08.30.2018 Government Lewis Street may be permanently renamed in honor of Tech. Sgt. Briggs Residents of Lewis Street will be tasked with deciding whether to permanently rename their road in honor of Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs.
07.25.2018 Community Mortgage paid off for family of fallen Tech Sgt. Dashan Briggs In the months following the death of Riverhead native Tech Sgt. Dashan Briggs, the community rushed to the side of his wife, Rebecca, and their two young children, Jayden...
04.26.2018 Government Town to dedicate street in memory of Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs The Riverhead Town Board will vote Tuesday to give an honorary destination to Lewis Street for Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs, a Riverhead native who died in a helicopter crash...
04.05.2018 Columns Column: Their sacrifices are so ‘that others may live’ “Aircraft five minutes out!” boomed a disembodied voice over a giant loudspeaker, breaking the reverend silence of over 1,000 gathered on the flight line at Gabreski Air National Guard...
03.29.2018 News Never to be forgotten, Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs laid to rest Fellow service members, friends, family and officials gathered at the Westhampton Beach Volunteer Fire Department to remember Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs, a Riverhead native who died in a helicopter...
03.28.2018 Community Photos: 106th Rescue Wing brings Tech. Sgt. Briggs, fellow airmen home The bodies of three members of the 106th Rescue Wing, including Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs, a Riverhead native, arrived back home on the East End in a service at...
03.27.2018 News Video: Dignified arrival for Tech. Sgt. Briggs, fallen service members Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs, the Riverhead native who was killed in Iraq last week, is arriving home at Francis S. Gabreski Airport Tuesday afternoon for a dignified arrival and...
03.23.2018 Community Riverhead native earns posthumous promotion; funeral arrangements set Dashan Briggs, the Riverhead native who died last week in a helicopter crash in Iraq, earned a posthumous promotion to the rank of technical sergeant, according to the New...