02.24.2023 News Home Front: After a year of war, local Ukrainians share their stories Local Ukrainians filled the pews at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Riverhead Sunday to hear Mass in their native language. In their home country, war raged....
01.05.2023 Community 2022 Person of the Year: The Rev. Bohdan Hedz In February of last year, Russia invaded Ukraine, bombing cities and mobilizing towards the capital city of Kyiv, with the end goal of annexing the country. In the rectory...
12.22.2022 News Top Stories 2022: As war raged, the Ukrainian community on the North Fork showed support On Feb. 24, Russia attacked its neighbor Ukraine, bombing a number of cities and sending tanks and soldiers into the northern part of the country en route to the...
08.14.2022 Editorials Editorial: Strong support for Ukraine at church’s annual chicken BBQ Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began back in February, a small church in Riverhead has been the epicenter of getting help to the people of Ukraine and the...
08.08.2022 News Photos: Chicken barbecue to raise funds for Ukraine draws big turnout St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Church in Riverhead hosted an annual chicken barbecue Sunday on a beautiful, warm summer afternoon with proceeds going to benefit war-torn Ukraine. The event...
03.22.2022 News Teaming up to support children misplaced by war in Ukraine Olha Loza was heartbroken hearing about the influx of kids being brought into orphanages because of the war in her native country, Ukraine. Ms. Loza, founder of East End-based...
03.20.2022 Editorials Editorial: Refugees seeking safety from war is a familiar story The story of the MS St. Louis, an ill-fated passenger ship that left Hamburg, Germany, in May 1939 en route to Cuba, is well known by Holocaust scholars. Among...
03.18.2022 Columns Column: For Billy Joel, helping Ukraine is personal Billy Joel grew up in a family that had known firsthand what it meant to be refugees in search of safety and freedom. His father, Helmut Joel, and Billy’s...
