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January 7, 2021

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Year in Review 1

1. A piece of legislation that would have begun the process of creating a master plan for the Nissequogue River State Park was vetoed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) Jan. 1, putting the future development of the park up in the air. File photo 2. Northport senior Kelly McLaughlin drives the baseline at home against Newfield Jan. 16 during a 75-36 basketball victory for the Tigers. Photo by Bill Landon 3. A scene from the annual Northport Winterfest Jan. 25. Photo by Media Origin

4. Sophomore forward Nick Watts battles down low for the Tigers in a basketball home game against Centereach Jan. 28, with Northport winning 76-43. Photo by Bill Landon 5. The folks at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport brought back the golden age of rock ‘n’ roll in ‘Million Dollar Quartet.’ The show, which debuted Jan. 16, celebrates four iconic musical legends. Front row, from left, Noel Carey (Jerry Lee Lewis), Sean Michael Buckley (Elvis Presley), Sky Seals (Johnny Cash) and standing, Sam Sherwood (Carl Perkins). Photo by Michael DeCristofaro

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February

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Year in Review 1

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1. Tax breaks were awarded at a Feb. 13 Suffolk IDA meeting for a Hampton Inn that will turn the old Huntington Town Hall into a boutique hotel. Rendering by Huntington Village Hotel Partners LLC 2. Victoria Espinoza, a former editor of the Times of Huntington & Northport and the Times of Smithtown, wed Alex Petroski, former TBR News Media managing editor and editor of the Port Times Record and the Village Beacon Record, Feb.

14. They were married during a marriage marathon at Huntington town hall. Photo from Espinoza 3. Northport senior Larry Citrola grabs a rebound in the Class AA basketball semifinal game against Commack Feb. 25, with the Tigers narrowly winning 49-45. Photo by Bill Landon 4. Northport’s Danielle Pavinelli drives on Ward Melville’s Molly Cronin in the girls Class AA basketball semifinal Feb. 22. The Tigers won 69-53. Photo by Bill Landon

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March

Year in Review

1. A little one enjoys the Huntington St. Patrick’s Day Parade March 8. Photo by Julianne Mosher 2. At the height of the pandemic the streets of Northport village were empty. Photo by Bruce Adams 3. Napper Tandy’s in Northport hosted its annual St. Baldrick’s Day event March 7 where participants shaved their heads to benefit childhood cancer research. The event raised more than $100,000. Photo by Lina Weingarten

4. Kids wait for the Huntington St. Patrick’s Day Parade to come their way March 8. Photo by Julianne Mosher 5. Northport sophomore Sophia Yearwood battles in the paint in the Section XI basketball championship game against Westhampton at Ward Melville High School March 5, with the Tigers winning 72-45. Photo by Bill Landon

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April

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1. Toni Tepe, 75, died April 8 after a battle with cancer. She was the Town of Huntington’s first and only woman town supervisor. She was also a former state assemblywoman and the Huntington Republican Committee chairman. Photo from Suffolk County Republican Committee

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Year in Review 1

1. A May 21 car parade was as classic as it gets. Vintage car owners from various clubs on Long Island came together to drive pass Huntington Hospital to show their gratitude for health care workers battling COVID-19. Hospital employees and neighbors had the chance to see scores of classic cars going pass the facility located on Park Avenue. Photo by Joseph Cali 2. News12 reporter Kevin Vesey was confronted by protesters at a reopen New York rally in Commack May 14. Photo by Rita J. Egan

3. The first reopen New York rally in Commack took place May 1. Both rallies were held in the Macy’s parking lot. Photo by Lorraine Yovino 4. John W. Engeman Theater owners, Richard Dolce and Kevin O’Neill, announced that the theater would stay close until at least June 30. Later in the year, the producers made the decision to remain closed until the spring of 2021. Photo by Lina Weingarten

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June

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1. ¡Hola!, a popular, weekly celebrity-news magazine, published an eight-page feature article on the Vanderbilt Estate, home of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum. The feature also concentrated on William K. Vanderbilt II’s great-great-granddaughter, Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, pictured here with fashion designer Malan Breton. Photo by Bryan Griffen 2, 3. Residents took to the streets in Black Lives Matter protest. Pictures are of protesters in a June 4 Huntington Station march. Photos by David Luces

4. Fort Salonga residents Kristin and Barney Fortunato joined the ranks of many helping to make a difference in the lives of health care warriors on the COVID-19 front lines. With a good year for their backyard garden, they organized a plant sale and raised almost $700 and donated it to Crazy Beans in Stony Brook Village Center to make meals and deliver them to Stony Brook University Hospital workers. Photo from The Ward Melville Heritage Organization

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July

Year in Review

5 1. Town Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R) joined Huntington historian Robert Hughes and volunteers from Jephtha Masonic Lodge #494 in Huntington July 18 for a cleanup of The Old Burying Ground, Huntington’s oldest cemetery. Photo from Town of Huntington 2. This summer the Northport-East Northport school board approved a deal which would reduce LIPA’s annual tax bill on the Northport power plant from $86 million to $46 million by 2027. Under the proposed settlement, LIPA will make several upfront payments to the school district, totaling $14.5 million, that would help offset tax increases to residents and businesses. File photo 3. Northport Middle School, following the release of Bohemia-based P.W.

Grosser Consulting’s environmental report, was declared safe to reopen. Earlier in the year the school was closed after the environmental firm tested soil around the school property and found elevated levels of benzene in two separate septic systems on site. File photo 4. The Huntington Militia commemorated and reenacted Huntington Independence Day July 12 in a socially distant and virtual event to replace their annual in-person gathering. Photo from Huntington Militia 5. Former state Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) shared why he was stepping down from office and the influence his father had on his life in a July interview with TBR News Media. Photo from Flanagan

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August

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1. State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) on Aug. 12 joined Huntington resident Rebecca Gutierrez, who was nine-months pregnant and on day nine without power, at her home. Gutierrez is also a mother of two young children, one of whom experienced a heat stroke as Long Island entered day three of a heatwave. Photo from Gaughran’s office 2. Students in Harborfields Central School District’s extended school year program participated in a six-week summer program at Washington Drive Primary School through Aug. 21. The program also introduced students to the new health and safety protocols and safe distancing

practices that were reinforced upon the reopening of schools in September. Photo from HCSD 3, 4. A large tree in Huntington Station was no match for Tropical Storm Isaias Aug. 4. It fell on a home and pierced the roof. Photos by Lina Weingarten 5. State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory officials at an Aug. 18 press conference spoke out about the damage from PSEG’s changing predictions about restoring power following the storm. Photo from Gaughran’s office

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1. More than 100 student-athletes, coaches and parents gathered Sept. 15 and 18 to protest Section XI’s decision to suspend all high school sports due to the coronavirus until at least January 2021. Photo by Rita J. Egan 2. Students in the Huntington school district returned to school in September masked and ready to go. Photo from HUFSD 3. More than 1,000 supporters of President Donald Trump (R) took to county roads Sept. 20 to participate in a car and truck rally. The rally started in East Northport at the AMC movie theater parking lot. At 11 a.m., participants started heading east on Route 25. The caravan continued on Route 58 to travel through Riverhead and then to

Greenport. Photo by Rita J. Egan 4. Receiver of Taxes Jillian Guthman places roses in a vase to honor Huntington 9/11 victims. Due to attendance limitations for gatherings during the pandemic, only a few dozen joined town officials Sept. 11 at the 9/11 Memorial in Huntington’s Heckscher Park to pay tribute to residents lost 19 years ago. Photo by Rita J. Egan 5. Town of Huntington Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R) speaks at a Sept. 14 press conference in Smithtown. He and other local elected officials sent a plea for help to the capital as Congress members prepared to negotiate the next federal COVID-19 package. Photo by Rita J. Egan

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October

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1. Suffolk County Legislator William ‘Doc’ Spencer (D-Centerport) was arrested in October for allegedly attempting to trade oxycodone for sex. File photo 2. Brides, business owners and elected officials all stood together outside the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge Oct. 2 begging Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to increase the capacity of events such as weddings, Sweet 16s and other catered parties. Photo by Julianne Mosher

3, 4. The H. Lee Dennison Building lawn in Hauppauge was a sea of red, white and blue Oct. 4 as participants showed support for law enforcement officers across the state. Photos by Steven Zaitz 5. Chris Pendergast, who founded the ALS Ride for Life in 1997, raising over $10 million for ALS research, died Oct. 14 at age 71. Pendergast was a former Northport elementary school teacher. Photo by Elliot Perry

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1,3, 4. State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) [1] regained his seat after in-person and mail-in ballots were counted, while newcomers Keith Brown (R-Northport) [3] and Mario Mattera (R-St. James) [4] won seats in the state Assembly and Senate, respectively. Photos from candidates 2. The owners of DJ’s Clam Shack opened up a new

location in East Northport. Natives of Long Island, the owners shared their story with TBR News Media. Photo from Paul Riggio 5. The Town of Huntington held its Veterans Day Ceremony Sunday, Nov. 8, in Veterans Plaza at Huntington Town Hall. The event was limited to 50 people due to the pandemic. Photo by Lina Weingarten

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December Year in Review 1

1. A snowstorm that began late afternoon the day before dumped around 6 inches of snow on the North Shore Dec. 17. Photo by Cathy Brown 2. Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Commack turned into a festival of lights Dec. 14 and Dec. 15. At its Commack Road location, the center hosted its first Festival of Lights drive-thru event that included thousands of blue, gold and white lights arranged in a variety of scenes as well as inflatable menorahs, dreidels and more. Photo by Lina Weingarten 3. Lines began wrapping around urgent care centers along the North Shore in December for COVID-19 testing, including CityMD in Huntington. Photo by Lina Weingarten

4. Michael Schatz, adjunct associate professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Aspyn Palatnick, now with Facebook, produced a device which they liken to a ‘tricorder’ from ‘Star Trek.’ Using a smart phone or other portable technology, the free app they created called iGenomics is a mobile genome sequence analyzer. Photo by Lauryl Palatnick 5. Tandy Jeckel stands in the expanded TandyWear in Commack. Not only does the store now offer a junior line but also has partnered with The Long Island Coalition Against Bullying to raise money to create bully-free communities across Long Island through education, increased awareness, programs and more. Photo by Julianne Mosher

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