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The public voting period of the 2010 Downtown Riverhead Summer Photo Contest is now under way at www.iloveriverhead.com (look for the camera icon)!
A panel of judges met before the Labor Day weekend to select finalists from among almost 400 photographs. We selected 44 in the contest’s three categories. Now it’s up to YOU to decide [...]

Have you read our page on how iloveriverhead came to be?…
Click here for a short story and some images.

It seems that all of the parties concerned in the recent Blues Fest 2010 controversy, which was so vividly and dramatically reported in the media far and wide, can congratulate themselves on a solution that will allow the music to go on. There is a little progress in Riverhead after all.
And besides, there’s no such [...]

Congratulations to the Riverhead News Review’s 2009 People of the Year!
Winners include:
Chris Kempner, Riverhead Town Community Development Agency Director, Person of the Year
Laura Grable, Riverhead Spanish teacher, Educator of the Year
Tom Gahan, Civic Person of the Year
J. Gordon Huszagh, Suffolk County National Bank President, Business Person of the Year
Barbara Grattan (deceased), former Riverhead Town Clerk, [...]

Happy New Year. Looking forward to another great year meeting other people who love Riverhead!

Title: 1st Annual Mystery WeekendLocation: Sites Throughout Downtown RiverheadDescription: Join the Riverhead Recreation Department for the first event of its kind in downtown Riverhead, and see if you can figure out “whodunit”! Spend the weekend collecting clues and interviewing mysterious suspects in your attempt to solve the crime.
Meet at Vail Leavitt Theatre on Friday night [...]

Title: 34th Annual Riverhead Country FairLocation: downtown RiverheadLink out: Click hereDescription: judging for agricultural, homemade, homegrown and homemade products! Vendors, pony rides, amusement rides, food, music at this annual enormous Riverhead block party!Start Time: 10:00Date: 2009-10-11End Time: 17:00

Title: 21st Annual Canoe/Kayak RallyLocation: Peconic Riverfront, RiverheadLink out: Click hereDescription: Paddling from 1pm until 5pm; party at 5:30; lots of great food, beer, wine. $25 per paddler. Call or e-mail Jim Dreeben with any questions at 631-727-9895 or info@peconicpaddler.comStart Time: 13:00Date: 2009-09-20

Title: Frank VignolaLocation: Vail-Leavitt Music HallLink out: Click hereDescription: The Vail-Leavitt Music Hall and the Riverhead BID is proud to present Frank Vignola, one of the world’s most highly sought-after acoustic guitarists. A composer and improviser, Vignola has demonstrated his mastery of every genre, from fusion and commercial pop-jazz to hard bop, post-bop, swing, rock [...]

Do you love Riverhead? Show your love by taking your camera downtown this summer and hunting down and capturing the winning images of the Downtown Riverhead Summer Photo Contest 2009.
Download the Photo Contest flier here (pdf). Print it out, share it, hang it up! The game is on!
A panel of judges will be looking for [...]