Riverhead Move the Animal Shelter

Riverhead Move the Animal Shelter will be “closing its doors” after its 50th and final fundraiser in November. Founder Denise Lucas says dealing with town officials and the lack of progress in building a new shelter has been too stressful.

North Fork Animal Welfare League plans to replace a community center in Calverton with a state-of-the-art, renovated facility within two years, where the Riverhead Animal Shelter would relocate from its current site beside the closed town landfill on Youngs Avenue.

Thousands flocked to Splish Splash yesterday for cars, live music and flea-market style vendors at the Riverhead Move the Animal Shelter’s fourth annual Hogs and Hot Rods event.