🌱 Riverhead Daily: School Mask Mandate Stays + Drugs In Jail

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Diane Witek here with everything you need to know going on in Riverhead today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and colder. High: 26, low: 11.

Here are the top stories in Riverhead today:

1. A statewide mask mandate remains in effect Tuesday after an appeals court judge issued a stay following a ruling by a Nassau County Supreme Court judge Monday that declared Gov. Kathy Hochul's mask protocols unconstitutional. The state immediately filed an appeal and New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion to stay the ruling. (Patch)
2. Gov. Kathy Hochul's staff visited Riverhead on Tuesday with the large ceremonial check to mark the award of the $10 million DRI grant. Riverhead Town Supervisor Yvette Aguiar said, "We anticipate rapid progressive action on these projects, including the Riverhead Town Square, the Railroad Avenue transit-0riented development project, implementing a downtown flood mitigation strategy, improvements to the Suffolk Theater, and upgrades to the Vail Leavitt Music Hall." (Riverhead Patch)
3. Eight people were charged with conspiring to trafficking drugs into the Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead through the U.S. Postal Service and visitations, Sheriff Errol Toulon said. An undetermined number of drugs including heroin, buprenorphine, cannabis, K2spice and other contraband were trafficked by sewing the drugs into the fabric of clothing and other property, as well as secreting them into the packaging material itself, Toulon said. Five civilian visitors and three inmates being charged with 25 felonies and 12 misdemeanors, including conspiracy, criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal sale of a controlled substance, promoting prison contraband, and criminal facilitation, Toulon said. (Riverhead Patch)

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From my notebook:

• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "Sheriff Toulon and the men and women of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office offer our deepest condolences to the men and women of Harris County Precinct 5 on the passing of Deputy Constable Charles Galloway." (Facebook) (Website)
• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "Statement from Sherrif Errol D. Toulon Jr.: “I stand with Mayor Eric Adams in calling on lawmakers to revise New York’s Bail Reform legislation to include commonsense changes." (Facebook) (Website)
• The Suffolk Theater: "Got any plans for next month? We've got you covered from Valentine's Day and musical theater with Broadway stars, to stand-up comedy with Bobby Collins, to music that will take you back in time with Frankie Avalon! Tickets are available." (Instagram)

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