🌱 Riverhead Daily: Missing Since New Year's Eve + Support A Pup

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

First, today's weather:

Windy with rain tapering off. High: 48, low: 28.

Here are the top stories today in Riverhead:

1. Have you seen Angelica? She left her home on Lewis St. in Riverhead on Dec. 31 at 10 p.m. and has not been seen since. Angelica is known to frequent the Flanders area, police said. Anyone with information in regard to her location is asked to contact the Riverhead Police Department at 631-727-4500. All calls will be kept confidential. (Riverhead Patch)
2. Help the Riverhead Varsity Cheer Team get to the Nationals. Your donation can help these determined teens to get to the 2022 Universal Cheerleaders Association's national cheerleading championship in Florida next month. According to a GoFundMe page, "Riverhead Cheer — Road to Nationals," created by parent Stephanie Tomko, the student athletes recently competed at a UCA regional event and, after years of hard work and dedication, placed second in their division. Riverhead Cheer Booster is a 501 (c)(3) tax exempt organization. (Riverhead Patch)
3. Missing teens Elizabeth Depascale, 16, and Myasia Barker, 14, left the Little Flower Children's Services facility, in Wading River in the early morning hours Saturday on foot and without permission. Though no foul play is suspected, the Police are asking the public to help find the teens. Anyone with information on the girls' location is asked to contact Riverhead Police at 631-727-4500. (Riverhead Patch)
4. Volunteers needed for temporary homes for future guide and service dogs. The Guide Dog Foundation and America’s VetDogs, is in urgent need for volunteer temporary homes across Long Island and the New York Tri-state area. Temporary homes provide a puppy/mature dog a safe and friendly home with a loving environment where a puppy will learn, or an adult dog will maintain, housebreaking, obedience, excellent house manners, and socialization. Foundation puppies and dogs in training can be found here. (TBRNewsMedia.com)

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Today in Riverhead:

• Psychic Dinner Night at Desmond’s. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• RiverheadLOCAL: "A passing motorist discovered a wrecked car on Schultz Road in Manorville at 4:45 a.m. today. ⁠ The driver, a 54-year-old man, had been trapped in the wreck for two hours in bitter cold temperatures. He escaped serious injuries." (Instagram)
• RiverheadLOCAL: "Heads up: The National Weather Service has issued high wind and coastal flood warnings for Riverhead and the North Fork for overnight tonight and tomorrow morning, for tropical storm force winds gusting to 55-60 mph and potential coastal flooding." (Instagram)
• Suffolk County Historical Society: "SCHS PHOTO OF THE WEEK: The Road to Flanders, c. 1910. (Image from the Postcard Collection of the Suffolk County Historical Society Library Archives.)." (Facebook) (Website)
• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "It’s Tax Season! Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week kicks off early during tax season. This week affords everyone an opportunity to learn how to protect themselves against tax identity theft." (Facebook) (Website)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Willow Ponds on the Sound: "Hi, my parents are looking for a 2 bedroom somewhere in Willow Ponds. Please let me know if you hear of anything. Townhouse or ground floor 2 bedroom. Thanks!" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, North Fork Aquebogue: "Dog found. - Anyone recognize it?" (Nextdoor)

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