🌱 Huntington Daily: CSH Home Broken Into + Spada Case Reaches Plea

Hello again, everybody. It's Saturday in Huntington and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on the most important things happening in our community today. Let's dive in.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny; windy, cooler. High: 69 low: 58.

Here are the top 3 stories in Huntington today:

1. Former Huntington maritime director Dom Spada reaches a plea deal. He reached a deal on charges that he falsified paperwork related to a Civil Service Exam. “Pursuant to a plea offer conveyed under the previous administration, Spada did plead guilty. However, the plea and the sentence are sealed, so by statute we are precluded from disclosing the details of that agreement,” Tania Lopez, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Ray Tierney, said Thursday. (Huntington Now)
2. A home in Cold Spring Harbor was broken into Wednesday. Someone broke the back door of the home on Woodchuck Hollow Lane around 9 a.m. and stole a bag of quarters with about $50 inside. (Huntington Patch)
3. Sensory Garden revived at Vanderbilt Museum. Kimm Schmidt and Lauren Ferris of Pal-O-Mine Equestrian in Islandia worked with six adults with special needs to revive the garden. They revive the garden each year after the idea and execution originated in 2018. “We plant things that awaken the senses,” Schmidt said. The garden has more than two dozen herbs, including sage, mint, rosemary, basil, anise hyssop, chamomile, yarrow, citronella, rainbow Swiss chard, chives, lemon balm, strawberries, and five-leaf akebia, a vine with chocolate-scented flowers. (TBR News Media)

Today in Huntington:

• 1982 — Featuring Q&A with filmmaker Oualid Mouaness — Cinema Arts Centre. (7 p.m.)
• Is He Dead? — Temple Beth El. (8 p.m.)
• The Fab Faux "The Glorious Hodgepodge Show" — The Paramount. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Huntington Union Free School District: Jack Abrams Stem sixth graders recently celebrated their transition to middle school with a school dance. Take a look at photos from the event in the link. (Huntington Union Free School District via Facebook)
• Huntington Historical Society: The Historical Society held its 2022 Education Volunteer Luncheon on Thursday on the Kissam Property. See photos from the event in the link. (Huntington Historical Society via Facebook)
• South Huntington Public Library: South Huntington Public Library is celebrating Pride Month. You can see displays around the library featuring books, stickers, ribbons, and more. (South Huntington Public Library via Facebook)
• Helping Hand Rescue Mission: This story about a young lady selling candy to donate money to the Rescue Mission is a must read. Click the link for some positive news! (Helping Hand Rescue Mission via Facebook)

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