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Mosaic festival celebrates the arts, transforms downtown Riverhead into a colorful tapestry
Downtown Riverhead came alive with the arts Sunday afternoon, as the 29th annual Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival drew thousands of visitors to Main Street to create and view chalk art, enjoy live music and browse dozens of vendor booths. Photo gallery.
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‘Paddle Smart’ seminar takes place June 21
Learn techniques for safely enjoying paddlesports, the fastest growing segment of recreational boating activity in America, at “Paddle Smart”, presented by the Peconic Bay Power Squadron.
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Navy seeks interviews with former employees at Grumman facility in Calverton
All information shared during the interviews will be kept confidential, the Navy said in a press release. The Navy is seeking information to help ensure a thorough and effective environmental restoration of the property, it said.
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‘Miracles happen’: Riverhead news editor Bill Sutton begins dialysis, awaits transplant
Bill Sutton of Riverhead, managing editor at The Express News Group, is in urgent need of a kidney transplant. He has gone public with his diagnosis, hoping to raise awareness and find a living donor.
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Islanders All-Star to lead CAP march next Friday
New York Islanders All-Star Kyle Palmieri will lead Riverhead CAP’s 38th Annual Say NO to Drugs March next Friday.
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Riverhead couple launches coffee-fueled Christian ministry
Riverhead couple Jay and Erinn Urena are blending faith, coffee, and community with The Porch, a nonprofit ministry and coffee roasting company.
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Riverhead remembers its fallen heroes with Memorial Day ceremonies and parade
“Today, we remember the sacrifice made and the debt we cannot repay,” Riverhead VFW Post 2476 Commander Thomas Najdzion said during one of several ceremonies in town on Memorial Day.
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Update: Riverhead High School’s car show postponed to Sunday due to weather forecast
Riverhead High School senior Daniel Carty is organizing the June 1 car show to benefit the high school’s Special Olympics program.
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Thousands of volunteers place flags at 225,000 graves at Calverton National Cemetery
Scout troops, veterans groups and other volunteers from across Suffolk County decorated gravesites at Calverton National Cemetery Saturday with American flags in commemoration of Memorial Day. Photos.
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Riverhead unveils long-awaited restrooms at Veterans Memorial Park
Riverhead Town officially celebrated the opening of permanent bathroom facilities, and the planting of new cherry blossom trees, at Veterans Memorial Park today
