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04.21.2025 News

Riverhead News Briefs: April 21, 2025

A rundown of this week’s News Briefs from in and around Riverhead found under Announcements in the Riverhead News-Review newspaper. Riverhead PAL 2025 football and cheer registrations Riverhead PAL is currently...

12.10.2024 Environment

Temperature drop spikes cold-stun sea turtle rescues

The New York Marine Rescue Center rehabilitation facility is already holding over 50 rescued cold-stunned sea turtles in its tanks — a count that includes two records for number...

06.24.2024 Community

Sea turtle sculpture unveiled at Riverhead’s aquarium honoring NY Marine Rescue Center

Two years ago, while studying a model of a 2-foot-long sea turtle, artist Eli Fishman, who oversees exhibits at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, and Bryan DeLuca, its...

04.26.2024 Community

Last call for good eggs: national volunteer month wraps soon

Area nonprofits are looking to recruit — and salute — volunteers. April is National Volunteer Month — and April 21-27 is National Volunteer Week — a commemoration that has...

11.17.2023 Featured Story

Hotline helps save cold-stunned sea turtles

The Cold Stun Patrol Team of Riverhead’s New York Marine Rescue Center will soon begin patrolling local beaches in search of cold-stunned sea turtles. More than 200 volunteers will...

09.06.2023 Featured Story

NY Marine Rescue Center wraps up sweet release season

The New York Marine Rescue Center’s final group of rehabilitated sea turtles was released last week at Tiana Beach in Hampton Bays. Nine turtles swam off into the Atlantic,...

07.14.2023 Environment

New York Marine Rescue Center releases gray seal pup after 10 weeks of rehab

While stunning views of sunsets and ocean waves are typically what draw beachgoers to the seaside, on Wednesday night a large crowd gathered at Tiana Beach in Hampton Bays...

12.14.2022 Environment

Amid spike in cold-stunned turtles, rescue group encourages beachgoers to be on the lookout

An alarming number of cold-stunned sea turtles are turning up along the coast, with 36 hypothermic sea turtles appearing in shallow areas across Eastern Long Island since mid-November. “Turtles...

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