🌱Daylight Savings Time Ends + Kid's Pfizer Vaccines + Deadly RD

Morning, people of Riverhead! Diane Witek here with a brand-new edition of the Riverhead Daily.

First, today's weather:

Some sun, then turning cloudy. High: 54, low: 41.

Here are the top stories in Riverhead today:

1. Gunshots fired at Riverhead apartment complex. Several calls came in from residents of the River Pointe apartment complex, located on East Main Street. Police determined that shots had been fired in the western part of the complex and that a motor vehicle in the parking lot had been damaged by gunfire. Anyone with information is asked to call the Riverhead Police at 631-727-4500. All calls will be kept confidential. (Riverhead Patch)
2. Riverhead group homes for people with disabilities struggle. “The problem is, we want to raise the direct care workers to $20 an hour. The state doesn’t give us the money to do that. Basically, agencies on Long Island are paying anywhere from $14.50 to maybe $16. Agencies can’t afford to pay the $20 an hour", said Charles Evdos, the executive director of the agency Rise Life Services. (Dan's Papers)
3. The most "deadly road" in Suffolk County is New York State Route 25, with 17 fatal crashes from 2017 to 2019, a new study by MoneyGeek said. New York State Route 25 extends from New York City to Orient Point, and in Suffolk County, it is called Jericho Turnpike until it becomes Main Street in Smithtown, then Middle Country Road in central Suffolk. In Riverhead, the roadway becomes Main Street again before being dubbed Main Road as it extends through Southold Town to the Cross Sound Ferry terminal at Orient Point. (The Patch)

Today in Riverhead:

• HS Blue Masques Fall Production, 2 pm, Charles Cardona Auditorium. (All Day)
• A Bronx Tale. (2 p.m.)
• Annual Membership Meeting - Hallockville Museum Farm. (3 p.m.)

Riverhead Patch Notebook

• RiverheadLOCAL: "Peconic Bay Medical Center is offering Pfizer vaccines for children ages 5-11 Sunday at its West Second Street Campus. Click the link in our bio for more information." (Instagram)
• RISE Life Services: "The holidays are around the corner. Now's the wonderful time to donate on our website to create BIG smiles for all of our residents! https://riselifeservices.org/donate-now." (Facebook)
• NY Marine Rescue Center: "Its #patientupdate time! Today we are checking in our Beastie Boy, a juvenile sea turtle that stranded during the 2020 cold stun season. Not only was Beastie Boy cold stunned, but the animal had also ingested a fishing hook that had to be surgically removed." (Facebook)
• The Long Island Pine Barrens Society: "LIPBS TV: Did you know that the Pine Barrens Society has produced hundreds of environmental television programs over the years? These programs air monthly on Public Access and many are also available to stream on our YouTube channel." (Facebook)

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— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.

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