Deaths in Riverhead Town soared to the highest level in at least a decade with the arrival of COVID-19 last year, according to records maintained by the Town Clerk.
Last year saw the Riverhead Town Clerk’s office issue 30% more death certificates than in 2019, as 589 deaths were recorded. Between 2011 and 2019, Riverhead averaged 447 deaths per year, 24% fewer than the 2020 total.
Death certificates are one of several records maintained by the clerk’s office that show how the coronavirus affected daily life in Riverhead Town.
With the pandemic also came the suspension of events and a decline in the number of people getting married in Riverhead Town.
NATICK – A Town Meeting member was photographed participating in a violent riot inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, and now an effort is under way to remove her from her elected position.
The Agence France-Presse photograph, distributed via Getty Images, shows Sue Ianni of Natick among a throng of protesters inside the Capitol, with her right arm raised. Standing next to her is a man believed to be Mark Sahady, a Malden resident and one of the organizers of the “Straight Pride” parade in Boston in 2019. Sahady has reported ties to far-right organizations.
Another Agence France-Presse photograph shows Ianni on a Washington, D.C., street carrying a Straight Pride flag, and walking next to Sahady.