Upcoming
Start the New Year as a volunteer
In honor and advance of Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service, the Heart of Riverhead Civic Association and Riverhead Free Library will host the third annual Volunteer Expo, Saturday, Jan. 11 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Upcoming
Children’s pajama and book drive underway
The Woman's Club of Riverhead is conducting a pajama and book drive to collect new pajama sets and books for infants, children...
Community News
‘It’s a happy career.’ Retiring employee, who ushered Riverhead library into the digital age, reflects on his years of service
David Troyan took the Riverhead Free Library from a dial-up modem and a few computers, to the digital age of the 21st century before he retired last week. He reflects on his years of service.
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Riverhead library budget approved by voters
Voters approved Riverhead Free Library’s 2024-2025 budget yesterday and elected Mary Byrne McDonell, Mitchell Hagler and Susan Bergmann to the library's board of trustees.
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Residents to vote April 9 on $5.2M library budget
The $5.2 million operating budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year will require a tax levy increase of $25 for the year on at the "average" home in the school district.
Community News
Black History Month celebrations begin this weekend at Riverhead Free Library
The Riverhead Free Library will host film screenings, music, dance and spoken word performances and talks featuring prominent Black community members to celebrate Black History Month. The events begin this weekend.
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What’s all the hoopla about? Check out Riverhead library’s new streaming and e-book platform
The Riverhead Free Library has added a new digital platform: Hoopla allows library cardholders to borrow and download e-books, audio books, digital graphic novels and comics, television shows, movies and music albums.
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Screening of ‘Paper Clips’ documentary set for Sunday afternoon at Riverhead library for Holocaust Remembrance Day
The award-winning 2004 film is about a 1998 project undertaken by middle school students in rural Tennessee to understand the magnitude of the Holocaust by compiling six million paper clips to represent the Jews who died during the genocide.
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Voters OK Riverhead library budget
Voters approved Riverhead Free Library’s $4.7 million 2023-2024 operating budget yesterday by a 50-vote margin, 187 to 137.
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Riverhead library proposes $4.7 million operating budget for 2023-2024
The proposed operating budget requires a tax rate of $5.98 per $1,000 of taxable assessed value, an increase of $29 per year for an 'average' home in Riverhead.
