Huntington Hospital received the go-ahead from the Town of Huntington’s Zoning Board of Appeals for plans to construct a new, state-of-the-art $50-million emergency room as the facility nears its 100th anniversary.

When learning the story of Adam Spector, the Huntington school board member who died June 26 at age 51 following a four-year battle with lung cancer, one has the opportunity to do so using his own words thanks to his blog, “My So Called Life,” and also from the many accounts of those who loved him dearly.