Grangebel Park

Northeast Stage will present Shakespeare’s Othello starting next week at parks across eastern Long Island, including on July 23 in Riverhead's Grangebel Park. 

This family-friendly event offers live entertainment, contests, German-style cuisine and a fantastic illuminated art show.

The African American Educational and Cultural Festival held its third annual benefit concert Saturday and drew a nice crowd of several hundred people to Grangebel Park for live music, a fashion show, food and refreshments. Photos

The 14-foot long plexiglass sea turtle sculpture will be on display in front of the Long Island Aquarium for a few weeks until it is transported to Grangebel Park, where it will be a part of the Reflextions: Art in the Park events this summer.

The illuminated art exhibit "Reflextions Art in the Park" is back for a fifth year at Grangebel Park daily with special events to be held on Saturday, July 23, Friday, Aug. 12, Saturday, Sept. 10 and Saturday, Oct. 1.

Supervisor candidate Catherine Kent and council candidate Evelyn Hobson-Womack on Tuesday criticized the Aguiar administration for the pace of progress on a security camera program downtown, where cameras installed in Grangebel Park remain inoperable. Today, the supervisor revealed that internet provider Optimim/Altice says it will have the connection installed by July 30.

On "donation day" Saturday morning, residents brought the town historian a varied collection of "stuff" saved from the trash bin— everything from dozens of hand-written letters dating back to the 1850s, written to one of Riverhead's most prominent citizens, to pictures and memorabilia from Riverhead High School in the 1940s and a photo of West Main Street after the 1938 hurricane struck.

"Reflextions: Art in the Park" transforms the three-acre, riverfront Grangebel Park into into to a walkable, nautical-themed, interactive outdoor gallery, featuring more than a dozen illuminated exhibits.

One of the latest additions to the public art display in Grangebel Park,is a submarine sculpture made by Clayton Orehek located in the Peconic River. Photo Alek Lewis

The town will likely issue an RFP for a new concession license for the historic pump house at Grangebel Park.