Community News
Riverhead’s first jack o’lantern garden to feature pumpkin carving contest, spook-tacular downtown display
A magical display of carved pumpkins will accompany this year's Halloween Fest in downtown Riverhead, which will include prizes for different pumpkin categories.
News
Poe Festival canceled but downtown Halloween parade will go on
The Edgar Allan Poe Festival has been canceled this year, but Riverhead BID will still hold a Halloween parade in downtown Riverhead along with trick-or-treating.
Riverhead Middle School
Poe Fest 2015: Edgar Allen Poe visits Riverhead Middle School
Edgar Allen Poe visited Riverhead Middle School on Friday, the first day of the Riverhead Poe Festival.
Guest Column
Letter: Let’s have Poe Fest ‘for evermore’
Author Tom Gahan, of Riverhead, a Poe Fest volunteer, praises Sal St. George and his family for their efforts to produce the successful Edgar Allen Poe Festival in downtown Riverhead Oct. 31- Nov. 2.
Community News
With Poe fest just two weeks away, Headless Horseman gallops into downtown Riverhead
Edgar Allan Poe, Ichabod Crane and the infamous Headless Horseman made an appearance in downtown Riverhead Saturday. The upcoming Poe fest, a three-day event featuring food, fantasy and — of course — horror, with Main Street trick-or-treating, a costume parade Halloween evening, fireworks Saturday night is gearing up to be "the biggest Halloween party on Long Island," according to festival organizer.
