Week in Review: Northporters Recount Boston Marathon Terror

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Huntington Station VFW Blasts Cow Harbor Warriors: The Huntington Station VFW Nathan Hale Post sent a letter to the Northport Village Board Monday urging them to deny permits for a second Wounded Warriors Weekend in September.

Northport Runners Recount Terror at Boston Marathon: All Northport participants in the Boston Marathon returned home unharmed following the explosions Monday at the Boston Marathon, but not without stories of the terror they experienced that day.

Police Stepping Up Parking Enforcement: Better feed those meters. Northport Police Chief Ric Bruckenthal announced Tuesday that the village has stepped up enforcement of parking meters downtown.

Pulaski Road Crash Injures One: The East Northport Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident on Pulaski Road, west of Town Line Road, after a sports utility vehicle struck and knocked down a utility pole Sunday afternoon.

Flanagan Not Running for Supervisor: State Sen. John Flanagan has decided not to run for town supervisor, Newsday reported Saturday.