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Riverhead Town to host annual Peconic riverfront bonfire

By Vera Chinese

BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | The 10th annual 2009 Holiday Bonfire on the riverfront in downtown sponsored by Riverhead Town and the Riverhead BID Management Association. This year's bonfire is this Saturday, Dec. 10 beginning at 4 p.m..

The Town of Riverhead must have found itself on the nice list this year, as Old Saint Nick will be coming around again for the 12th annual bonfire gathering on Saturday, Dec. 10.

The bonfire and caroling start sat 4 p.m. in the Peconic riverfront parking lot off East Main Street. Santa will arrive by boat about 5 p.m. to light the town Christmas tree and pose for pictures with children.

Residents are encouraged to bring chairs and a thermos full of a warm beverage.

Last year, the downtown Riverhead event, sponsored by Riverhead Town and downtown’s Business Improvement District, drew some 200 people to the riverfront park.

The massive fire spanned some 30 feet and provided warmth for kids who lined up eagerly for a meeting with Santa Claus.

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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