Each Valentine’s Day for just over two decades, Huntington Town Clerk Jo-Ann Raia has welcomed couples to Town Hall for the annual Valentine’s Day Marriage Ceremony Marathon.

The Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington is preparing to launch the inaugural spring season of the Cinema Arts Preview Club, which will allow members the opportunity to watch and critique films before they’re publicly available.

Mary Caulfield values Irish theater for its ability to entertain, but she’s also fascinated by its ability to catalyze political change. “Ireland was able to use something I loved so much as a political tool to help inspire and gain independence,” said Caulfield, of Northport.

Grammy-nominated superstar Adam Lambert has taken the country by storm since breaking into the national spotlight as a finalist on the eighth season of American Idol in 2009.

The John W. Engeman Theater in Northport was roaring with laughter Thursday night as members of the audience witnessed the unraveling chaos between two sets of parents in the popular international comedy, “God Of Carnage.”

Huntington village’s Paramount theater has plans to expand. Officials announced Tuesday plans to open a second Paramount location in Baltimore, but they’re not stopping there.

Last spring, as high school students prepared for their proms, South Huntington School District Deputy Superintendent Jacqueline Harris asked Laci Wright to accompany a Half Hollow Hills student to Hempstead so that the student could pick out a prom dress from a giveaway intended to benefit needy kids.

Through her nonprofit Madaworks, Huntington native Diane Powers has raised $3,000 in funds that will be put towards helping needy children in Madagascar continue their education.

This edition of the “Then and Now” photo series showcases archived and contemporary photos Huntington’s most-iconic landmarks. 

Rev. Keith Hayward lit up the Bethel A.M.E. Church of Huntington as the keynote speaker of the Martin Luther King Jr. Jubilee program, hosted by the Huntington branch of the NAACP on Monday.

The Town of Huntington has a range of summer camps with exciting programs that help keep kids sharp, creative and challenged over their summer breaks. And even though we just entered the winter months, some places are already open for registration.

Check out some of the amazing things Town of Huntington individuals accomplished this year!

They come from different age groups and backgrounds, but on Sunday, the Huntington Community Chorus was in grand harmony, sharing holiday cheer in its “Songs Of The Winter Season” recital.

Northport Village was filled with holiday cheer last Thursday night as people shuffled into the John W. Engeman Theater to witness a musical take on the classic Christmas tale of “Miracle on 34th Street.”

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.