🌱 Family Service League Awarded Grant + 30 Days Of Gratitude

Welcome back, Huntington! Here’s everything you need to know to get this Thursday started off right.

First, today’s weather:

Breezy this afternoon. High: 66 Low: 40.

Here are the top stories today in Huntington:

1. Thankful for Huntington Station neighbors: 30 Days Of Gratitude. All month, Patch is asking readers to share who they’re grateful for. Jerrilyn Foster-Julian thanked her neighbors in Huntington Station. She said, “I am so grateful for my neighbors in our court. They are always there to help each other. They are kind, caring and thoughtful.” It’s important to find things we are thankful and grateful for in tough times, so make sure to check back in daily to hear what your Huntington neighbors have to say! (Huntington Patch)
2. Huntington nonprofit receives $1.25M grant from Jeff Bezos’s fund. Family Service League has been awarded $1.25M from The Day 1 Families Fund. Launched by Bezos in 2018, grants are awarded to programs providing outstanding work for the homeless and hungry. “We are excited to have been selected as a Day 1 Families Fund grantee,” said Karen Boorshtein, president and CEO of FSL, via news release.” (Huntington Patch)
3. Town Board expected to take up Matinecock Court development. The decades-old Matinecock Court housing battle returns to the Huntington Town Board tonight for another vote. The meeting starts at 7 tonight, at Town Hall. Councilman Ed Smyth states, “My biggest objection is that this is a deception perpetrated on the public. This is a rental project,” Smyth said Monday. “The limited equity given as a down payment is really a security deposit.” The opposition claims it will add increased traffic and inundate the Northport and East Northport school district.(http://www.huntingtonNow.com)

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Today in Huntington:

Huntington Patch Notebook

• Town of Huntington: “Lupinacci Orders Flags to Half-Staff to Recognize Passing of former Supervisor Kenneth C. Butterfield Huntington.” (Facebook)
• Huntington Union Free School District: “The Westminster College men’s lacrosse team is getting one of Huntington High School’s finest in Jahiem Hawkins.” (Facebook)
• Helping Hand Rescue Mission: “Jefferson School Food Drive 2021” (Facebook)
• Huntington Union Free School District: “Huntington High School’s perennially powerful mock trial team is still in a welcoming mode. The Blue Devil courtroom warriors are inviting new members to join the fold and have fun!” (Facebook)
• Cold Spring Harbor Library: “Celebrate National Take a Hike Day by exploring the Greenbelt Trail at the library’s doorstep, or come inside and check out our hiking book display in our Reading Room!” (Instagram)
• Rotary Club of Huntington, NY: “Please remember to support the local businesses and merchants!” (Facebook)

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— Andrew Tessler

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