🌱 Grangebel Park Robbery + 65 AP Scholars + Can’t Sustain This

Happy Wednesday, people of Riverhead! Diane Witek here providing you with what you need to know to get your day started off right! Here's everything that's happening in and around town today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 53, low: 36.

Here are the top stories today in Riverhead:

1. Two robbed in popular Suffolk County park. The two victims flagged down a patrol officer on East Main Street to report being robbed by two men in Grangebel Park, in Riverhead. Anyone who may have any information or witnessed the robbery is asked to contact the Riverhead Police at 631-727-4500. (Rutherford Daily Voice)
2. Riverhead Central School District announced 65 Riverhead High School students were named Advanced Placement Scholars by the College Board for their performance on AP program exams. The AP program offers students the opportunity to enroll in college-level courses while in high school to earn college credit. (RiverheadLOCAL)
3. Riverhead High School senior Clark Fischer was named Commended Student in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. He is now a candidate for special scholarships sponsored by corporate businesses. (RiverheadLOCAL)
4. The president of the Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps, announced that the nonprofit organization that provides emergency medical services to nearly all of the Town of Riverhead, is so underfunded it cannot hire and retain the paid responders it needs to do its job. (RiverheadLOCAL)

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Today in Riverhead:

• High School Portrait Retakes, Gr. 9-11 — Riverhead Senior High School. (All Day)
• Romp and Rhyme — Riverhead Free Library. (11 a.m.)
• Why We Crave The Foods We Do — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. (2 p.m.)
• Conversational Italian/Grammar on Zoom (Riverhead). (4 p.m.)
• "Historic Crimes of Long Island; Misdeeds from the 1600s to the 1950s," by Kerriann Flanagan Brosky. (5:30 p.m.)
• Book Time with a Dog (Riverhead Library). (5:30 p.m.)

Riverhead Patch Notebook

• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "Join us on Dec. 11 as The Boldest 'Play with Purpose' against the NYC Department of Correction Hockey for a special night in honor of Inv. Sgt. Keith Allison, who tragically passed away due to complications from COVID-19." (Facebook)
• Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County: "Join us this Thursday night for our Art Show event with CCE-Suffolk Art. For more information on how to take part of a wonderful night please visit: http://ow.ly/Zbuj50GCvbe, #CCESuffolk, #CornellCreatesCommunity, #PortJeffVillageCenter." (Facebook)
• East End Women's Network - EEWN: "East End Women's Network Annual Holiday Dinner and Auction is our biggest event of the year. Held at the beautiful Stonewalls Restaurant, you will have a delicious three-course meal, mingle with other fun women and join in on our huge auction!" (Facebook)
• Riverhead Faculty & Community Theatre RFCT: "And now, for the 'Star' of the show, meet 'Sylvia.' We open Friday! https://www.onthestage.tickets/riverhead-faculty-and-community-theatre/season." (Facebook)

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— Diane Witek

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