Events

Independence Party of Huntington, Ken Baynes, was invited to introduce the speaker   This morning our speaker, Congressman Steve Israel gave his assessment of where we are going with our…

As is our tradition we do not have meeting where the Monday afer is a holiday

Today's presentation was from the Islip Arts Council Executive Director Linda Moran. Ms. Moran has been guiding this organization for the past few years when the founder Lillian Barbash retired.…

Gold Coast Bank - June 10th meeting recap   Today's meeting was a very different experience. It was held in the board room of the Gold Coast bank in Islandia,…

Normal 0 Bill Wahling, Executive Director of LIFT opened the meeting this morning. He introduced the audience of the mission of the organization. LIFT's purpose is to identify market needs and help inventors and designers develop products to meet those needs.   Bill then introduced the president and our speaker for the morning, Frank Otto.…

Normal 0 The topic - Was LIPA worth doing?   Senator LaValle was scheduled to be at the meeting today and discuss the LIPA as it was conceived, how it has performed, and where do we go from here. Mr. LaValle called Thursday afternoon and said he was stuck in Albany on unfinished business. Dr.…

Normal 0 This morning our speaker was Bob Catell, Chairman of the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center at SUNY Stony Brook. Stony Brook's Vice President of Economic Development Dr Yacov Shamash was there to introduce the speaker.   Mr. Catell began by giving a little background on the needs the center will be addressing…

Teresa Rizzuto is the Commissioner of our local airport, Long Island MacArthur Airport. She spoke to us this morning. This airport has been a valued asset to the region for a long time. It is an economic engine that provides 6,000 direct and indirect jobs. In the entire state the aviation industry contributes $50 billion…

Normal 0 Our speaker Friday morning, Angie Carpenter, is a person that is very well known to most of us. Ms. Carpenter presently serves as the Suffolk County Treasurer, but she has also served as a county legislator.   She began as an independent business owner who frequently spoke up when local issues were being…