🌱 Riverhead Daily: Waterfront Dining + 'Mass Casualty Exercise'

Hello, friends! It's me, Diane Witek, your host of the Daily. Follow along to find out everything you need to know about what's going on these days in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and pleasant. High: 78, low: 57.

Here are the top stories today in Riverhead:

1. Waterfront dining is a big deal on Long Island, especially during the summer when the seafood is fresh from the local waters. But if seafood is not "your thing", most restaurants serve American cuisine. So be sure to check the weather before heading out to a seaside eatery. See the top ten waterfront restaurants on Long Island. (LongIsland.com)
2. Just days after 19 children and two adults were killed in the Uvalede, Texas school shooting, the Greenport Fire Department hosted a "mass casualty exercise" on the playing fields at the Greenport High School. 24 agencies were involved, which included "local ambulance companies and fire departments converging at the scene and sending crews and equipment." More exercises like these should be held all over Long Island, which in itself, is a sad statement. (Patch)
3. According to Dan's Papers, a guilty verdict has been reached in the trial of Stuart Conklin, a railroad employee whose negligence caused a Long Island Rail Road train crash because of a broken track switch that he reported overtime for inspecting it. Conklin's sentence could be four years in prison. (Dan's Papers)
4. Custer Institute and the Long Island Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association at the Southold Indian Museum is holding an evening of traditional indigenous music, archeoastronomy, & poetry of the first Native American poet laureate under the stars on Saturday, June 11 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for Observatory & Museum Members. Children under 16 are free. The rain date is June 25 at 8 p.m. Organizers are asking attendees to bring a blanket or chair to enjoy the outdoor presentation.(East End Beacon)

Today in Riverhead:

• Aquebogue, Riley, Roanoke Kindergarten Screenings. (All Day)
• Hummingbirds in your Garden-Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. (2:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "Friday, the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office was invited by Assemblymen Gandolfo & Durso and Congressman Garbarino to the Bay Shore Brightwaters Public Library to provide free Senior Medical ID Cards." (Suffolk County Sheriff's Office via Facebook) (Website)
• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "Yesterday, Sheriff Toulon was honored to speak to the My Brother’s Keeper End of the Year Ceremony at Brentwood High School. He spoke to the students about the challenges he has faced in his own life and how he looked to mentors and role models." (Suffolk County Sheriff's Office via Facebook) (Website)

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— Diane Witek

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