Councilwoman Tracey Edwards, the Town of Huntington and Long Islander News present winners of the first-ever Town of Huntington Holiday Decorating Contest.

On Dec. 3, Jose and Marina Palacios danced for the first time publicly since Jose was diagnosed with cancer in June, after which he underwent strenuous radiation and chemotherapy treatments. The occasion last week was the grand re-opening of Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Huntington Station, which the couple took over in July, and a celebration that the treatments worked and Jose is cancer-free.

With only two weeks left till Christmas, it wouldn’t be much of a celebration ripping open those holiday gifts without a decorated Christmas tree in the room. Here are some places where you can pick one up -- or chop it down yourself -- in the Town of Huntington.

It was a damp, drizzly Saturday, and many wondered how big the crowd would be at the annual Huntington Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting. But then the rain let up just in time and thousands of people poured onto the sidewalks of the parade route along New York Avenue and Main Street.

For the sixth straight year, the Huntington Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting coincided with downtown shopping promotion started by American Express called Small Business Saturday. The goal: to drive holiday shoppers to local stores and restaurants.

It’s 11 p.m. Monday, and while most 12-year-olds are fast asleep, Brandon Niederauer of Dix Hills is just coming down from the natural high of performing on stage in front of hundreds of people on Broadway.

Some people slow down for a quick look. Others come to a complete stop, if only for a few moments, to take a closer look, and move on. Still others linger to observe the neatly arranged hand-drawn illustrations that line the brick wall outside Starbucks along Wall Street in Huntington.

A wide variety of tools can now be found on display at Huntington Town Hall, which is commemorating the 150th anniversary to the end of the Civil War.

The Town of Huntington has its share of suspected sightings of ghostly apparitions and tales of physical manifestations of the deceased.

Huntington’s first retro video game event was hosted Oct. 17 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Gamers, collectors and vendors were welcomed for a day of gaming fun and fundraising, with proceeds going to the fellowship.

With the sun shining brightly on warm fall days, thousands of people descended on Hecksher Park in Huntington to take part in the 22nd Annual Long Island Fall Festival this weekend. 

At the end of an emotional rollercoaster at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport on Thursday, the audience rose to provide a standing ovation for the performers of “West Side Story.” The rendition of Arthur Laurents’ famous American musical was dripping with eloquence, as the young cast commanded the stage, drawing out laughter and tears from the audience.

It’s time to take part in some fall fun, whether it’s picking pumpkins, going on hayrides or getting your pants scared off at horror houses. The good news is that you don’t have far to go if you live in the Town of Huntington. Five farm stands offer an array of activities. Take a look.

Rockettes dancers Jennifer Clavin and Eleni Gavalas made stops at Variations, A Dancer’s Studio, in Huntington, and Northport Park in Northport on Wednesday as part of a promotional tour for the Rockette’s 2015 Christmas Spectacular season. 

In Northport, cowbells rang while spectators erupted into loud mooing between the waves of runners who sprinted past the starting line at the annual 10K run that marked the beginning of Cow Harbor Weekend.

Hops and history go together like peanut butter and jelly.

That’s the thinking behind Huntington Historical Society’s monthly historic walking tour and pub crawl, as historians hop through time and get a glimpse into Huntington village’s past, albeit partially through beer goggles, under the guidance of Town Historian Robert Hughes.

More than 1,600 boats set sail for Huntington Harbor Sept. 5 for the 9th annual Huntington Lighthouse Music Festival, presented by the Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society.

Chabad of Huntington Village will be hosting High Holiday services for the first time at village locations to celebrate the Jewish New Year.

Follow him on social media and you can see that Thomas Maier is having the time of his life.

In August, he and his wife Joyce spent time on the set of “Masters of Sex,” the Showtime series now in its third season that’s based on Maier’s well-regarded book of the same name.

A new book by the grandson of the famed architect and designer Andrew Geller, who lived in Northport for five decades, revisits the life of Geller and the history of his pivotal modernist work.