Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Trail

Bethpage Ride, the countywide program that offered bike rentals in downtown Riverhead and at Veterans Memorial Park, stopped operating this year after the company formerly known as Bethpage Federal Credit Union declined to continue its sponsorship.

Officials today held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the four-mile extension of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Trail, a multi-purpose paved athletic trail planned to eventually be extended around the entire perimeter of the enterprise park.

Riverhead Town has landed another $150,000 to help it complete a biking/hiking trail at the Calverton Enterprise Park, but what to do about an unpaved section of the trail remains in dispute.