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Video: Riverhead Recreation hosts Pet Parade

By Vera Chinese

BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO Cathy Springer of Aquebogue walks with her dog Neptune, 6, and donkey Lil E Putian, 3, in the Pet Parade held at Stotzky Park Saturday.

Riverhead Recreation hosted its first Pet Parade at Stotzky Park Saturday. About two dozen dogs, a cat and even a donkey marched around the park and competed for best costume, best trick, best owner/pet look-alike and most unusual pet. Prizes were donated by Riverhead Animal Hospital and there was free on-site micro-chipping courtesy of East End Veterinary Emergency and Specialty.


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Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

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