Farm workers band together to launch cooperative flower market in Riverhead Founding member Miguel Flores at the Long Island Farmworkers Cooperative flower market Sunday. (Credit: Grant Parpan)
Miguel Flores spent the past 20 years since moving to the U.S. from El Salvador working at nurseries across the East End. Now after two decades employed by others, he’s among a group of 10 farmworkers looking to carve out a new path in agriculture.
On Sunday morning, Mr. Flores of East Quogue and fellow members of the Long Island Farmworker Cooperative could be seen setting up plants outside their new weekly flower market on Roanoke Avenue in Riverhead. The events are a chance for the group to branch out on their own.
By Liz Kellar | Staff Writer
A 25-year-old man wanted by Grass Valley police in connection with a vehicle theft and an unrelated stabbing was arrested earlier this month in Tijuana, the U.S. Marshals Office said in a Friday press release.
Juan Antonio Zuniga is facing additional charges in other California jurisdictions, and possibly for kidnapping and extortion, authorities said.
On July 17, Grass Valley police officers responded to a report of a vehicle theft in the 100 block of Dorsey Drive, said Sgt. Clint Bates. The victim told officers Zuniga had taken the car keys and did not have permission to take the vehicle, Bates said.