🌱 Huntington Daily: $1.099M Huntington Home + New Hotel Opens In Town

Happy Sunday, Huntington! Here's everything you need to know going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

Clearing and breezy. High: 52 low: 46.

Here are the top 3 stories in Huntington today:

1. Take a look at our Wow House of the week, a $1.099M Huntington home. The home is located at 25 Makanna Dr. and sits on 1 acre of property, with 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. Click on the link for more information on the listing. (Huntington Patch)
2. New hotel opens on former Town Hall property. The ribbon cutting ceremony took place on Thursday, where town officials welcomed the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton. Town Councilwoman Joan Cergol said, “Congratulations to George Tsunis and family for taking on this important redevelopment project that has so beautifully re-purposed the iconic and historic former Huntington Town Hall building to meet the needs of residents and visitors to our great town. This is truly one of Huntington’s most stunning examples of adaptive re-use and I am so proud to have had a hand in bringing it across the finish line.” (Huntington Now)
3. ICYMI: Huntington Cinema Arts Centre reopens. After two long years, Huntington Cinema Arts Centre finally reopened on Friday for in-person screenings. The Centre completed renovations while it was closed. Co-director Dylan Skolnick said, "It's all brand-new and fixed up. Kicking off the weekend with some great films, especially one you could bring your mom to. We have a lovely French movie called 'Petite Maman' that's about mothers and daughters. And it's an amazing, sweet, wonderful movie." (News 12 Long Island)

Today in Huntington:

• Knocked Loose - The Paramount. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Helping Hand Rescue Mission: Helping Hand dealt with the rain and had a great day with all the moms who showed up. They shared many great items with all the moms who attended throughout the week. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Heckscher Park Gardens: "House share in Huntington Village- Gorgeous massive sunny bedroom, it’s like a hotel suite or your own studio! - The room fits a king bed, sofa, desk and includes an arch defined living space big enough for work and play. Flexible move ..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Village: "So sorry. - We live closer to Hunt village area and our whole neighborhood has had their cars broken into and had personal possessions stolen, computers etc.... terrible and annoying, unbelievable and we all have ring etc." (Nextdoor)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. I'll see you soon!

— Andrew Tessler

About me: Hi! I'm Andrew and I have been a Huntington resident for 7 years. I have lived in other countries and states, and my number one love is Huntington. I love health and wellness, traveling, stand-up paddle boarding, and of course going to restaurants and events throughout Huntington!

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