🌱 Riverhead Daily: New Home Listings + Duck Farm Land Preserved

Get on up, Riverhead! Diane Witek here with everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right. Here's everything going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

A snow shower in the p.m. High: 34, low: 26.

Here are the top stories today in Riverhead:

1. According to Patch, here is a sampling of the latest batch of new homes to hit the market in and around Riverhead — including one for $299,000, and another in the Jamesport area with 4 beds and 3.5 baths for $1.2 million. (Riverhead Patch)
2. A former duck farm in Aquebogue has been purchased by the Peconic Land Trust for $11.5 million. The 100-acre waterfront parcel on Flanders Bay known as Broad Cove had been targeted for development of a mixed-use resort, but the owners, Walo LLC, sold it instead to the land trust to keep it preserved. (Subscription: Long Island Business News)
3. The Mental Health Subcommittee of the Community Mental Hygiene Advisory Board is holding a Zoom meeting Feb. 2. The next Zoom meeting of the Substance Use Disorders Subcommittee is scheduled for Feb. 3. Please call the MH Division at 631-853-8500, to get the numbers to participate in this Zoom calls. (Press Release Desk)
4. Riverhead Area Events Calendar: This weekend, starting Friday night, is a fundraiser with live music, Saturday is a Winter Beer Fest, Sunday is a Community Blood Drive and Tuesday is the 17th Annual Long Island Winterfest. Sounds like fun to me! (Riverhead Patch)

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Today in Riverhead:

• HS NJROTC Military Ball — Riverhead Senior High School. (All Day)

From my notebook:

• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "Sheriff Toulon met with Caitlyn from Caitlyn's Vision and Nassau Police Commissioner Pat Ryder to distribute the donated winter clothes collected by members of both police agencies. Well done! #NCPD, Nassau County Police Department, #SCSO." (Facebook) (Website)
• RiverheadLOCAL: "The town board today discussed proposals for two multistory, mixed-use buildings downtown and the impacts such developments will have on downtown parking." (Instagram)
• Rotary Club of Riverhead: "Rotarian Dawn Vogel receives her first Paul Harris award today and presented to her by Past President Ron Farnworth and Foundation Chair Cornelia Gevinski. Congratulations Dawn! #paulharrisfellow, #rotarylife, #rotaryfamily." (Facebook) (Website)
• Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps (RVAC): "A powerful winter storm is scheduled to impact our area this weekend and Riverhead Ambulance is prepared for the worst. Crews will be strategically positioned and ready to respond at a moment's notice to a call for help." (Facebook) (Website)
• NY Marine Rescue Center/NYMRC: "Are you looking for something special to do with your child/children this Valentine's Day? Join us on Sunday, Feb.13 at 11 a.m. for a card making class. Participants will make a sea turtle valentine's card, hear a sea turtle story." (Instagram) (Website)

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Announcements:

• Behind The Scoreboard — Sports For Athletes With Disabilities. (Details)
• Animal Communication Sessions. (Details)
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• Wholistic Healing Services. (Details)
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Job listings:

• Irrigation Positions (Details)
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• Course of Piano Lessons for Adults and Children. (Details)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Friday. I'll see you soon!

— Diane Witek

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