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Riverhead News: Knights of Columbus awards scholarships
The Riverhead Elks Lodge was proud to present to the Salvation Army Food Pantry a donation of $300. Loreita Vaughan, corps commanding officer of the Salvation Army, came to the lodge to accept the...
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As Anti-Bias Task Force objects, Town Board members stand by statements
Members of the Riverhead Town Anti-Bias Task Force say recent comments made by some members of the Town Board may “undermine the work that we’re doing to try to bring the community together.” But some...
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Have the Guardian Angels made a difference in the region?
Like it or not, the Guardian Angels are digging in their heels after months of outreach in Riverhead and Greenport. The crimson-clad community-watchers say they’ve been patrolling once or twice a week...
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Fork in the road on one-way Peconic Avenue proposal
Should the road connecting downtown Riverhead to the nearby traffic circle become a one-way street? A proposal to turn Peconic Avenue into a northbound-only roadway has been debated for years and a...
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Effort underway to bring the Blues Festival back
The blues are coming back to Riverhead. Three years after the last Riverhead Blues & Music Festival took place downtown, a plan is underway to hold a mini blues series this fall in an effort to...
View ArticlePhillips Avenue English as a Second Language classes are a ‘wild’ event
Donna Elmore, a fifth grade teacher in the Riverhead School District, advised students and teachers entering her classroom Thursday morning to be safe when viewing the animals that were sitting in a...
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Column: It seems like Riverhead is turning into Washington. Enough!
I’m generally skeptical of politics. So the good news is, I guess I’m in the right line of work. The bad news is, I think my skepticism is justified. We hear a lot about “gridlock” — whether it’s in...
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Girls Basketball: Their summer season ended, tears follow
Tears at the conclusion of a playoff loss or a season are not unusual in sports. But after a summer league game? When Sam Dunn’s fifth and final summer season with the Riverhead girls basketball team...
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Mark Gatz, accomplished local musician and teacher, dies at 51
Mark Gatz was a gentle teacher, a devout lover of jazz, an unyielding worker and — as one fellow musician put it — “the best saxophonist on Long Island.” “His tone and his playing were unbelievable,”...
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Volunteers sought for Guinness World Record attempt in Riverhead
Calling all night owls: Darren Stakey could use a hand. As part of his attempt to set a pair of Guinness World Records by singing and playing the piano over five consecutive days, the Riverhead...
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DEC: No bucks for first 15 days of bowhunting season
JIM COLLIGAN FILE PHOTO Hunters in the area will have to wait a bit longer than usual to begin hunting that trophy buck once the bowhunting season commences in October. As part of an effort to curb...
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Giglio pulls further ahead of Walter in campaign funds
The latest campaign finance reports posted with the state Board of Elections show Councilwoman Jodi Giglio now pulling well ahead — at least, in terms of fundraising — of incumbent Sean Walter in the...
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Feliska Sawicka, ‘larger-than-life’ founder of Polish School, dies at 93
Feliska Sawicka, the founder and long-time principal of the St. Maximillian Kolbe Polish School in Polish Town, died on Friday at the age of 93 after a long illness. Those who worked alongside her at...
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Stay Key’s marathon performance ends with a party in Riverhead
They crammed into every square inch of the bar at Outerbanks Restaurant, singing, celebrating and cheering on a night that felt like New Year’s Eve combined with a jovial karaoke party. Some came to...
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Audition for a spot in Riverhead’s Edgar Allan Poe Festival
Ever wanted to recreate popular Halloween dances? Love to tell spooky stories? Then audition for the second annual Edgar Allan Poe Festival, to be held in downtown Riverhead this October. The...
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Football: Riverhead QB hopes his time has come
Nailed to the front of Leif Shay’s office door is a board that lists his Riverhead High School football team’s goals for the upcoming season. The first of those goals — and the only one so far that...
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Johnny Niecko, Riverhead’s polka radio king, dies at 77
Johnny Niecko, who for more than 30 years serenaded listeners across the East End with authentic Polish polka as host of WRIV’s “Sunday Polka Time,” died Wednesday. He was 77. Mr. Niecko had suffered...
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Riverhead football player listed in ‘critical condition’
Nikolas Visco, a junior on the Riverhead High School football team, is currently at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital after suffering from apparent heat stroke following the team’s first official...
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Riverhead woman qualifies for American Open weightlifting competition
Erika Moncada sat in a steam room, time ticking down toward her start in the Connecticut Open Weightlifting Competition. An hour passed before the moment of truth. Competing for the first time in a...
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Football: Training camp is a sprint to the starting line
It’s an age-old rite of summer. When the dog days of August arrive, out come the helmets and the pads, the blocking sleds, the big tires, the blocking dummies, the stopwatches, the agility cones and...
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