Herbert Charles “Charlie” Hedges, of Cold Spring Harbor, who helped the United States set foot on the moon in 1969 with his role in the Lunar Excursion Module program, was known to be a gentleman, a family man, a great father, a mentor and a kind-hearted, patient and humorous human being.

The seventh annual Huntington Awareness Day is expected to be the biggest one yet. Thousands of people are expected to gather Sept. 10 to celebrate the importance of making the community a better place.

Rod Stewart brought a little bit of Vegas to Huntington, performing an exclusive concert at The Paramount for the venue’s VIP club members Tuesday night.