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In new setting, performers take to stage for 2021 Riverhead Idol The backdrop changed, but the performances were just as spectacular as always. Riverhead Idol, a competition for students in the Riverhead School District, returned Saturday evening in a new format to accommodate social distancing in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Eight students performed at Iron Pier Beach in Northville and sophomore Olivia Meyer earned the first place prize after sining “Warrior” by Demi Lovat...

One year later, remembering victims of pandemic Southold Town Councilwoman Jill Doherty, who’s chief of staff for Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio, speaks at Monday’s ceremony. (Credit: Tara Smith) Exactly one year since state health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 case in New York, local leaders gathered in Riverhead Monday to commemorate those we’ve lost during the pandemic. “Over the past year, so many have suffered the painful loss of family mem...