone number and their call will be returned as soon as possible. After receiving the packet, parents can select the date on which they want to register their child and have him/her screened.

Kindergarten registration is by appointment only. Registration will be held in the district’s primary schools on March 11, 13, 25 and 27. (Additional make-up sessions will be held on Monday and Tuesday, April 7-8 at Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School.)

There are several documents that parents or guardians must bring with them to the registration including: four proofs of district residency, including original property deed or property owner affidavit (see registration packet) and three current utility bills in the parent/guardian’s name; child’s original birth certificate, child’s certificate of immunization and physical exam and parent’s photo identification.

Blog Workshop Monday Night

Are you struggling to find “THE GOLDEN VOICE” that will make people melt when they hear about how wonderfully life-changing your product or service is? Is your brand whispering into the infinite abyss of Internet marketing, getting lost among advertisements for Apple's latest gadget or Aunt Betsy’s  over-kill Facebook status’ of her selfies featuring Betsy Jr. her toy poodle? 

Do you want to tell customers the story of your business but don’t know how to start? Let us help you think creatively and out-of-the-box to use your blog to create interest, engagement and to spur action on behalf of the reader. No more waiting for customers to wa

nder through your door, desperately hoping they like it enough to stay and maybe even come back. We will help YOU catch their attention on the Internet in ways that matter, we’ll help THEM form a relationship with you before they even walk through your door and who knows, maybe even inspire them to drag their friends along too!

This seminar will be ACTIVE. Sure we’ll show you some samples and ideas, but YOU will be doing the work, along with help from other attendees. You’ll brainstorm topics, tag lines, titles and formats that work for your business. You’ll see how you can incorporate Vlogging, pictures,campaigns etc. to make people interested in the story of your business and how they can be a part of it! Join us and bring your business cards to exchange information!

This seminar will be run by Erika Forland, a creative writer and educator and Andrea Bonilla, a copywriter and social media consultant. Both are community liaisons in Huntington Station.

Join the event on Facebook or the Source the Station website. 

Light Snow on the Way

Suffolk County crews plow Oakwood Road. Photo Credit: Pam Robinson

Huntington is expected to get more snow starting early Sunday evening.

The National Weather Service says:

Light snow likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Snow, mainly before midnight. Low around 21. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Dix Hills Men Arrested in Cemetery Thefts

Suffolk County Police arrested three people last week on charges of stealing bronze vases from a Farmingdale cemetery.

First Precinct officers responded Friday to a 911 call of a theft in progress at Pinelawn Cemetery, located at 2030 Wellwood Ave., at approximately 12:15 p.m.  Officers located two men who were still at the cemetery in a white 2010 Volkswagen Beetle which had also been driven in a prior larceny at the graveyard.  When the officer attempted to initiate a stop, the driver of the Volkswagen evaded police by driving through a locked metal gate.  After a brief pursuit, the suspects were apprehended at the intersection of North Pine Drive and North Linden Street in Massapequa.    

Nicholas Giambalvo, 27, his passenger, Max Schneider, 24, and the owner of the Volkswagen, Elizabeth Dono, 27, were responsible for the thefts of numerous bronze vases with a combined value of approximately $53,000.  The thefts occurred on October 1, and 16, 2013, and February 5, 6, 2014.

Police said Giambalvo and Dono are also responsible for a burglary that occurred December 2013 in which they entered a vacant home on Kime Avenue in North Babylon and stole copper piping.

Giambalvo, of Etna Lane, Dix Hills, was charged with four counts of Grand Larceny 3^rd Degree, Burglary 3^rd Degree, Unlawfully Fleeing an Officer, Criminal Mischief 3^rd Degree, Reckless Driving and Resisting Arrest.through a locked metal gate.  After a brief pursuit, the suspects were apprehended at the intersection of North Pine Drive and North Linden Street in Massapequa.   

Schneider, of Dix Circle, Dix Hills, was charged with two counts of Grand Larceny 3^rd Degree and Resisting Arrest.

Dono, of Amsterdam Avenue, North Babylon, was charged with Grand Larceny and Burglary 3^rd Degree.