08.26.2016 Religion Meet Father Piotr and his outgoing puppet, Gienek Washable Nearly 20 years had passed since the Rev. Piotr Narkiewicz took his last English class at a university in Poland when he journeyed to the United States in 2012....
08.26.2016 Religion St. Isidore R.C. Church reopens after summer-long renovation Just in time for the Polish Town Festival, St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead reopened its doors this past weekend, holding its first Mass after a substantial summer renovation.
03.10.2016 Religion A glorious restoration brings St. Isidore’s murals back to life Years of aging varnish and soot from candle smoke had taken their toll on the once-colorful oil paintings and frescos inside St. Isidore R.C. Church in Polish Town. The...
10.23.2015 Police Police seek info on Polish Town robbery, stolen car Riverhead Police are investigating an assault and theft in Polish Town that occurred around 7:40 p.m. last night.
08.19.2015 Obituaries 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.
08.16.2015 Community Northforker: Scenes from the 41st annual Polish Town Fair The 41st annual Polish Town Fair and Polka Festival was held this weekend in Riverhead’s Polish Town.
08.14.2015 Obituaries 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.
08.06.2015 Government Microbrewery zoning proposed for Polish Town Where, oh where, to place another brewery in town? Not that one is coming, necessarily.