🌱 Riverhead Alternative HS Program + Remembering Victor + Beer!

Good morning, Riverhead! Diane Witek here providing you with what you need to know to get your day started off right! Here are the most important things happening in town today.

First, today's weather:

Sun mixing with clouds. High: 54, low: 50.

Here are the top stories today in Riverhead:

1. Riverhead High School may add an alternative high school program that would operate in the afternoon hours. The program to help at-risk students would operate from 3-5 p.m. in the high school building. According to the National Dropout Prevention Center, the alternative school program serves youth in at-risk situations and provides an opportunity for students who are underachieving or lack credits for graduation but still want to stay in school and obtain their diplomas. (Riverhead News Review)
2. A Flanders man, 30, who overcame many obstacles, is remembered for his positive, uplifting spirit. Victor Irizarry faced no shortage of challenges in his life. Each time, he emerged stronger. While working on his job for Suffolk Excavating, Victor was removing silt from the bottom of a drainage pipe when he collapsed as a result of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning and later died. Victor will be remembered as always being positive and someone who sought a good time.
3. Five North Fork craft beers getting excited about this holiday season. One great thing about being a craft beer maker is that you get to play in a sandbox of flavor limited only by your imagination. Your favorite candy from childhood? Why not drink it? Pine needles? Yes, please. Coffee grounds? Of course! See the list of some concoctions, all on tap now, that local brewers have created for your holiday celebrations. (Northforker)

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Today in Riverhead:

• Guided Trail Walk at Indian Island Park (Riverhead). (10 a.m.)
• From Plankton to Whales (Riverhead). (5:30 p.m.)
• Wild Long Island: From Plankton To Whales (Riverhead). (5:30 p.m.)
• Book Time with a Dog (Riverhead Library). (5:30 p.m.)
• Evening Senior Singles: Meet and Greet (Riverhead). (6 p.m.)

Riverhead Patch Notebook

• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "Last week, 10 new Deputy Sheriffs graduated from the Police Academy and began their careers with the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office. We wish them the best of luck. Here's to a long and safe career! #SCSO. #SuffolkSheriff." (Facebook)
• Riverhead Books: "✨MONDAY CHECKLIST✨ Coffee, books. 🧐 Yup think that covers EVERYTHING." (Instagram)
• Spirit's Promise Equine Rescue Program: "Thank you to Urban Rodeo and to all the dancers who made our North Fork Country Barn dance a success on Saturday night. Urban Rodeo will be back with us again in 2022!" (Facebook)
• RiverheadLOCAL: "New Yorkers will have a constitutional right to 'clean air and water, and a healthful environment' at the start of the new year, but what will that mean as a practical matter?⁠ ⁠ Voters approved the 'green amendment' on Election Day." (Instagram)
• Riverhead Faculty & Community Theatre RFCT: "Don't let COVID defeat us! PLEASE come support this cast as we rise from last weekend's setback." (Facebook)

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Events:

• Free Thanksgiving Day Dinner, Church of the Harvest, Riverhead. (Nov. 25)
• East End Food Market opening day. (Nov. 27)
• HOLIDAY HOP: Downtown Riverhead Holiday Costume Bar Crawl. Get Tickets. (Dec. 03)
• Santa Brunch, Long Island Aquarium, get tickets. (Dec. 05)

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Announcements:

• PAL Grows Youth Lacrosse Across Long Island. (Details)
• Behind The Scoreboard – A Builder Of America’s Pastime. (Details)
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• Oak Dining Room Set. (Details)
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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.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Riverhead Daily? I'm all ears. You can reach me at diane.witek@patch.com.