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Raquel Dispenziere

Riverhead’s ‘bubble boy’: Fourth-grader at Aquebogue goes to school for first time in his life using an iPad

by Mar 4, 2015
Eight-year-old Gabriel can't eat any foods, or even be in a room that might have food products. But this year, for the first time in his life, he has been able to go to school - using FaceTime.

New business: For young entrepreneur, hair salon is a kind of homecoming

by Dec 27, 2014
Raquel Dispenziere comes home to Riverhead to open Gabriel Loren the Salon — named for her young son —on Howell Avenue.