07.27.2017 Government Maureen’s Haven finds success in Housing First model Since March, six Maureen’s Haven Homeless Outreach residents have been placed in permanent housing through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Housing First model.
10.31.2016 Community With influx of homeless young adults, local shelters brace for winter Last winter, Maureen’s Haven, a Riverhead-based nonprofit that serves the homeless, experienced an unexpected flood of a new type of guest: young adults.
12.21.2015 Community Correction: Man camping in Flanders woods was not homeless Editor’s Note: A story published on riverheadnewsreview.com Monday about community members reaching out to help a homeless man who had removed Christmas lights from the “Welcome to Flanders” sign was...
03.08.2015 Columns Guest Column: Perpetual homelessness just won’t work East End towns and villages are now under political and media pressure to participate in Suffolk County’s sex offender monitoring program. This program is operated, under contract with the...
04.05.2014 Columns Guest Column: Please consider hiring a homeless person John’s Place and Maureen’s Haven are programs whose main objectives are to help the homeless. In the winter months, these nonprofits work with various churches across the East End...
03.06.2014 Letters Letter: ‘No one deserves to be hit with a hammer’ To the editor: Concerning the article about the rising homeless population: I take exception to the inclusion of the one comment by an acquaintance of the man who is...
02.27.2014 Government Amid frigid winter, homeless seek more help from shelters On a recent weeknight, one Aquebogue church is barely visible from Main Road in the pitch dark. But around back, the lights are on and 13 cars are parked...
02.27.2014 Editorials Editorial: A matter of priorities Some of the area’s most vulnerable people have been hit harder this winter than any in recent memory — and much harder than the average citizen. While most of...
