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08.29.2020 Community

Riverhead Free Library to close on Sundays beginning in October

Riverhead Free Library will not be open on Sundays from October 2020 through April 2021 due to budgetary restrictions, according to library director Kerri McMullen-Smith. In May, the Library...

06.20.2020 COVID-19

Making a Difference: Curbside pickups and online programming are among adaptations at local libraries

This isn’t your grandparents’ library. Heck, today’s libraries aren’t even the libraries they were a mere three months ago. Thank COVID-19 for that. Ever since closing their doors in...

02.04.2020 Libraries

After 34 years at Riverhead library, Liz Stokes retires

Elizabeth Stokes was hired at Riverhead Free Library in December 1985, intending to stay for just a few years in a part-time position. Instead, after 34 years as the...

04.02.2019 Libraries

Library budgets approved in Riverhead, Baiting Hollow

The Riverhead Free Library’s 2019-20 budget was overwhelmingly approved by voters Tuesday by a vote of 242-84.

04.01.2019 Libraries

Riverhead Library budget will pierce cap, but not raise taxes

Riverhead Free Library’s proposed 2019 budget will pierce the state’s 2 percent increase cap — but residents shouldn’t expect an increase in taxes. A clerical error is to blame,...

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03.23.2019 Libraries

Riverhead Free Library’s 2019-20 budget maintains tax levy

The Riverhead Free Library’s proposed 2019 budget will pierce the state’s 2 percent cap — but residents shouldn’t expect an increase in taxes.

04.11.2018 Libraries

Riverhead, Baiting Hollow library budgets pass

The Riverhead Free Library’s $3.8 million budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year passed in a vote Tuesday, 179 to 82.

04.06.2018 Libraries

Vote on Riverhead Free Library’s $3.8M budget set for Tuesday

Patrons of Riverhead Free Library will go to the polls Tuesday to vote on its proposed 2018-19 budget and, for the first time in years, they’ll also get to...

07.06.2017 Libraries

Long Island’s first library card program for homeless launches in Riverhead

Riverhead Free Library has become the first on Long Island to offer a card program for the homeless. Called RiverHope, the program allows people who are part of Maureen’s...

05.15.2017 Libraries

New members elected to Riverhead Free Library’s board

Following months of steady turnover, seats on the Riverhead Free Library Board of Trustees were filled during an election last Tuesday. Newcomer John Rienzo was elected to a three-year...

04.14.2017 Libraries

Laurel Sisson recognized for contributions to library’s local history room

Laurel Sisson has dedicated her time to Riverhead Free Library for almost 50 years. Her professional career there began in 1966. She worked in multiple departments, including the children’s...

04.05.2017 Libraries

Voters approve 17-18 library budgets for Riverhead, Baiting Hollow

Voters on Tuesday approved Riverhead Free Library’s proposed 2017-18 budget, remaining under New York State’s tax cap at a tax levy increase of 1.03 percent.

02.13.2017 Libraries

Riverhead Free Library unveils teen loft’s face-lift

Cutting a red ribbon tied across the staircase, Kyle Fichtner, Riverhead Free Library’s young adult coordinator and head of teen services, signaled for 20 or so teenagers waiting patiently...

12.14.2016 Libraries

Riverhead Free Library removes ‘interim’ from director’s title

Following months of turmoil that saw two different interim leaders at the helm, the Riverhead Free Library’s board of trustees has made a decision on its new director.

12.06.2016 Libraries

Head Start in Riverhead receives new books to promote early literacy

Riverhead Free Library employees dropped off 78 bags of children’s books at the Riverhead Head Start last week. The books, which will be shared by all five of Head...

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