🌱 Riverhead Daily: Duo Indicted For Drugs: DA + School Threat Charge

Hi all. Diane Witek here this morning with your new edition of the Riverhead Daily. Here's all the local news you need to know right now.

First, today's weather:

Pleasant with sunshine. High: 75, low: 57.

Here are the top stories today in Riverhead:

1. The board hearing held Thursday night on the site plan application filed by Niosi Firearms for "changes to a vacant commercial building on Elton Street" was adjourned at the request of the applicant. What was presented to the board was an indoor firing range, not firearms sales and rentals at the site. Residents attended the hearing in droves to speak out against the plan. (RiverheadLOCAL)
2. According to Riverhead Town police, "a 15-year-old Riverhead High School student was arrested Thursday after he threatened violence against faculty and students for the second day in a row, police said." The teen is being held at the Nassau County juvenile detention facility until his arraignment at Suffolk County Superior Court, Youth Part, police said. (Riverhead Patch)
3. St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Riverhead is continuing to ship supplies, "roughly 300 pounds of donations a week," to Ukraine. The large Riverhead Ukraine community has relatives still living in Ukraine and they have not given up on helping them survive the war. (RiverheadLOCAL via Instagram)
4. Two Riverhead men, Marquis Douglas, 36, and Jesse Pace, 38, were charged for distributing drugs, including fentanyl, that led to the deaths of four people on the North Fork last August, federal officials said. (North Fork Patch)
5. Sonic drive-in restaurant may be planning for an "unimproved property in Riverhead on Old Country Road, across from Apple Honda." The developer is looking for approval to "develop the vacant commercial land with a 2,283-sq-ft drive-in restaurant." If it sounds like Sonic, and it looks like Sonic on paper, well, it just may be a Sonic the developer is hoping for. (LongIsland.com)

Today in Riverhead:

• 3-Dimensional Rug Hooking Class with Sarah McNamara. (10 a.m.)
• Broadway Spotlight. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• East End Food Market: "New vendor alert ✨ @stormygardensoapworks just joined our Friday lineup! Come check out their cold process, handmade soaps! Wednesdays & Fridays 3 -7 p.m. #staysudsy, #eastendfoodmarket, #riverheadfarmersmarket." (East End Food Market via Instagram)
• RISE Life Services: "Join us for our Rise on the Vine fundraiser at Del Vino Vineyards! Enjoy an evening of delicious food and wine while supporting Rise Life Service's Huntington Cultural Center! Purchase your tickets today." (RISE Life Services via Facebook) (Website)
• Riverhead Faculty & Community Theatre RFCT: "Next Saturday is your last chance to see this delightful romp. Tickets are selling quickly. Reserve yours today!" (Riverhead Faculty & Community Theatre RFCT via Facebook)
• The Long Island Pine Barrens Society: "How do the Pine Barrens help protect our drinking water? Long Island’s drinking water is stored in underground aquifers that are replenished by rainfall. Anything we do on land impacts our water quality — what we pour down our drains." (The Long Island Pine Barrens Society via Facebook)
• Spirit's Promise Equine Rescue Program: "This grief group begins on Monday, June 6. If you would like to participate, please call Jeannie at 631-288-1546, ext. 208 for an assessment." (Spirit's Promise Equine Rescue Program via Facebook) (Website)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Saturday off right. 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.

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