🌱 Huntington Daily: National Arbor Day + OB Teacher Receives Award

Get on up, Huntington! Let's get you all caught up to start this Monday, May 2 off on an informed note. Here's everything going on around Huntington today.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy with showers around. High: 56 low: 49.

Here are the top 3 stories in Huntington today:

1. ICYMI: Northport's Del Vino Vineyards voted Top 100 Brunch Spots in America. The restaurant was named one of OpenTable's best Mother's Day brunch spots in the country. "OpenTable said an analysis of its data shows Mother's Day reservations to its clients are up 39 percent compared with pre–pandemic 2019, and up 13 percent compared with 2021.: (Patch)
2. Oyster Bay teacher Charlie Rizzuto receives National High School Phys-Ed Teacher of the Year. Rizzo was one of five teachers from each grade level across the country selected for the award. He is the first teacher on Long Island to receive the award, and also coaches girls' lacrosse. (News 12 Brooklyn)
3. 200 Saplings planted at Koster Park for National Arbor Day on Friday. Huntington High School students joined Scout troops to plant Flowering Dogwood, Highbush Cranberry, Buttonbush, Ninebark, Black Chokeberry, Virginia Rose, Witch Hazel, and Winterberry. Check out pictures from the event in the link. (Huntington Now)

Today in Huntington:

• Eid al-Fitr - Elwood UFSD. (All Day)
• HHS Advanced Placement Exams - Harborfields Central School District. (All Day)
• OMS Fall Sports Sign-Ups Begin (Forms Available in Nurse’s Office). (All Day)

From my notebook:

• Huntington Union Free School District: "A day of fun and excitement for string instrumentalists across grades 4-12 featured our youngest and oldest students (and string staff) rehearsing together throughout the day and culminated with a beautiful (and massive) Disney medley performance!" (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Harborfields School District: "Looking for some help to spread mulch. - Any recommendations?" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Huntington: "Hi neighbors - We are looking for an architect to help design a ramp leading to stairs to enable my handicapped mom to enter the house! Please reach out ASAP . This is outdoors, so a landscape architect? (Nextdoor)

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You're officially in the loop for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— 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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