“Where can nature be found in Huntington?” you may ask. But the better question might be, “Where is there not nature in Huntington?” For those in need of a long excursion to satisfy tree-hugging urges, the treasure sought may be locally available. 

Members of the Huntington High School Class of 1951 gathered at Tutto Pazzo restaurant last Thursday to reminisce and keep up with each other’s lives. Carmella Donnino, one of the original 159 graduates of the class, flew up from Delray Beach, Florida to join her former classmates. She said the major reunions stopped after the 50th, but this year’s marked a milestone.

Don Murray, a former Lloyd Neck resident and actor who once starred alongside Marilyn Monroe in “Bus Stop,” is the focus of an upcoming program at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, slated for Sunday night.

The Art League of Long Island in Dix Hills recently hosted a juried exhibition called “The Long Island Life,” for which 366 photographers submitted artwork encapsulating what living on Long Island meant to them. 

Huntington Hospital joined forces with the community to raise awareness, and funds, for cancer research by sponsoring Relay for Life events at both Huntington Northport high schools, which raised a total of around $321,000.

Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty recently helped the Long Island Council of Save the Children mount a tremendously successful fundraiser, which brought in close to $250,000.

Eric Stonestreet, one of television’s brightest comedy stars, is set to visit The Paramount in Huntington village on July 17 for an intimate and interactive evening.

The Huntington Historical Society celebrated its 112th annual meeting at the Huntington Elks Club last month. The celebration included a buffet dinner, and presentations were made on the society’s 2015 activities, milestones and future goals.

Sebastian Prestia is the top-ranked chess player in his age group in the entire country, according to the United States Chess Federation.

Although her mom has been a volunteer for Bellport-based Literacy Suffolk for 10 years, Maria Samaritano, 17, became part of the nonprofit organization when she was in eighth grade, participating in Legs for Literacy, which is held during the annual Huntington Thanksgiving Day Charity Run.

With the summer season rolling in the YMCA of Long Island has partnered with Stew Leonard III Children’s Charities to promote the importance of safe swimming with the seventh annual World’s Largest Swimming Lesson.

Where the hair is short and the dresses sparkle and flap, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” takes audiences back to the roaring 20s, to witness a lively and energetic performance at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport Village.

Imagine being asked to change your eye color. Imagine being incessantly pushed and prodded into doing so, even though you know you just can’t. That was the metaphor that Kevin Gersh, founder and president of the Gersh Academy, used to describe the pressures that students on the autism spectrum face on a daily basis.

Movies on the Lawn is back for its 13th season, this time featuring a lineup of hit films, scheduled rain dates, a special partnership with the Town of Huntington Animal Shelter and more.

The sixth annual Hunting-Tony Awards were hosted at John W. Engeman Theater on Monday, packing the house with students, parents and faculty members involved in their high schools’ extra-curricular theatrical productions this school year.

Dressed in red, white and blue, students, faculty and PTA members of the Oldfield Middle School hosted a special pep rally last month to give a motorized wheelchair to a wounded veteran.

A Melville teen has worked to install three new benches at a Farmingville church as part of his Eagle Scout project. 

Peter Max, the pop artist whose colorful graphic paintings were iconic of the cosmic ’60s, is showing some love to the Huntington Lighthouse. 

Prepping for his aerobatic flight last week, Cold Spring Harbor High School student Alex Moynihan sat calmly and confidently as world-renowned pilot Sean Tucker explained that he would soon experience G-forces, subjecting his body to forces several times his own weight.

Marisa Vitali’s story isn’t just about the struggles of drug addiction. It’s about triumph, and perseverance to overcome her greatest challenge in life, drug addiction.