07.30.2015 News 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.
06.04.2015 Police Guardian Angels patrol Riverhead, look to recruit The Angels stood their ground, and the panhandlers near the Riverhead train station “scattered.” So said Benjamin Garcia, the patrol director for the NYC Guardian Angels, an anti-crime group...
05.20.2015 Business Riverhead BID opposes Guardian Angels patrolling downtown The Riverhead Business Improvement District voted against a plan to bring the Guardian Angels to the downtown area at its meeting Wednesday night.
05.16.2015 News Locals give their thoughts about downtown safety in Riverhead Editor’s note: This story was published in Thursday’s paper, before an arrest was made in relation to the downtown robberies. On Monday morning, Francine Smith was walking past the...
05.14.2015 Editorials Editorial: What’s the long-term plan to curb crime downtown? We don’t need another robbery or a similar incident possibly related to gang activity as evidence that downtown Riverhead has a problem with crime. It has plagued the area...
05.13.2015 Columns Opinion: Guardian Angels won’t make Main St. safer Is Main Street safe? No it is not. There are many factors that lead to this dilemma, just as there are many solutions needed to correct it. Let’s start...
05.13.2015 Police Downtown robberies, graffiti bring crime talks to the fore Barth’s Pharmacy has stood on East Main Street since 1917 -— and in nearly all that time, no one has robbed the store. But that changed in the past...
05.06.2015 Government Chief’s meeting with Guardian Angels irks board members A day after Riverhead Police Chief David Hegermiller met with leaders of the Guardian Angels to establish a Riverhead chapter of the volunteer anti-crime group, Supervisor Sean Walter’s fellow...