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Halloween Fest ’22 packs downtown Riverhead
Downtown Riverhead was packed for Halloween Fest '22 yesterday. The day's activities included coffin races on Griffing Avenue, trick-or-treating along Main Street, pumpkin painting and the grand finale, a big after-dark parade featuring all sorts of ghouls, goblins, zombies and monsters. Photos.
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Downtown Riverhead’s Halloween Fest will take place next Saturday. Here’s the lineup of events.
Get ready for downtown Riverhead's Halloween Fest, taking place next Saturday (Oct. 22) with coffin races, trick-or-treating, and an after-dark parade.
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Halloween Fest ’21: Coffin Races draw a crowd
The 'Back to the Future' team — York Fife, Jack Bartolo, Landon Zaleski, Quinn Stromski and Justin Lopresti — motoring in the DeLorean Time Machine, won the Ghoulies Division and took home a $150 prize.
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Halloween Fest returns to downtown Riverhead Saturday, with coffin races, costume parade and more
Head downtown this weekend for Halloween fun, including coffin races, an after-dark costume parade, trick-or-treating on Main Street and contests for kids (and adults) of all ages. Events sponsored by the Riverhead BID are free to attend.
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Popular Downtown Riverhead Halloween events canceled due to COVID restrictions
“Unfortunately, it would be impossible to socially distance all participants and stay within outdoor event crowd limitations and COVID-19 regulations,” the Riverhead Business Improvement District said in a press release.
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Ghoul Waves are number one
A large crowd turned out to cheer on the competitors in the 2019 Coffin Races in downtown Riverhead Saturday afternoon.
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Coffin races will return to downtown Riverhead with Halloween Festival Oct. 26
Get your coffins ready, Riverhead. Coffin races will be back at Riverhead's Halloween Festival this year on Oct. 25
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With storm forecast Saturday, BID cancels coffin races, moves Halloween parade to Sunday evening
The forecast heavy rains and winds Saturday led the Riverhead Business Improvement District Management Association to announce changes to the Halloween Festival events.
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Photos: Riverhead’s first Coffin Races draw huge crowds to downtown Riverhead
Riverhead's first Coffin Races were a smash hit, drawing a large crowd downtown for Main Street's Halloween festivities.
The event was originally planned for tomorrow,...
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Watch: Coffin racers prepare their caskets for tomorrow’s big race
Race teams have been busy building and decorating their coffins, getting ready for the big event. Each team can have up to five people — with one riding in the unusual and undeniably creepy “vehicle.”