🌱 Riverhead Daily: Purse Thief Nabbed: PD + Fentanyl Testing Strips

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Diane Witek here with everything you need to know about what's happening today.

First, today's weather:

Windy with clouds and sun. High: 56, low: 37.

Here are the top stories today in Riverhead:

1. Temple Israel will commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 27, with a program featuring speaker Felice Katz, the daughter of Holocaust survivor. Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising on April 19, 1943. The event starts at the library at 5:30 p.m. (RiverheadLOCAL)
2. To help save lives, some restaurant and bar owners are putting fentanyl testing strips in bathrooms. Fentanyl-testing strips are becoming more common in bars, restaurants and venues across the country to combat Fentanyl overdose. (Patch)
3. In advance of the 2022-2023 budget hearing and vote, the Riverhead Central School District will host two budget presentations in the upcoming weeks to field questions from the community. (RiverheadLOCAL)
4. A man was charged Monday with stealing a woman's bag from her car, police said.
   According to Riverhead police, at 2:48 p.m., officers were investigating a crash on Roanoke Avenue just south of Dunkin' Donuts. A passerby told an officer that a man had been seen looking into parked vehicles in the Dunkin' Donuts parking lot, police said. Next, the investigating officer saw a man fitting the description walking with a woman's pocketbook; the officer stopped the man and interviewed him, police said. (Riverhead Patch)

Today in Riverhead:

• Board of Education Meeting, 7 p.m. — Riverhead Csd. (All Day)

From my notebook:

• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "The Suffolk Sheriff’s Boldest Hockey Team will be taking on the New York Cancer Foundation in a rematch game! Suffolk’s Boldest won the first matchup back in August of last year, and now the NY Cancer Foundation wants to even the score!" (Facebook) (Website)
• NY Marine Rescue Center/NYMRC: "The year was 2018, and we were all gathering at the cinema to watch the story of the prehistoric animals featured in Jurassic World: 'Fallen Kingdom,' when another prehistoric animal stranded in Long Beach, N.Y." (Instagram) (Website)
• East End Women's Network - EEWN: "Join us and the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, April 27 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at @privetconsignmentwarehouse. Enjoy a glass of wine and appetizers as you meet new friends. Bring your business cards!" (Facebook) (Website)

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— Diane Witek

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