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Riverside celebrates its (hoped-for) future at ‘Art at the Park’
Since the former Tire Craft property at the traffic circle in Riverside was purchased as parkland in 2002, it’s been basically unused by anyone, except for some carnival rides that were put there...
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Featured Letter: Riverside revitalization project is just too big
The enormous revitalization project in Riverside will negatively impact not only the hamlet but the surrounding communities. Here are some concerns we must address before the project is passed: The...
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Key step forward for Riverside Revitalization after zoning approval
The Southampton Town Board voted 4-0 Tuesday afternoon to approve new “optional” zoning in Riverside, where the town has been engaged in an 18-month-long effort to revitalize the hamlet. The board...
View ArticleChildren’s Museum of the East End seeks home in Riverside
As families shuffled their young children out the door, Siris Barrios and her team at Riverside Rediscovered packed away colorful small chairs, took apart yellow kiddie tables and swept Goldfish...
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Partnership aims to build immigrant women’s self-esteem, leadership
Paola Zuniga-Tellez had already spent more than half her life in America by the time she moved from Brooklyn to the East End, resettling in Flanders with her husband, Jose. A native of Mexico, she had...
View ArticleBreaking Barriers workshop helps people ‘get back to their lives’
A restorative justice program dedicated to getting community members into careers despite past convictions has made its way to Riverside. Last Thursday, The Butterfly Effect Project and Riverside...
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Affordable apartments, medical offices proposed for Riverside
Southampton Town is seeking a $1 million grant from New York State to help two projects at sites in Riverside, one at the former Riverboat Diner and the other at Peconic Paddler. The grant money would...
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Groundbreaking of Riverside project signals new beginning for area
For several elected officials from Riverhead and Southampton towns, the former Howard Johnson’s that stood at the south side of the Riverside traffic circle brings back memories of yesteryear....
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Siris Barrios, community liaison for Riverside Rediscovered, steps down
After five years as a community liaison for Riverside Rediscovered — the company seeking to bring businesses with upper-floor apartments around the traffic circle — Siris Barrios is leaving. She’s...
View ArticleControversial Riverside 7-Eleven proposal still under review
A proposal to build a 7-Eleven convenience store and gas station on the Riverside traffic circle is still under review by the Southampton Town Planning Department, more than two years after it was...
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