🌱 Riverhead Daily: Suffolk Theater Benefit Concert + Caboose

Good day, people of Riverhead! It's me again, Diane Witek, your host of the Riverhead Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 52, low: 39.

Here are the top stories in Riverhead today:

1. The Anti-Litter Advisory committee of Riverhead designated Saturday, April 23 for its spring cleanup event in honor of Earth Day. Deborah Wetzel, chairperson of the anti-litter committee, said the spring cleanup last April saw over 200 volunteers who cleaned up more than 35 streets, parks and beaches within the town. Here's how you can get involved. You can contact Wetzel at her email deborahjwetzel@gmail.com. (RiverheadLOCAL)
2. Riverhead's Suffolk Theater is planning a benefit concert for aid agencies helping victims of Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine. The concert will benefit the efforts of UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders and the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, and will be held on Sunday, March 27 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $50 and are available online at SuffolkTheater.com or over the phone at 631-727-4343. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go directly to the three organizations providing relief efforts for the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. (East End Beacon)
3. The former Caboose Pub on Railroad Avenue could be transformed into a 40-seat, sit-down restaurant, under a proposal presented to the Riverhead Town Board at Thursday’s Town Board session. (Subscription: Riverhead News Review)
4. On Saturday, March 12, at the Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University presented an honorary doctorate in music to the world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis presided over the degree granting ceremony and described how Ma’s music “has been the soundtrack to our lives and our collective experience in a way that is utterly unique.” (Stony Brook News)
5. Set your calendars! The Great South Bay Music Festival returns to Shorefront Park in Patchogue from July 7 to 10 with more than 55 bands — including half from Long Island — set to perform across three stages. There will be food and beer for those 21 and older. General admission tickets, $49.99-$55.99, are on sale along with two- and four-day passes. Tickets go up April 1, so buy them now: greatsouthbaymusicfestival.com. (Newsday)

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Today in Riverhead:

• HS Parent — Admin Connection (PAC) 11:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. (All Day)
• Garden Makeover on a Budget — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. (7 a.m.)
• Corned Beef & Cabbage (or Flounder) Dinner sponsored by East End Lions. (9 a.m.)

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Events:

• Group Sound Experience. (March 16)
• Purim Celebration. (March 16)
• Queen of Hearts Raffle fundraiser and live music. (March 18)
• Metal for Tesla. (March 19)
• Macaron and Wine Pairing Featuring Petite + Sweet Macarons at Sannino Vineyard. (March 20)
• American Diabetes Association Diabetes Alert Day: Understand Your Risk. (March 22)
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