08.30.2019 Riverhead School District Riverhead adopts updated school lunch debt policy A Pennsylvania school district made national headlines earlier this summer when about a dozen families received an alarming letter from their public school. It warned that their child could...
05.20.2015 Police Riverhead man headed to prison for food stamps fraud The owner of a Riverhead gas station and convenience store was sentenced to up to four years in prison for stealing more than $668,000 from the federal Supplemental Nutrition...
02.06.2014 Agriculture U.S. farm bill cutting NY’ers SNAP benefits Area food pantries and soup kitchens are preparing for an uptick in demand as some eastern Suffolk County households that currently receive assistance from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
02.06.2014 Agriculture Farmers will enjoy many of the same farm bill subsidies North Fork farmers who have waited nearly two years for the passage of an updated farm bill say that if the president signs the measure passed this week by...
01.22.2014 Community L.I. Council of Churches lands grant to feed extra mouths in need Facing more people than ever in need of emergency food, the Long Island Council of Churches announced recently that it was granted $12,500 to help feed the extra mouths.
11.11.2013 Community Pantries feeling pressure following food stamp cuts Close to 150 hungry neighbors lined up by the Peconic riverfront in downtown Riverhead Friday afternoon, waiting on line in the cold to pick up grocery items compliments of...