🌱 Riverhead Daily: Dolphins + Body Cams + School Threat

Hello all. It's me, Diane Witek, your host of the Riverhead Daily — here to tell you all the most important things happening locally.

First, today's weather:

An a.m. shower; mostly cloudy. High: 76, low: 57.

Here are the top stories in Riverhead today:

1. Support the North Fork Community Theatre on Saturday, June 11 at 2 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Mattituck; enjoy a night of music, food and drinks. The events support the NFCT Building on Tradition Campaign to make renovations to the theater. The NFCT has to match the donations up to $100,000. Tickets for each event costs $125 for those 31 years old or older, $85 for those under 31 years old and $175 for sparkling supporters. To purchase tickets, call 631-298-4500 or visit the Brown Paper Tickets website. (RiverheadLOCAL)
2. The new sports and recreation facility on Middle Country Road in Calverton, Island Water Park did not open for Memorial Day weekend as planned. The developer hopes to have the park open by mid-July. (RiverheadLOCAL via Instagram)
3. Sujecki Farms in Calverton is open for strawberry picking! You only have until the end of June, then blueberry season starts. Here's a tip, don't pick the white ones, go for the sweet, red ones. Yum! (News 12 Bronx)
4. Did you see the dolphin off Greenport on Tuesday? Many residences were able to watch the dolphins that were spotted west of the ferry toward Sunset Beach on Shelter Island. See video. (North Fork Patch)
5. By the end of June, Suffolk County officers "on street patrol, in schools and on the gang unit and supervisors will be wearing body cameras," Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said. Chief Thomas Bennett said Wednesday that the department "purchased 125 Taser Axon Flex cameras and officers will be trained on the equipment next month." (Subscription: Newsday)
6. On Wednesday, a 15-year-old student was arrested after he threatened to "shoot up the school" in Riverhead, police said. The teen was charged with one count of making a terroristic threat, police said. (Patch)

From my notebook:

• Riverhead Books: 👀 "Do you have this 'destined to be a blockbuster' novel on your July TBR? Do birds fly? Is the sky blue? 🤪 " (Riverhead Books via Instagram) (Website)
• NY Marine Rescue Center/NYMRC: "Attention! We are coming clean!⁠ ⁠We are asking for car wash supplies! ⁠Our vehicles come into contact with a lot of debris: dirt, salt and grime. If left untreated, these deposits could eventually eat away." (NY Marine Rescue Center/NYMRC via Instagram) (Website)
• RiverheadLOCAL: "Supervisor Yvette Aguiar will give this year’s 'State of the Town' address at a dinner meeting of the Riverhead Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis clubs to be held on Wednesday, June 8 at the Sea Star Ballroom. Tickets are $35." (RiverheadLOCAL via Instagram)
• Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County: "Join our Diabetes Educators for a free virtual support group." (Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County via Facebook)
• The Suffolk Theater: "A message from our New York Casting Director, Stephen DeAngelis, about Broadway Spotlight this Saturday! Come join us for a magical evening of Broadway in Riverhead. Complete with five vocalists who have performed lead roles in Broadway musicals." (The Suffolk Theater via Instagram) (Website)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Herricks Lane: "Hallockville Museum Farm — Call for Craft and Farmer's Market Vendors — Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead invites artisans, artists and crafters of handmade goods; and producers of locally grown food and beverage items; to sell their goods." (Nextdoor)

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— Diane Witek

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

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