Community News
Local nonprofits win grants to promote social change from L.I. Unitarian Universalist Fund
The Riverhead-based Butterfly Effect Project was among 15 nonprofit organizations awarded a total of $378,000 by the Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund in support of their efforts to advance social change.
Government
Busloads of migrants never came, but Riverhead’s emergency order may continue indefinitely
Supervisor Tim Hubbard said he intends to renew the emergency order first issued by his predecessor in May 2023 as long as there's "even a remote possibility" that asylum seekers might be brought here.
Government
‘The culture that we are in needs to be reversed:’ Immigrant advocates renew calls for Riverhead supervisor to rescind her emergency...
Representatives of Latino advocacy and immigrant support groups urged the Riverhead Town Board to have empathy for refugees from foreign countries and called on the supervisor to rescind her emergency order.
Community News
East End Latino advocacy group hires civil rights and immigration attorneys to provide policy counsel and free immigration services
OLA of Eastern Long Island (Organización Latino Americana) has hired a civil rights attorney and an immigration attorney to assist the organization in its social justice advocacy and provide pro bono legal services for low-income immigrants on the East End.
Community News
Coming to America: Riverhead student filmmakers share their immigration stories
Two Riverhead students had their short films selected to screen at the 17th Annual Latino Film Festival of the Hamptons. The students tell their stories of coming to the U.S. from Central America.
News
Nonprofit donates over 1,000 Chromebooks to four East End school districts, including Riverhead
OLA of Eastern Long Island has purchased more than 1,000
Acer Chromebooks for several East End school districts, including Riverhead, to assist...
News
Free transportation service helps residents get to medical appointments
Thanks to private donations, OLA of Eastern Long Island is helping residents on the East End, where there are few public transportation options, get to their medical appointments.
News
Riverhead Police embrace diversity training to foster better community relationships
Better communication and mutual respect make for better policing and safer communities, according to advocates and police alike
































