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01.18.2021 Community

Students team up for East End Arts’ MLK Portrait Project

Students from across the East End collaborated for East End Arts’ MLK Portrait Project in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Four different portraits, each containing 16 panels,...

01.09.2021 Community

2020 Community Leader of the Year: Lillian Pennon

Lillian Pennon’s dedication to her community was on full display in recent weeks during the Thanksgiving and holiday seasons inside her church, Galilee Church of God in Christ in...

12.30.2020 Community

A look back at every News-Review cover from 2020

As we usher in the new year, we present the front page of every Riverhead News-Review issue from 2020. Be sure to pick up our latest Year in Review...

12.23.2020 Community

Photos: More than 650 toys distributed to children at fifth annual giveaway event

The holiday spirit was on full display Saturday as children posed with Santa Claus and picked up free toys at the fifth annual toy giveaway started by Anthony Harris,...

12.21.2020 Community

Simonsen Foundation brings holiday cheer to young Aquebogue student

On the first stop of a surprise holiday shopping spree inside the Riverhead Target, Valery, an Aquebogue Elementary School student, headed straight to the toy section. When the young...

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12.15.2020 Community

Shoreham’s Carter Rubin impresses once again in finals of ‘The Voice’ as winner to be announced Tuesday

Carter Rubin’s fate is now in the hands of America. The Shoreham-Wading River sophomore continued his stellar performance on NBC’s “The Voice” Monday night, singing a Miley Cyrus cover...

12.14.2020 News

Through virtual learning, East End Arts finds ways to keep classes going

Art wasn’t the foremost thing on Diane Burke’s mind when, stricken with COVID-19 and battling severe symptoms, she received distressing news from a doctor at an urgent care facility....

12.11.2020 Community

After postponement, Santa to arrive in Riverhead Sunday

Santa Claus is coming to town. This Sunday, members of the Riverhead Fire Department will hold their annual holiday “Santa Run,” to spread cheer in a holiday season like...

12.08.2020 Business

Downton Abbey costumes on view at Tanger

Fans of the British TV show Downton Abbey will delight in a new exhibit currently on display at Tanger Outlets in Riverhead. The complex is hosting “Dressing the Abbey,”...

12.04.2020 Community

Town Board gives BID informal approval for New Year’s Eve fireworks show

The Riverhead Business Improvement District’s Management Association has been given informal approval from the Riverhead Town Board to hold a fireworks show on New York’s Eve on Grangebel Park. ...

11.24.2020 Community

Giving back is in the nature of Butterfly Effect Project’s first employee

In the span of six years, the Butterfly Effect Project has grown from a group of just eight girls to almost 400 members, spread across multiple chapters. Just last...

11.21.2020 Community

Walkathon to unveil new McMorris Lodge in memory of late Boy Scout

When the foundation was poured for the McMorris Lodge at Baiting Hollow Scout Camp in Calverton in June of 2019, some of the possessions of Andrew McMorris, the late Boy Scout it...

11.21.2020 Community

New marker commemorates original home of Riverhead’s Big Duck

In 1931, Riverhead duck farmer Martin Maurer created something that would soon become an iconic roadside attraction: He had a very large white duck built at the edge of...

11.20.2020 Community

Volunteers distribute 135 Thanksgiving meals donated by National Grid

For Thanksgiving, Sister Margaret Smyth usually provides a hot dinner for around 300 people on behalf of the North Fork Spanish Apostolate. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and recent spike...

11.19.2020 Community

Thanksgiving turkey giveaway events planned in Riverhead

When Anthony Harris of Riverhead organized Thanksgiving turkey giveaways in past years, he typically stockpiled between 75 and 100 turkeys for local families in need. For this year’s event...

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