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Weekend Street Closings + Delays + West Hills Woman Missing

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Hey, people of Huntington! It's me again, Andrew Tessler, your host of the Huntington Daily.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy. High: 68 low: 61.

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Here are the top stories in Huntington today:

  1. School officials: Hateful symbols and words found in Northport High School bathroom. A swastika as well as racial and homophobic slurs were found in a Northport High School bathroom Thursday. The Suffolk County Hate Crime unit were called into the school to investigate further. (News 12 Bronx)
  2. Street closings for parades, LI Fall Festival. This weekend Heckscher Park hosts the Long Island Fall Festival. The event brings thousands from all over Long Island, and there are street closings and delays that will impact your weekend travel through Huntington. Other traffic impacts include Huntington High School's Homecoming and the Columbus Day Parade through Main Street. (Huntington Now)
  3. West Hills woman reported missing: police. Evelyn Fiscina, 83, was last seen on Galway Place, located in the hamlet of West Hills, around 2 p.m. Thursday, police said. She has clinical depression and may have early-stage Alzheimer's, police said. Police described Fiscina as white, approximately 5 feet 1 inch tall, 140 pounds with green eyes and gray hair. She was last seen driving a 2017 blue Toyota Camry with New York registration HRF-4297. She may be in the local area or may travel to Maspeth in Queens, please call the police if you see Evelyn.(Huntington Patch)

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Today in Huntington:

  • Huntington Village Farmers Market. (7:30 a.m.)
  • National Faith and Blue Weekend: Ask an Officer. (10 a.m.)
  • Fall photoshoot - To benefit Little Shelter Animal Rescue! (Noon)
  • Huntington Fall Festival. (11 a.m.)

Huntington Patch Notebook

Huntington Union Free School District. "Southdown Primary School’s Stars of the Month were presented with Splash Awards by new Principal Jill Amott-Erwig." (Facebook)

Huntington Union Free School District. "HHS students and staff enjoyed a beautiful evening with glorious blaze as part of this year's Homecoming Week celebration. The first bonfire held two years ago was also a tremendous success." (Facebook)

The Paramount. "Don't miss Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo 'De Novo 2021' tour on Saturday, Oct. 9." (Facebook)

South Huntington Public Library. "Featuring Danielle Steele on today's Book Face Friday." (Facebook)

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