Stotzky Park

Wesley Dean Ackley, the skateboarder who more than a decade ago changed the future of Riverhead’s skate park through the power of advocacy, was immortalized yesterday when Riverhead Town named the place where he spent much of his free time during his teenage years in his honor.

Riverhead Little League held its 2023 opening day ceremonies Friday evening at Stotzky Park, where the league honored its longtime president, Jeremy Savio, who is stepping down after 10 years at the helm.

Riverhead Town will dedicate the skate park at Stotzky Park in the memory of a recently deceased skater who more than a decade ago changed the minds of Town Board members — and the future of the skate park — through the power of advocacy.

The hockey organization looking to site a NHL-sized covered ice rink in Riverhead will look to develop the rink in Veterans Memorial Park in Calverton — the site originally eyed by the group — instead of Stotzky Park, a location that drew opposition from town officials and residents.

The plan to bring a NHL-sized ice rink to Stotzky Park has been put on ice after Riverhead’s Recreation Advisory Committee yesterday unanimously recommended against building the arena on one of two soccer fields at the flagship park.

Town board members agreed to have the town attorney begin negotiating with Peconic Hockey, with the goal of entering into a public-private partnership that will allow the eventual construction of a covered NHL-sized ice rink in the park.

The town’s only multipurpose recreation field has to be closed until about June for repairs, Riverhead Recreation Superintendent Ray Coyne told the...

Show off your bike riding safety skills at the PAL bike rodeo and you could win a bike - if you are the top rider in your age group.

Colorful eggs will be hidden in field two at Stotsky Park waiting for the community's children to find them during the annual Rec Department's egg hunt.

A majority of the town board today agreed to plans put forward by the heads of the newly merged recreation and senior services departments, while Councilwoman Jodi Giglio advocated finding a new tenant to realize revenues.