This year, it was Walt Whitman High School Principal Kathleen Acker’s turn to take a seat in the barber’s chair for a particularly close shave.

As Walt Whitman High School took part in its eighth annual St. Baldrick’s event, Acker was one of many who volunteered her head to be shaven for the cause.

Read on to learn more about Acker, why she chose to participate, and the effect it had on her student body!

Second Precinct Officer Mark Collins was shot in the line of duty shortly before midnight March 11 outside 11 Mercer Court in Huntington Station, setting off a fast-developing chain of events between his injury and release from Stony Brook University Medical Center Sunday.

For the full reports on the case as it unfolded, read on.

Requirements to move forward a conditional zone change approval for a luxury apartment complex on the Oheka Castle property have been met.  

Now that covenants and restrictions for the property were filed last week, the zone change will allow for a 190-unit complex to be built on an 18.3-acre subdivision between Oheka Castle and the Cold Spring Hills Country Club. 

Read on to learn the full situation!