Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone got the go-ahead during Tuesday’s town board meeting to apply for a $60,000 state grant that would help fund improvements to the Town of Huntington’s Veterans Plaza at town hall.

The Town of Huntington is, once again, participating in National Pit Bull Awareness Month by waiving adoption fees and authorizing free spay and neuter services to pit bulls and pit bull mix this October.

Paralympic gold medal winner Michael “Mikey” Brannigan, of East Northport, was welcomed home on Friday.

“I just feel pride and joy,” Brannigan said at Cause Cafe in Northport, which hosted a celebration to honor the 19-year-old, who has autism and won gold earlier this month at the 2016 Summer Paralympics hosted in Rio de Janeiro.