Riverhead BIDMA Archives - Riverhead News Review

05.20.2021 Government

As COVID-19 restrictions eased, Town Board approves full slate of downtown events

Downtown Riverhead will come alive once again. The full slate of popular downtown events — Alive on 25, the Cardboard Boat Race, Halloween parade and coffin races, among others...

10.30.2020 Business

Riverhead BIDMA will offer grants to help restaurants with outdoor dining

A dip in temperatures won’t mean the end of outdoor dining in Riverhead. At least, the Riverhead Business Improvement District Management Association hopes not. The organization announced Thursday that...

04.20.2020 News

Ray Pickersgill, 71, remembered as ‘the spark that ignited downtown’ Riverhead’s revitalization

Longtime Riverhead Business Improvement District president Ray Pickersgill died Monday at Stony Brook University Hospital. He was 71. Mr. Pickersgill owned the Robert James Salon in downtown Riverhead with...

08.27.2019 Business

Riverhead Business Improvement District picks leaders, sets budget

The Riverhead Business Improvement District Management Association elected its leaders and adopted its budget for 2020 last Wednesday. BIDMA president Steve Shauger, who is the general manager of the...

05.26.2019 Community

New executive director to take over Riverhead BIDMA

The Riverhead Business Improvement District Management Association has a new executive director and is planning a number of events for downtown Riverhead in 2019.

01.18.2019 Business

Executive director of BIDMA to resign; Halloween Festival in jeopardy

Members of the Riverhead Business Improvement District Management Association debated whether to continue having the popular Halloween Festival and coffin race next fall in light of the pending resignation...