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A staff member at Baiting Hollow Scout Camp has tested positive for COVID-19, the camp announced yesterday.
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If your life has gotten too complicated, simplify it as best you can. Maybe raise some chickens. They like watermelon, curly hair and they’ll make you smile.
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Enjoy a safe, socially-distanced family outing with 15-minute intervals between parties for a fun, worry-free environment.
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Riverhead unveiled an extensive plan for reopening school to some in-person instruction, with staggered schedules, strict mask requirements and daily temperature checks among the changes the district is planning to bring students back to school safely this fall.
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With all in-person bowhunter education courses canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DEC is offering hunters an online course to meet the education requirement for licensing.
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Splish Splash water park won't reopen for the rest of the summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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After being told a COVID-related hiring freeze prevented him from filling vacant truck driver jobs because the positions were "non-essential," Highway Superintendent George Woodson warned the town board his current staffing level can't handle the department's snow-plowing duties next winter — and would cause long delays in clearing the roads.
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New York has extended its special health insurance enrollment period an additional 30 days, through August 15.
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Riverhead is planning to implement a “hybrid model” combining in-person and remote learning, for the return to school in September, since social distancing restrictions will make it impossible to have all children attend school every day, Interim Superintendent Christine Tona said at Tuesday night's school board meeting.
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Schools find themselves planning for multiple potential scenarios in the new school year: students in classrooms, remote instruction or a new, hybrid model — with state guidelines still in flux.
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The first 'Dine on 25' event drew visitors to downtown Riverhead for outdoor dining at restaurants along Main Street and the Peconic Riverfront.
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A requirement that nursing homes must be free of COVID-19 infections for at least 28 days means that many facilities won't soon be opening doors to visitors.
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Suffolk SPCA is hosting a free dog and cat food distribution Thursday at Stotzky Park, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or until supplies last.
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