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Cardboard boat race

Disappointed cardboard boat race fans hold ‘outlaw’ race of their own Sunday

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With little fanfare and only a small knot of friends to cheer them on, disappointed cardboard boat race fans staged their own "outlaw" race this morning in downtown Riverhead.

Town cancels cardboard boat race for 2016 — angry event organizer reacts

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Town officials say the organizers' 'hectic schedules' made picking new date impossible, but ex-councilman George Gabrielsen whose family powered the event since its founding six years ago, tells a different story.

Riverhead postpones cardboard boat race; new date yet to be determined

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The annual event, which had been set for Sunday, June 26, won't take place that day because the tide will be too low that afternoon — and concerns about water quality.

Worried about a possible fish kill, Riverhead may postpone its annual cardboard boat race until end of July

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Concern that the potential for another massive fish kill lingers, town officials discuss postponing for a month the annual cardboard boat race.
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