Streets to close for Alive on 25 festival, Riverhead cops say

Participants walk up and down a row of food trucks and carts on West Main Street in Patchogue during the Alive on 25 festival Aug. 20, 2015. Credit: Daniel Brennan
There will be street closures in Riverhead from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday for the Alive on 25 festival, town police said.
Main Street will be closed from Griffing Avenue to Ostrander Avenue, and part of Peconic Avenue also will be closed, police said.
Free shuttle service will be provided from the municipal parking lot on Court Street, dropping off riders on Griffing Avenue and Main Street, police said.
There will be handicap parking on Heidi Behr Way behind the old Swezey’s department store, and at the First Street parking lot near the First Congregational Church, police said.

'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.

'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
