The Huntington township is among the locations considered for the planned Long Island Recovery and Outreach Center, part of an initiative to assist substance abusers who have recently started treatment.

Huntington Councilman Mark Cuthbertson has sponsored a resolution to ban smoking of all kinds at town-owned athletic fields in the town.

Both supporters for and advocates against a proposed Brightview Senior Living assisted living center in Dix Hills swarmed to Huntington Town Hall on Tuesday for a public hearing on the proposal held during the monthly town board meeting.