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Close to 100 dog owners came to the new dog park on Sweet Hollow Rd. in West Hills County Park on Saturday May 5th to celebrate the opening of the new dog park and to thank Leg. Lou D’Amaro for…

Dog Park Press Conference Ginny Munger Kahn, President Long Island Dog Owners Group April 11, 2007My name is Ginny Munger Kahn and I am the president of LI-DOG, the Long Island Dog Owners Group, a community organization dedicated to promoting and supporting dog…

Nowadays, when virtually all city and county governments have websites, it’s easy to gauge how well they support their citizens’ favorite activities. County Park websites often proudly list and describe a myriad of popular outdoor activities and planned events for…

    The Long Island Dog Owners Group has learned that a contract to build a dog run in the woods at the foot of the Coindre Hall property is scheduled to be presented to the Huntington Town Board on Tues., March…

   On April 29, Suffolk County legislator Allan Binder (R-Huntington) re-introduced his bill that would gut a law designed to allow dog parks in Suffolk County.  Among other requirements, the bill (IR 1346-2003) would require Suffolk dog owners to form…

I traveled 3 hours to be here today, because I felt compelled to speak about Legislator Binder’s bill specifying new requirements for dog parks in the county. Upon reading the bill, my first reaction was that this bill should not…

   In other news from our April meeting, Dan Gerrish presented the blue prints for the two dog runs at the Huntington Town Animal Shelter on the Long Island Power Authority’s property. The runs look great! The dog run for…

3/21/2003 On March 19th, the Council on Environmental Quality approved a dog park at Coindre Hall, as proposed by Legislator Jon Cooper! The decision, by a strong 6-3 majority, represents the first of three key steps needed to create a…