12.16.2025 News Riverhead Highway Santa delivers 500 toys for students in need Riverhead Highway Superintendent Mike Zaleski continued his tradition of spreading holiday cheer by dropping off nearly 500 toys for Roanoke Avenue Elementary School students on Monday. Mr. Zaleski played...
12.11.2025 News 100 years and counting at Riverhead Baptist Church The Riverhead First Baptist Church received a proclamation from Riverhead Town officials on Dec. 2 in celebration of its 100th anniversary. Incorporated in 1925, the historic church led today...
12.11.2025 Community Community Calendar of Events: Dec. 11, 2025 Fundraisers Saturday, Dec. 13, 1:30 p.m.: Basket raffle hosted by the Aurora Dorcas, Chapter #70, O.E.S., at Elks Lodge, 1239 East Main St., Riverhead. Donation: $10. Funds go to the group’s...
12.09.2025 Community Riverhead PBA treats local kids to ‘Shop with a Cop’ shopping spree Excitement and holiday cheer filled Target aisles as kids splurged on their favorite toys during the second annual ‘Shop with a Cop’ Riverhead PBA event on Monday, Dec. 8....
12.08.2025 News Roanoke Avenue Elementary School lights up for the holidays Roanoke Avenue Elementary School officially welcomed the holiday season last weekend with a new tradition: lighting up a giant Christmas tree for the school with the help of the...
12.05.2025 Profiles How Dr. Stanley Katz transformed cardiac care on the North Fork In the early days of Peconic Bay Medical Center’s cardiac catheterization lab, Dr. Stanley Katz would sit overnight with patients he’d just treated, to make sure they were comfortable,...
12.04.2025 Featured Story Community Calendar of Events: Dec. 4, 2025 All ages Sunday, Dec. 7, 4 p.m.: Tea time in honor of Frances H. Mims with the Rev. Natalie Wimberly, at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church, 614 Third St., Greenport. Tickets:...
12.02.2025 Community What to expect at Riverhead’s 2025 Holiday Extravaganza Winter is slowly but surely creeping over Long Island, and with it, the warmth of the season’s festive times follows. This year, multiple town organizations have pooled together their...
11.29.2025 Community December blood drives in the Town of Riverhead A total of five blood drives will be held throughout Riverhead during the month of December. They are as follows: On Monday, Dec. 1, from noon to 6 p.m.,...
11.28.2025 Community Give back this holiday season with North Fork drives ‘Tis the season of giving, and Northforkers can give back to their community through a host of toy, coat and food drives. Below are some of them: ‘Stuff the...
11.28.2025 Community Holiday lightings throughout the North Fork This holiday season, throughout the North Fork, a variety of lightings will be held, featuring Christmas tree lightings, menorah lightings and even the lighting of Flanders’ famed Big Duck....
11.27.2025 Community Thankfully talking turkey On the East End, the last Thursday in November isn’t the only Turkey Day — try all 364 other days. Our local turkeys can become truly annoying if a number...
11.27.2025 Community Community Calendar of Events: Nov. 27, 2025 All ages Sunday, Dec. 7, 4 p.m.: Tea time in honor of Frances H. Mims with the Rev. Natalie Wimberly, at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church, 614 Third St., Greenport. Tickets:...
11.26.2025 Keeping Track of History Keeping track of history: How Riverhead’s station fed New York Before refrigerated trucks and interstate highways, freshly dug potatoes from Riverhead could reach Brooklyn dinner tables within 48 hours. That was in 1844, when the Long Island Rail Road...
11.26.2025 Community Mugs on Main tackles food insecurity by paying it forward With the national SNAP program in danger and food insecurity on the rise, Mugs on Main co-owner Kasandra Watkins said a free, hot meal is always ready and waiting...
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