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...
03.15.2022 News Suffolk Theater to host ‘All For Ukraine’ benefit concert on March 27 Gary Hygom, executive director of Suffolk Theater in Riverhead, was watching the news last Sunday about the war in Ukraine and decided he had to do something. “I was...
03.13.2022 Editorials Editorial: ‘Freedom isn’t free’ is on full display at church Watching the horror of the Russian aggression in Ukraine — the long lines of refugees, children being carried by their frightened mothers fleeing the violence, the fathers staying behind...
03.08.2022 News When war began, Anna Marynyak, 62, walked miles to Poland to reach safety Anna Marynyak’s trip to her native Ukraine in late December was meant to be a family reunion. Her plan was to stay until Feb. 27 and then fly back...
