The event featured jousting, snakes, archery and everything Middle Ages. But it lacked one critical component to operate: a special event permit. READ
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UPDATE: Organizers announced the second day of the festival Sunday has been canceled.
Original story: Riverhead transformed into medieval times on Saturday on the first day of the 2017 Medieval Festival at the Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp on Sound Avenue. The event runs through 5 p.m. Sunday. READ
Alberto Bengolea with three of the 15 horses boarded at the 4-H Camp on Sound Avenue. Veronica, left, was injured after someone cut the fencing on the property and the horses escaped overnight Sunday. (Credit: Grant Parpan)
Shortly before 6 a.m. Easter Sunday, Willow Tree Farm owner Mette Larsen was awakened by a Riverhead police officer knocking on her door.
He had come to the Roanoke Avenue horse farm to inform her that he believed eight of her horses had escaped from the property and were roaming free along Sound Avenue. Panic set in for Ms. Larsen, who wondered why her alarm system hadn’t alerted her.
It wasn’t until she had dressed and rushed outside that she realized the horses didn’t belong to her. The eight horses were actually some of the 15 that are kept one mile west at the Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp on Sound Avenue. (more…)
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Reeves Beach was found to be safe for swimming after the nearby beach at the 4-H Camp revealed high levels of bacteria.
The Suffolk County Health Department declared Iron Pier Beach and Reeves Beach cleared for swimming after the nearby beach at the Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp tested for high levels of bacteria yesterday.
Officials tested nearby beaches yesterday and today and found no threat, Riverhead Town recreation program planner Tom Filgate said.
The beach at the 4-H Camp along Long Island Sound remains the only beach closed.
For updates on closings, click here.
High levels of bacteria detected at the Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp in Baiting Hollow has forced the Suffolk County Department of Health to close the beach.
Officials said the beach will remain closed until testing reveals water quality is acceptable.
The bacteria enterococci, associated with runoff, was detected at the beach, according to the Department of Health.
The beach will likely be sampled daily in an effort to reopen it as soon as possible, according to a release.
For the latest information on affected beaches, call the bathing beach hotline at 852-5822 or contact the Office of Ecology at 852-5760.
RACHEL YOUNG PHOTO
More than 4,000 runners signed up for this year’s Riverhead Survival Race held at the 4-H camp on Sound Avenue Saturday. That’s 1,000 more than those who participated in last year’s inaugural race. Runners must overcome a series of obstacles, including mud pits, to finish the 5-K run
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Runners navigate the muddy Survival Race course at the 4-H Camp.
More than 3,000 runners participated in the first-ever Survival Race 5K mud run to take place at the 4-H Camp in Riverhead Saturday.
One event staffer said it was the largest number of participants in two years of running the race in various locations.
“It was good,” said William Waller of East Patchogue, who ran the race with his wife, Michelle, and friends. “I would do it again, but I would like the mud pit to be longer.”
Mr. Waller said his crew ran the race to raise money for Children’s Heart Foundation of New York City.
The 5K mud run course was created by Dean Del Prete of Westhampton, also owner of Cousins Paintball in Calverton.
“This is crazy,” Mr. Del Prete said Saturday morning. “I love watching people have fun. It’s a great way to make a living.”
In the first wave of the day, Dan Broadbent of Center Moriches came in at 26:08 and the first female was Amanda McDonnell with a time of 31 minutes.
But the races were more about having fun and getting muddy than they were about results.
One participant yelled “don’t you realize this is gross,” as she hit the mud pit, which was near the finish line.
After cleaning himself off in a puddle and under the spray of an irrigation pipe, Justin Deiter, 29, of Babylon said, “It was fun. I do tough mudder races all over the world. They are a bit more involved, since they were created by the military.”
The last event Survival Race, held in Dallas, had 1,700 participants. The next race is in Toledo, Ohio on Sept. 29.
Despite the high volume of participants, there were no traffic problems reported on Sound Avenue. Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corp EMT Tommy Cappiello said there were only minor injuries, mostly bee stings.
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