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Riverhead celebrates homecoming day

by Oct 19, 2025
Riverhead celebrating homecoming day Saturday with the annual parade up Main Street featuring class floats, the Riverhead High School marching band, the high school NJROTC, local officials, community groups and first responders.

Riverhead High School Homecoming Parade

by Oct 11, 2025
Riverhead High School's 2025 homecoming parade steps off on East Avenue at 12 noon, continues west on Main Street to Osborn Avenue...

Riverhead High School homecoming parade takes place Sept. 28 at noon

by Sep 16, 2024
The parade, featuring the Riverhad High School marching band, NJROTC cadets, floats created by each high school class, along with fire departments, EMS and community groups.  will march up Main Street from East Avenue.

Riverhead homecoming parade canceled by weather, but the big game is still on

by Sep 30, 2023
Inclement weather has canceled today's homecoming parade but the game will go on as scheduled, with a 1:30 kickoff at McKillop Field, where the Blue Waves take on Sachem East.

Photos: Riverhead’s homecoming parade 2022

by Oct 22, 2022
Scenes from the Riverhead High School Homecoming Parade today on Main Street.

Photos: Riverhead’s homecoming parade

by Sep 25, 2021
It was a picture-perfect day for a homecoming parade — blue skies and sunshine, moderate temperatures and lots of smiles all around.

Riverhead salutes Blue Waves football with Homecoming Day parade

by Nov 2, 2019
Riverhead turned out to support the Riverhead Blue Waves football team with a big Homecoming Day parade up Main Street this afternoon.

Photos: Blue Waves celebrate homecoming with Main Street parade

by Sep 29, 2018
Blue Waves fans and the Riverhead school community turned out for the Riverhead High School homecoming parade this afternoon — a perfect day for a parade with clear skies and bright sunshine. 

Who has the best class float? S-O-P-H-S

by Oct 14, 2017
Riverhead's homecoming parade was a washout, canceled by this morning's rain, but the game went on —  the Blue Waves picked up a much-needed win — and so did the float competition.