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Riverhead council highlights summer events: Alive on 25, cardboard boat race, paddle battle and Shakespeare
Summary
Council members promoted summer community events including Alive on 25 (Aug. 6, 2026), an Aug. 1 cardboard boat race, Aug. 4 National Night Out and a town recreation open skate and paddle battle later in July.
Council members opened the meeting with brief community announcements. Speaker 3 promoted "Alive on 25" for Aug. 6, 2026 and said the town is exploring bringing back a Blues Festival at Grangeville Park. Speaker 5 reminded the board that Aug. 1 is the cardboard boat race at the Bikonic (sic) and that Aug. 4 is National Night Out in the Town Square parking lot featuring free food and ice cream.
Chair (Speaker 1) added that town recreation will run an open skate on July 25 and that a paddle battle on the Peconic River is scheduled for 9 a.m. the same day; the chair also noted an evening Shakespeare in the Park performance. The announcements were informational and no board action was taken.
