🌱 Riverhead Daily: Annual Pink Pearl Gala + Head-On Crash: PD

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

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 56, low: 36.

Here are the top stories in Riverhead today:

1. The Annual Pink Pearl Gala, celebrating breast-cancer survivors, is planned for April 8, 2022. The cocktail reception, seated dinner, and dancing to music by Phil Schmidt of Make Some Noise DJs will be held from 6-10 p.m. at East Wind Long Island, 5720 Route 25A, Wading River. Seating for the inspiring, wear-pink or -teal event will be available for $125 per person and $95 for breast-cancer survivors through www.northforkbreasthealth.org. To reserve individual seating or reserve tables for a group, please leave a message at the coalition office in Riverhead at 631-208-8889. For information about corporate sponsorship opportunities or contributing to a gift basket, contact the event chair, Melanie McEvoy Zuhoski, at 917-699-5948 or nfbreasthealth@gmail.com. (Press Release Desk)
2. Carmine J. Monteforte III, 40, of Westhampton Beach, was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs after a crash in Quogue Friday that left another driver with serious injuries, police said. The driver of the F-250, a man, 60, from Mastic, suffered serious physical injuries after his pickup truck was hit head-on with Montefiore's pickup truck. The crash took place just east of, where five were killed in July in a head-on crash; family members of those lost have been advocating for a traffic study to examine what can be done to mitigate what many believe is a dangerous stretch of roadway. (Patch)
3. Donald Goodwin, age 31, a resident of Port Jefferson Station, is facing drug and weapon charges after officers witnessed him engage in a hand-to-hand drug transaction, police said. The officers followed and pulled over the vehicle on Route 347, near Mark Tree Road, in Centereach at 3:07 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, said police. Officers recovered two handguns, a Ruger LCP .380 and a Burgo .22-caliber short revolver, along with more than $100,000 in cash and a quantity of fentanyl and methadone, police said. (Daily Voice)
4. Stanley Battle, age 37, was arrested for allegedly violating a protective stay-away order, in addition to two robbery crimes. He was arrested in Suffolk County by the Riverhead Police after they responded to a 911 call for help in Peconic Crossing, police said. Battle violently resisted arrest. He was taken into custody without injury to Battle or the officers involved, police said. (Daily Voice)

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Today in Riverhead:

• CCE Flock Talks: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in New York. (2 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Hoccabuck Park: "Hello everyone, I buy vinyl records. Not one at a time but larger collections. Please give me a call if you have any records to sell. I will come to you. I live in Aquebogue and NYC. Thanks Joe: 917 559-8151" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Northville: "Any Frigidaire fridge owners out there? I purchased a replacement Pure source 2 Water & Ice Refrigerator Filter (WF2CB) but we bought a new fridge so it was never used. Paid about $40 but will accept any offer." (Nextdoor)

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