Riverhead CAP

About 800 students and teachers from Pulaski Street Elementary School took to the streets of downtown Riverhead today in Riverhead CAP's 31st Annual Say No to Drugs march. Photos.

A graduate of the CAP program while a student at Pulaski Street school, Riverhead Town's first Hispanic cop is now a CAP volunteer and role model who the kids relate to and respect.

Riverhead residents took advantage of the town’s household hazardous wastes collection day today, dropping off hundreds pounds worth of electronic wastes, solvents, used oil, old paint, pool chemicals and other substances that should not be landfilled.

New statewide campaign stresses the importance of talking to your teen about alcohol and drug use: When you talk to your kids about the dangers of underage drinking, they are less likely to do it.

A drug take-back event at Peconic Bay Medical Center collected an astounding 163 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter medications, bringing the total number of drugs collected to more than 1,500 pounds since 2014.

The Riverhead Community Awareness Program will hold its fourth annual "Bowling Bonanza" fundraiser next Tuesday, March 15 at the All Star bowling alley in Riverhead.

In addition to performing kind acts in their school and community, students from Aquebogue, Phillips Avenue, Riley Avenue and Roanoke Avenue schools and Riverhead Middle School, participated in the Kind Coins for Kenya challenge.

Deaths from prescription drugs are now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, outnumbering even traffic fatalities.

Students bedecked in glittering gowns and tuxedos posed for photos in the high school courtyard yesterday at a pre-prom red carpet reception.

Cheers, music and booming chants of “Just say no!” drew people to their windows and to the streets of downtown Riverhead, where hundreds of Pulaski Street students marched against drugs and alcohol.