Demolition is underway at Huntington Hospital to clear the way for a major upgrade to the nearly 100-year-old hospital’s emergency room facilities.

Those demolition efforts are exploratory in nature, to “find the infrastructure and all the other utilities that might hinder the present design,” a Huntington planning department official said during a Jan. 14 meeting.

That night, the Huntington planning development board awarded site-plan approval for the project, which clears the way for North Shore-LIJ to apply for building permits for the $50 million, nearly 24,000 square-foot project.

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The production company behind an upcoming film starring “Saturday Night Live” alumni Tina Fey and Amy Poehler is eyeing Huntington village for more scenes, a town official confirmed.

Huntington Town Hall received a call on Wednesday from the production crew for the NBC Universal film “Sisters,” (known in an earlier incarnation as “The Nest”) where they said they were looking to potentially film on Main Street in Huntington village, potentially very soon.

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A longtime Huntington resident has been tapped to lead Huntington Hospital.

Gerard X. Brogan, Jr., a 20-year Huntington resident, will take the helm on Jan. 20. Brogan Jr., who currently serves as the medical director of Forest Hills Hospital, will succeed past president and CEO Kevin Lawlor, who retired at the end of 2014, in the hospital’s top post, but with a different title: executive director.

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