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Town beaches open this weekend
Riverhead's four town beaches will be open and staffed with attendants and lifeguards beginning Saturday, May 28 through June 19. As of June 25, they will be open seven days a week through Labor Day. Here's what you need to know.
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Riverhead to mark Memorial Day with parade and ceremonies Monday
Riverhead will mark Memorial Day on Monday with a parade and solemn ceremonies at the town’s war memorials and cemeteries. Here are the details of Monday's event.
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Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps hosts open house for National EMS week
Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps celebrated National EMS Week with an open house at its headquarters Sunday.
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Riverhead PAL hosts bike rodeo: photos
Youngsters in grades K-6 competed in Riverhead PAL's annual bike rodeo yesterday at Stotzky Park, testing their bicycle-handling skills in the hope of winning a brand-new bicycle or one of dozens of other prizes like tickets to Splish-Splash and the Long Island Aquarium.
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Riverhead commemorates Bell Town Heritage Area in Aquebogue, founded by the grandsons of slaves during the Great Migration of 1930s
The Rev. Mary Cooper at a ceremony Saturday marking the dedication of Riverhead's first heritage area, Bell Town, a community founded by Cooper's father Mansfield Bell and his three brothers, grandsons of slaves who migrated from Powhatan County, Virginia during the Great Migration in the 1930s, a historical period marking the movement of approximately 6 million Black Americans away from the Jim Crow South to escape racial discrimination, violence, segregation and poor economic conditions.
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Downtown residents see new civic being active in advocacy at Town Hall and neighborhood cleanup
Prospective members of Riverhead’s new downtown civic association on Saturday laid out their vision for the civic’s role in the town, including maintaining their neighborhoods’ beauty and collectively advocating for residents in town government.
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Iron Pier Beach playground is dedicated to the memory of Keri Lynn Stromski
Riverhead Town dedicated a new playground at Iron Pier Beach to the memory of beloved elementary school teacher Keri Lynn Stromski. Photo gallery.
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Blue Masques earn 13 Teeny Award nominations and ‘SpongeBob’ wins Judges’ Choice Award
The Riverhead High School Blue Masques garnered 13 nominations and won the Judges' Choice Award ahead of the 20th annual East End Arts Teeny Awards ceremony.
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Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps invites community to National EMS Week open house
RVAC is celebrating EMS Week with an open house at its Osborn Avenue headquarters Sunday, May 22, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The entire community is invited to tour ambulances, learn about equipment used and receive training in hands-only CPR.
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Volunteers install fire alarms across Suffolk as a part of Red Cross ‘Sound The Alarm’ campaign
Nearly 100 volunteers from across New York State gathered at the Riverhead Fire House on Roanoke Avenue Friday morning to prepare to install fire alarms as a part of the Red Cross "Sound The Alarm" campaign.