Dwayne Eleazer Archives - Riverhead News Review

08.15.2023 Community

‘Stop the Violence’ hoops tourney draws top talent, big crowds

When the Town of Riverhead decided to build a basketball court at Horton Avenue Park, Dwayne Eleazer looked on from his house on nearby Constable Drive and asked his...

08.17.2021 Community

Stop the Violence Tournament returns to Riverhead

The outdoor basketball tournament whose mission to stop violence was itself stopped in its tracks last summer by a major force. Plans and preparations for the 2020 Riverhead Stop...

07.14.2021 Government

Spirit’s Promise to collaborate with Stop the Violence to help people suffering from pandemic

A nonprofit organization with the slogan “Help us. Help horses. Help people” is now getting some help itself. Spirit’s Promise Equine Rescue and Rehabilitation in Baiting Hollow rescues horses...

08.13.2019 Sports

Basketball: Stop the violence, grab the green

For all the varied colored shirts worn on the Horton Avenue Park basketball court, the color that stood out in the end was green — as in cash. Show...

08.12.2018 Sports

Basketball: PA announcer mixes comedy with hoops

The show must go on, and the star of this show — perhaps even more than the team that won the 12th annual Riverhead Stop the Violence Basketball Tournament...

08.13.2017 Sports

Basketball: Stop the Violence tourney in Riverhead fosters goodwill

Stop the violence, bring on the hoops. That has been the mantra of the Stop the Violence Basketball Tournament for 11 years. The effort to stamp out violence through...

03.09.2017 Videos

News-Review honors its People of the Year

More than a dozen local residents and community leaders were honored at the 2016 Times Review Media Group People of the Year reception at Martha Clara Vineyards in Riverhead...

01.06.2017 Videos

2016 Community Leaders of the Year: Dwayne Eleazer and Larry Williams

One of Riverhead’s biggest sporting events takes place each August, tucked away on the town basketball court on Horton Avenue. Despite very little promotion, it manages to draw...

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