🌱 Riverhead Daily: Resident Beach Stickers + RISE Life Services

Happy Saturday, people of Riverhead! Diane Witek here with everything you need to know about what's happening locally today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and cold. High: 33, low: 25.

Here are the top stories in Riverhead today:

1. Riverhead Town will not be selling non-resident beach stickers to town beaches this summer, as was the case last year and in 2020. “We got a lot of good feedback from our beach committee people and they’re pretty happy,” said Councilman Tim Hubbard, who is the Town Board liaison. (Subscription: Riverhead News Review)
2. To address the needs of local residents and jail inmates whose anxiety, depression and other emotional issues have been exacerbated during the pandemic, Riverhead opened RISE Life Services Elevations Clinic Treatment Program on East Main Road. The facility will work with the Suffolk County Sherriff’s Office, which will refer patients there, with the goal of eventually treating 1,000 individuals monthly through the Riverhead site. (NewsKudo)
3. There are a lot of events offered this week, Build Your Own [Cheese] Board at Sannino Vineyard and The Laramie Project start off the weekend. See more events. (Riverhead Patch)
4. "Turning Back Thyme: A Taste of Hallockville" held at the Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead is a series of workshops of historic farm-to-table food production, preparation and preservation practices. Each workshop costs $50 for Hallockville Museum Farm members or $65 for non-members. Members may also sign up for all four workshops for $175. For more details and to register, visit the museum farm’s website. (RiverheadLOCAL)
5. Welcome Connie Lassandro, new president of the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce. Lassandro has experience as a housing and development consultant, she previously worked as the director of the Nassau County Office of Housing and Homeless Services. The new Chamber president is enthusiastic about the future of Downtown Riverhead. “I really think when all is said and done, downtown will be identified with restaurants and entertainment,” Lassandro said. (RiverheadLOCAL)

Today in Riverhead:

• East End Food Institute's Indoor Farmers Market. (9 a.m.)
• Frankie Avalon. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Merritts Pond: "Hi everyone, I am a member of the Riverhead Town Litter Committee, a group of concerned residents who care about the environment and creating a cleaner Riverhead community. We are making progress! We are looking for folks to join us." (Nextdoor)
• Joseph from Nextdoor Community Team, Nextdoor New York: "#Snowcrew. How to offer and get help shoveling for the Winter Storm. ⛄❄️ Neighbors, it's going to snow, yet again! This time around, based on your feedback, we are simplifying the process, here's how the #Snowcrew Angels volunteering works." (Nextdoor)

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— Diane Witek

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