🌱 Riverhead Daily: Missing Teens + Home Depot Theft + Explorium

Happy Monday, Riverhead! Diane Witek here with everything going on today in Riverhead.

First, today's weather:

Colder with periods of sun. High: 30, low: 17.

Here are the top stories today in Riverhead:

1. Two teens are once again missing from the Little Flower Children’s Services in Wading River. Kiaralyn Delgado, 16, and Autumn Tucker, 14, left the Little Flower campus together on Friday, Jan. 7 at approximately 3:20 p.m. Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of Kiaralyn Delgado and Autumn Tucker is asked to contact the Riverhead Police Department at 631-727-4500. All calls will remain confidential. (Riverhead Patch)
2. Three men stole $1,500 worth of roofing shingles from the Riverhead Home Depot last year. In a Jan. 7 press release the police said the men stole 28 packages of roofing shingles, from the Home Depot on Route 58 on Oct. 16 at approximately 11:30 a.m. Police released surveillance camera images of the suspects. Anyone with information please call 1-800-220-TIPS, utilizing a mobile app which can be downloaded through the App Store or Google Play by searching P3 Tips, or online at www.P3Tips.com. All calls, text messages and emails will be kept confidential. Cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. (Riverhead Patch)
3. The Stony Brook Department of Art’s visual arts program recently partnered with the Long Island Explorium to present a , “A Visual Dialogue on Environmental Issues.” It demonstrates discourse on environmental challenges that affect our most vulnerable citizens and communities. To view “A Visual Dialogue on Environmental Issues” and learn more about the student concepts, visit the Long Island Explorium website. To learn more about the Long Island Explorium, click here. (Stony Brook News)

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Today in Riverhead:

• Winter Seed Sowing - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. (9 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• Riverhead Books: "🤩🌙🕷GIVEAWAY🕷🌙🤩 JUST ONE MONTH until the next installment of the Dark Star trilogy is here! To celebrate we’re giving away finished copies of BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF and of course, MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING! 🌙🕷 Comment on your favorites." (Instagram) (Website)
• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "Today is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day! To serve and protect the people of Suffolk County is a privilege and an honor. We are eternally grateful for you unwavering support!" (Facebook) (Website)
• Spirit's Promise Equine Rescue Program: "Meet Sinatra - our January animal of the month! He’s an Appendix horse, a product of humans breeding a Quarter horse with a Thoroughbred. Unfortunately Sinatra, like many other cross-bred horses, was born with a disability of his feet." (Facebook) (Website)
• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "Did you know? The Suffolk County Sheriff's Office provides FREE presentations to community and school groups on a wide variety of topics: - Say Something and Start with Hello (Sandy Hook Promise) - Substance Abuse and Vaping - Bullying." (Facebook) (Website)
• Suffolk County Historical Society: "NEW EXHIBIT OPENING Jan.29! Beyond the Gates: Long Island’s Grand Estates of Yesteryear. From the Gilded Age to Great Gatsby’s 1920s, recognizable names like the Vanderbilts, Roosevelts, Havemeyers, and Woolworths." (Facebook) (Website)
• Suffolk County Historical Society: "SCHS PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Nine Men on an Iceberg, Patchogue, 1907. (Image from the Patchogue Postcard Collection of the Suffolk County Historical Society Library Archives)." (Facebook) (Website)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! I'll see you around.

— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.