New York Marine Rescue Center

A downtown parking garage and a new Long Island Science Center museum were among four projects in downtown Riverhead that were awarded a total $3.35 million in Suffolk County grant funding.

Enjoy a bar crawl and support the Cold Stunned Sea Turtle program of the NY Marine Rescue Center on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 2 to 6 p.m.

'Peconic,' the gray seal pup rescued from the Riverside traffic circle Sunday, was released into the ocean Friday morning in Hampton Bays. After making his way to the water's edge, he turned to face his human caregivers from the New York Marine Rescue Center, bobbed his head up and down for a moment as if to bid them farewell, then entered the water and swam away.

A stranded Harbor Seal pup that made its way out of the Peconic River using the fishway in Grangebel Park was rescued by the N.Y. Marine Rescue Center with the help of Southampton Town Police early Sunday morning.

A gray seal has been spotted in the western area of Peconic River in Riverhead, swimming, eating and sunbathing over the last week or so. Though a gray seal's presence in this area of the river is not common, the seal appears to be healthy and not in any distress, experts say.

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research & Preservation today announced a name change and a new focus.