🌱 Huntington Daily: 5 Open Houses + Asharoken Seawall Funding

Happy Thursday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Times of sun and clouds. High: 42 low: 32.

Here are the top stories today in Huntington:

1. 5 Huntington area open Houses to scope out. The real estate market is still very hot, and homes are slim picking, but we have compiled a list of 5 Huntington area open houses for you to check out. We have a home for you in Huntington Bay, Centerport, and Cold Spring Harbor. Each home brings different strong points, so make sure you check out each home that's in your price range. (Huntington Patch)
2. Art League plans exhibition of members' works. The Art League of Long Island is planning its 65th annual members exhibition starting in February and is inviting members to participate. Artists from all walks of like and genres of art will be showcasing their talents. The exhibit will be shown in two parts. Part One (artist last names A-L) exhibits Feb. 19-March 11 and Part Two (artist last names M-Z) exhibits March 19-April 8. (http://www.huntingtonNow.com)
3. Huntington seeks grant funding for Asharoken Seawall project. The Town of Huntington is looking for FEMA grant funding for the Asharoken Seawall Resiliency Upgrade Project. The Town Board authorized supervisor Ed Smyth to apply for the grant at its meeting Tuesday. You can check out everything else that went on in the meeting in the link! (Huntington Patch)

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Today in Huntington:

• Life Strategies: Essential Planning at Every Age - Webinar. (8:30 a.m.)
• Jr. High Concert - Cold Spring Harbor Central School District. (7:00 p.m.)
• The Paramount Tribute Series Presents Best of the Eagles. (8:00 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Huntington Union Free School District: The Blue Devils are developing an intramural flag football program for girls at both the high school and Finley. The idea is that if there is enough interest, Huntington will enter a team into next year’s Section XI flag football league. (Facebook)
• The Junior Welfare League of Huntington, Inc.: The Welfare League thanks all its supporters this holiday season. Together they supported over 650 local children and their families with holiday gifts & care packages this year. Special thanks to Pastor Dan and Assembly of God as well as Town of Huntington Community Affair's Kevin Thornbourne & Officer Claudia Delgado of Suffolk County Precinct 2 for their support in helping organize and distribute the gifts across the community.(Facebook)
• South Huntington Public Library: "The library wants to hear from you! Take their Library Usage Survey to help them improve your library experience. Surveys can be found on the website and paper copies are also available at the library." (Facebook)
• Huntington Public Library: "With the New Year, now is a good time to take one of the many Great Courses available at the library. You can stream courses on history, travel, cooking, health, etc. using Kanopy, Libby or Hoopla. They also have a large selection of Great Courses DVDS in the library. (Facebook)

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— 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!