Sheer-paneled windows of a shaking bouncy castle framed bobbing heads in silhouette outside Stimson Middle School in Huntington Station Saturday.

The inflatable attraction was the tipoff: on school grounds, dozens gathered to celebrate Huntington Unity Fun Day. Community members, local leaders, school district personnel and students participated in the parade and fair organizer Kimberly Jerideau called "a family reunion."

"You fight with your family, but you still have to come together and celebrate one another, despite your differences," Jerideau said in a phone interview before the event. "And recognize and honor your hometown heroes, who are there for each and every one of us."

This year's event honored grand marshals Ray Spatafora, who works in security for the South Huntington Scho

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