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Riverhead School Superintendent Dr. Aurelia Henriquez said in an email today that “no final decision” has been made about the Latin program for the 2020-2021 school year. “The district is currently reviewing the number of students who have expressed interest in enrolling in the program,” Henriquez said.

Riverhead resident Cynthia Lister Braunskill, a mother of nine, wants police to know what it’s like “to raise a black man in America.” She organized a rally Saturday to start a dialogue.

More than two dozen children, family members and BEP volunteers participated, along with Riverhead Town Supervisor Yvette Aguiar, Police Chief David Hegermiller and several Riverhead police officers.

The Riverhead Board of Education is set to vote on a six-year contract with the teachers union at its meeting Tuesday afternoon. The new agreement provides for salary increases totaling 3.5% over the six-year contract period, with no increases in the first two years, increases of .75% in years three and four and 1% increases in years five and six.

Food and retail shops will become — technically — the main attractions at the Long Island Aquarium, where the tanks and exhibits will be offered as something for members and paying guests to enjoy on their way to the aquarium's outdoor dining areas and outdoor retail shops.

Each year on Flag Day, the Suffolk Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, conducts ceremonies at Pulaski Street Elementary School to celebrate the flag. This year's celebration of the flag's 243rd birthday could not take place at the school, but DAR Suffolk Chapter Regent Ann Otten wrote this reflection on the cloth Americans revere as a symbol of liberty and justice.

The state has had 25,000 complaints about businesses — predominantly bars and restaurants, Cuomo said — failing to follow social distancing and face covering rules. Manhattan and the Hamptons are leading the state in violation reports, the governor said during a press conference today.

As people around the country are participating in mass protests against racial injustice and police brutality, the federal Centers for Disease Control yesterday released a new guidance document concerning attendance at such gatherings.

Following the governor's signing of the 'Say Their Names' reform agenda, Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar said, “We need to open lines of communication across the nation." A group is already forming in Riverhead to discuss issues of racial equality and justice the supervisor said.

A Riverhead couple is organizing a protest against police brutality in the United States, to take place Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. at the Route 58 traffic circle.