🌱 Riverhead Daily: Rev. Responds To Invasion + Diabetes Program

Rise and shine, Riverhead! It's Friday, so let me, Diane Witek, get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Rain; breezy in the afternoon. High: 39, low: 19.

Here are the top stories in Riverhead today:

1. Five new properties for sale in the Riverhead area. Patch provides you with a sampling of homes for sale, such as a listing with 2 beds and 2.5 baths for $474,900, and another in the Jamesport area with 4 beds and 3 baths for $899,000. (Riverhead Patch)
2. "Like every normal person, it's a shock, there is disbelief," Rev. Bohdan Hedz of the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Riverhead said to Patch about the news that Russia had declared war, invading Ukraine with explosions. According to Patch, Hedz's mother, 67, lives in Ukraine and refuses to leave. "She said, 'If I need to bear arms, I'm going to fight.'"(Riverhead Patch)
3. Thanks to the quick actions of Long Island's finest, a suicidal Coram man is alive and in a local hospital for observation. Police said the officers responded to a Middle Country Road building following a 911 call reporting a man threatening to jump. They arrived to find the man, whose identity was not released, sitting at the edge of the roof with both legs dangling over the edge, police said. Officers talked to him from below, while the other officers made their way to the rooftop and managed to grab the man, pulling him to safety. (smithtownmatters.com)
4. Suffolk County's National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) invites residents who are at risk for developing type-2 diabetes to participate, free of charge, in this program. According to the press release, to enroll in the Diabetes Prevention Program, residents must meet three criteria: Must be over the age of 18, and have a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25 (23 for Asian Americans) AND one of the following: a score of 5 or higher on the CDC risk test, have had gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), or have had certain blood test results that indicate they are at risk for developing diabetes. To find out if you are at risk for diabetes, visit the website or call the Office of Health Education at 631-853-3162. (Press Release Desk)

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Today in Riverhead:

• The Laramie Project. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Kennys: "Mentoring and Counseling the Community to Find Purpose and Destiny Through the Love of Christ — https://healingheartsandmindscounseling.com/" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Riverhead: "Toyota Corolla 2016 with 62K miles on it. Perfect condition. Asking price is $15K. Thanks!" (Nextdoor)

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Events:

• BYOB — Build Your Own [Cheese] Board at Sannino Vineyard. Sannino Vineyard, 15975 County Road 48, Cutchogue. (Feb. 25)
• The Laramie Project. The North Fork Community Theatre, 12700 Sound Ave., Mattituck. (Feb. 25)
• Online — NCNW LONG ISLAND CROSS COUNTY SECTION Meeting. Hempstead. (Feb. 26)
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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.