Riverhead Youth Coalition

The brightly colored stickers placed by Riverhead students on pizza boxes at Carlo's Pizza Oven in Riverhead warn adults against buying alcohol for someone under 21 and provide information about the dangers of flavored tobacco and vape products.

More than half of the litter collected at Reeves Beach — 18 out of 35 pounds — was discarded alcohol products like beer cans, bottles and alcohol products that appeal to youth, the coalition said. Substance use at local parks and beaches are illegal in Riverhead.

Riverhead Town looks to Riverhead CAP Youth Coalition for assistance to help prevent marijuana use by the community's youth.

Riverhead High School and Middle School students belonging to the Riverhead Youth Coalition recently presented their substance abuse program to an audience of substance abuse professionals.

The mood on the Riverhead Town Board dais went from whimsical to serious last night as members of the Riverhead Youth Coalition presented the board with statistics that were inescapably sobering.