12.01.2022 News Displaced on the North Fork: Housing crisis leaves longtime residents scrambling for a place to live Living in one place all your life isn’t always a guarantee that you can remain there. It’s a problem that’s not unique to the North Fork but is perhaps...
05.02.2021 Editorials Editorial: Two community groups doing exceptional good work Maureen’s Haven, based in Riverhead, operates on a slim annual budget of about $325,000 and with it — supported by numerous volunteers — helps thousands of North and South...
11.12.2020 COVID-19 Faced with challenges from pandemic, local organizations pitch Town Board for federal funds Like so many organizations, Riverhead Community Awareness Program faced a number of challenges as it tried to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. To focus on its mission of alcohol and...
07.20.2018 Community Volunteers help replant garden for Maureen’s Haven Maureen’s Haven Homeless Outreach in Riverhead has a new garden for its guests to enjoy, full of vegetables, flowers, picnic tables and lounge chairs. Last month, volunteers from the...
11.23.2017 Bishop McGann-Mercy McGann-Mercy club donates $9,000 to Maureen’s Haven A Bishop McGann-Mercy High School club donated $9,000 to Maureen’s Haven, a Riverhead-based outreach center for homeless people. The “Mercy on a Mission” club presented a check Wednesday to...
09.25.2017 Community The Work We Do: Maryann Gensler, Maureen’s Haven executive director My name is Maryann Gensler and I’m the executive director of Maureen’s Haven homeless outreach program.
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.
07.07.2017 Editorials Editorial: Riverhead Library offers route to a better life Riverhead Free Library has made history on Long Island. It has launched a program its backers appropriately call RiverHope, which allows people who are part of the Maureen’s Haven...
