08.21.2017 Community Relive Riverhead’s 43rd annual Polish Town Fair One of the key elements of Riverhead’s annual Polish Town Fair and Polka festival is the food, especially the traditional polish far like kielbasa, pierogis and galobki.
08.16.2015 Community Northforker: Scenes from the 41st annual Polish Town Fair The 41st annual Polish Town Fair and Polka Festival was held this weekend in Riverhead’s Polish Town.
08.13.2014 Community A weekend to bring out the Polish in all of us August weekends in Riverhead aren’t just about days at the beach, wineries and farmstands. There’s one weekend each year here that’s all about heritage … and having fun. The...
07.23.2014 Business A new chapter for L.I. Cauliflower Association When it was founded in 1901, the Long Island Cauliflower Association existed solely to market and sell cauliflower throughout the region. But as times changed, so did LICA, which...
04.21.2013 Real Estate Real Estate: Contractor’s tales from first rebuild Veteran homebuilder Matthew Forrest has been constructing new houses for investors for nearly a decade but recently decided to try his hand at buying a two-story fixer-upper in Polish...
01.30.2013 Business Another new microbrewery headed for Riverhead The Crooked Ladder Brewing Company, which plans to open soon next to West Main Street’s Digger O’Dell’s pub, may not be the new kid on the block for very...
09.21.2012 News Watch: Long Ireland bottling first North Fork ‘local’ brew Long Ireland Beer Company bottled the first 1,500 22-ounce bottles of its much-anticipated Wet Hopped Pale Ale on Wednesday. Co-owner Dan Burke said the product will be for sale...
08.19.2012 News Photos: Preparing 2,300 pounds of kielbasa at the Polish Town Fair The Polish Town Civic Association food stall was a buzz of activity Sunday afternoon as a crowd gathered along Pulaski Street. “I need another two orders of pierogies and...
08.16.2012 Editorials Editorial: The wonderful history of the Polish Town Fair “There was dancing in the streets, in the rain and in the puddles.” That was the lead sentence in our August 1975 story on the very first Polish Town...
02.27.2011 News For some, Lent is time to make the doughnuts For many people, the day before Ash Wednesday on the Christian calendar, otherwise known as Fat Tuesday, as in Mardi Gras, is associated with gluttony, overindulgence and — if...
