01.27.2022 Education Protestors rally against mask mandate outside Riverhead High School An “unmask our kids” rally outside Riverhead High School drew a few dozen protestors Thursday as a court battle continues over the statewide mask mandate that has been in...
12.30.2020 Featured Story Top Stories 2020: 8 minutes, 46 seconds changed our world In May, an eight-minute, 46-second video of a deadly police encounter in Minneapolis shook the world, igniting protests in every corner of the nation, including here on the East...
06.19.2020 News On Juneteenth, protesters march in Riverhead to bring attention to inequality Juneteenth, a day marked by celebrating the liberation of enslaved Americans, took on added meaning this year in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis...
05.31.2020 News Protests planned at Stotzky Park and downtown Riverhead Sunday, officials say Two separate events have been organized in Riverhead for Sunday afternoon as part of the growing nationwide response to the killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, in...
11.10.2018 News Protesters demonstrate in Riverhead for ‘Nobody is Above the Law’ rally “No one is above the law — Trump is not above the law!” The phrase echoed down East Main Street in Riverhead outside Congressman Lee Zeldin’s (R-Shirely) office, as...
08.22.2017 News Church shows support for ‘I love you, God’ trailer in Calverton Members of a Mastic Beach church stood along Route 25 in Calverton Tuesday evening, holding American flags, waving and shouting at passing cars to stop and sign the abandoned...
06.10.2014 Education Protesters voice support for fired charter school teachers Editor’s note: An initial version of this story published at riverheadnewsreview.com Tuesday night was replaced online Wednesday morning with an updated story, which will also appear in Thursday’s edition...
10.10.2013 Business Neighbors, unions, Dems protest at Costco construction site Three sets of demonstrators descended on a Riverhead construction site Tuesday, making for a boisterous scene that blended union gripes, neighbor beefs and political aspirations along Route 58, where...