Maria del Mar Piedrabuena
María del Mar is a contributor to RiverheadLOCAL and the editor and founder of Tu Prensa Local, a Spanish-language local news outlet on Long Island. Maria has won several awards for her work, including a first place best column award from the New York Press Association. Email Maria
Community News
Makeover for Ludlam Avenue Park facilities will soon be underway
The Riverside park will see new bleachers, re-netting of existing soccer goal post frames and new lines drawn for the two existing baseball fields, turning it into one multi-purpose field. Work is scheduled to get underway this month.
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Flanders se prepara para el Festival de Carros de Comida: el fin de semana de Mayo 19 al 21, el evento...
Tacos, chorizo italiano, hamburguesas orgánicas, comida de mar, patatas fritas gourmet, zeppole y muchos otros platos deliciosos serán ofrecidos en el primer Festival de...
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Flanders gears up for Food Truck Festival: weekend event May 19-21 featuring food, music and fun
The first-ever Flanders Food Truck Festival on the weekend of May 19-21 will feature up to 15 food trucks, live music and family fun.
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El Departamento de Bomberos de Riverhead honrará durante su Banquete Anual a la heroína de 10 años que salvó la vida...
Tímida, con el pelo largo y una sonrisa enorme, Jenifer Ponce mostraba orgullosamente el recorte de notícias enmarcado que su escuela le presentó cuando...
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Little girl whose clear thinking helped save man’s life will be honored by Riverhead Fire Department
The fire department will honor a girl who used her fire safety training to help save a man's life in January 2015.
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OLA of Eastern Long Island contrata a una nueva Coordinadora de Compromiso Civico
OLA of Eastern Long Island, una organización sin ánimo de lucro fundada en el 2002 que promueve el desarrollo económico, social, cultural y educativo...
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Latino advocacy group hires civic engagement coordinator
OLA of Eastern Long Island has hired a civic engagement coordinator whose main focus will be to motivate Latinos to register and vote.
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A first for Flanders, Riverside and Northampton Community Association: a Latina director
The Flanders, Northampton and Riverside Community Association elected its first-ever Latina to its board of directors this week, an expression of an outreach effort to diversify the organization in keeping with the demographics of the community it serves.
