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11.13.2025 News

First responders rally to pay Veterans Day tribute

The cancellation of the annual Veterans Day tribute at Calverton National Cemetery didn’t prevent local first responders and civilians from paying tribute to veterans. Amid freezing temperatures and flurries...

11.10.2025 News

Riverhead PBA organizes Veterans Day tribute outside Calverton National Cemetery

The Riverhead PBA has stepped up to put on a Veterans Day tribute after the government shutdown forced the Calverton National Cemetery to cancel its annual ceremony. The gathering...

11.07.2025 News

Government shutdown cancels Calverton National Cemetery Veterans Day ceremony

The Calverton National Cemetery annual Veterans Day Ceremony has been cancelled this year due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. Both the Support Committee for the Calverton National Cemetery...

05.23.2025 Community

Riverhead students craft ceramic poppies to honor veterans

A ceramic installation made of poppies crafted by Riverhead High School student-artists will greet families, friends and loved ones who pay their respects to veterans buried at Calverton National...

Five students stand in a line holding red ceramic poppies that they crafted.

09.10.2024 Community

Events and commemorations to remember 9/11

In somber recognition of the events 23 years ago on September 11, 2001, towns across the North Fork will gather in tribute. Multiple ceremonies and events are taking place...

05.29.2024 Community

Photos: Memorial Day Commemoration at Calverton National Cemetery, May 27, 2024

According to photographer, Jeremy Garretson, “The size and beauty of this location is always humbling. 295,000 gravesites, with another 6,000 to 7,000 burials each year.” Congressmen and former serviceman,...

A Memorial Day commemoration ceremony where men stand at attention, saluting and a crowd sits in chairs. American flags wave throughout the property.

05.24.2024 Community

Memorial Day parades and remembrances this weekend

Monday, May 27 marks Memorial Day 2024. Here are some of the big events and ceremonies honoring America’s fallen service members across the area. RIVERHEAD The Riverhead Memorial Day...

12.03.2023 Editorials

Editorial: A veteran is buried and the American spirit is rekindled

In our newspapers last week, we wrote about the burial in Calverton National Cemetery of a soldier, Sgt. Bernard Sweeney, whose remains were first found near where he went...

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