Downtown Riverhead will come alive once again.
The full slate of popular downtown events Alive on 25, the Cardboard Boat Race, Halloween parade and coffin races, among others are coming back this year, officials say.
With state-imposed restrictions on crowd sizes being eliminated, the Riverhead Town Board on Wednesday voted to approve all the downtown events planned by the Business Improvement District Management Association.
Almost all of the BID’s proposed events were canceled last year due to COVID-19 restrictions.
First up this year will be the return of Alive on 25 on July 1, an event that coincides with a fireworks show. The popular Alive on 25 closes downtown Main Street, features live music and vendors selling food and merchandise in the street.
Town plans to restore beach passes for hotel guests South Jamesport Beach. (Credit: Joe Werkmeister)
Riverhead Town will be offering beach passes to guests at local hotels and motels, Town Board members decided informally Thursday.
The board is planning to vote at its Wednesday meeting to schedule a public hearing to continue that program. (The meeting is delayed one day due to Grievance Day on Tuesday.)
The passes have been around for many years, but they were not actually permitted by the Town Code. The hearing would be on a proposal to put the passes back in the Town Code.
Preliminary survey results show residents in favor of allowing marijuana dispensaries (Credit: Prensa 420/Flickr)
Preliminary results of a public input survey on the legalization of marijuana suggest that a majority of residents are in favor of the town allowing dispensaries and on-site consumption at lounges.
Ann Marie Prudenti, the deputy town attorney, said the “rough results” she has examined showed approximately 60% of the responses were in favor of allowing the dispensaries and 40% supported an opt out. The Town Board is expected to hear a more detailed analysis of the survey results at Tuesday’s meeting. The deadline to respond to the survey ended Friday.
Riverhead Town will not be selling one-day or seasonal beach passes to nonresidents this year, a practice it discontinued last year when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, according to Supervisor Yvette Aguiar.
But the Town Board still must decide if it plans to issue beach passes to hotels and lodgings for use by their guests.
A one-day nonresident pass had cost $35, according to parks and recreation superintendent Ray Coyne, while the annual nonresident permit was $200.
The board discussed hotel/motel permits at its work session last Thursday.
“This is something that in the past has been done, with the town is giving beach permits to local lodging facilities so they can pass them on to their customers who are staying here,” Councilman Tim Hubbard said.
Covington County residents participate in National Day of Prayer
Covington County residents participate in National Day of Prayer By Charles Herrington | May 6, 2021 at 7:14 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 7:14 PM
COLLINS, Miss. (WDAM) - Members of the Covington County faith community joined others around the nation who took part in the 70th annual National Day of Prayer.
About two dozen people gathered at the Covington County Courthouse to pray for many institutions in the country, including the family, the church, the military and those in government.
The theme for this year’s National Day of Prayer is Liberty.
“(Our nation’s) founding was based on God’s word and those forefathers of ours all believed, I believe, in the power of prayer or we wouldn’t be here today,” said Tim Hubbard, pastor of Seminary Baptist Church and organizer of the National Day of Prayer in Covington County. “So, it’s very important for us, as the people of God, to continue to pray to our