The Riverhead Community Coalition for Safe and Drug-Free Youth has once again been recognized for its initiatives during a national Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) conference. READ
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Two women now in their 60s say they were sexually abused by priests at St. Agnes Parish in Rockville Centre when they were around 11 years old, and that one of those priests was John R. McGann, who would go on to be the Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. READ
A sea of blue lined Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays Monday, as hundreds of uniformed police officers from New York City and elsewhere waited in line to pay their respects to NYPD Detective Brian Simonsen of Calverton, who was killed in the line of duty while responding to a report of an armed robbery last week in Queens. READ
Veterans or current member of the U.S. military who are looking to marry the man or woman of their dreams can now enter the ninth annual “Veterans Day Wedding Giveback.” READ
The Southampton Town Board voted Tuesday to hire an engineering firm for professional services associated with a proposed nature trail and catwalk over Reeves Bay in Flanders.
The proposal also was presented to the Flanders, Riverside and Northampton Community Association Monday. (more…)
Not long after the founding of Southold Town in the mid-1600s, and more than a century before the western end of the town broke off and became Riverhead, the institution of slavery was part of day-to-day farming life on the North Fork. READ
Students in the East End Arts 2019 Music Masters Mentorship Program performed a jazz concert Friday night with jazz pianist, educator and vocalist Eli Yamin. The performance was held at Hotel Indigo in Riverhead. (more…)
A new date has been secured for Riverhead Idol, which had to be postponed due to weather last month. READ
