There are several spots across Riverhead where the Peconic River can be enjoyed in all its glory. Earlier this week we made stops along the way, from the Route 105 overpass to the downtown Riverfront to Grangebel Park to capture some of the river’s beauty.
One Minute on the North Fork is a weekly series showcasing the natural beauty of the North Fork. Each week we visit a specific area and share a series of nature shots.
Peconic Lake in Calverton is a popular spot for fishing during the warmer months, but it remains a place of peace and tranquility all winter long. READ
More than one million people have visited the Long Island Aquarium since it first opened as Atlantis Marine World in 2000. (more…)
(Credit: Fish Guy Photos)
If you live in the Riverhead area, you are undoubtedly familiar with a fish known as bunker. Every spring, for thousands of years, this schooling fish has flooded into local estuaries where their arrival has been welcomed by a countless number of organisms. In recent years however, this ritual migration has often ended disastrously for the bunker and a nauseating mess for town residents. (more…)
The rain garden outside Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County in Riverhead. (Credit: Cornell Cooperative Extension courtesy photo)
Check off your environmentally friendly good deed this Earth Day by helping to plant a community rain garden in downtown Riverhead.
The Peconic Estuary Program and Riverhead Town will sponsor the event on the Peconic Riverfront at 10 a.m. on Earth Day, April 23. Volunteers are needed to help plant the garden along a strip of land located between Heidi Behr Way and the Peconic Riverfront parking lot. Participants are asked to bring their own gloves and gardening tools. (more…)
Nick Raynor of Riverhead at last year’s snapper tournament. (Credit: Rachel Young, file)
The 17th annual Snapper Tournament along the Peconic River in downtown Riverhead is set for Sept. 27. Hosted by the Riverhead Town Recreation Department, the tournament’s goal is to get get more people into fishing while also raising money for the Riverhead Recreation Department Scholarship Fund. (more…)
Saturday was the last week the farmers market will be held indoors. (Credit: Tim Gannon)
The Riverhead Farmers Market has by most accounts been a huge success operating out of a vacant former downtown storefront in the winter months.
And now, farmers and sponsors of the market are hoping that the following it generated will follow the market outdoors starting Saturday.