Peconic Bay Medical Center's 17th Annual Garden Festival is underway, now through Sunday.

The hospital is selling trees, bushes and bedding plants under a big tent in the Staples parking lot on Route 58, just west of the traffic circle, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 10 through Sunday, May 13. 

A second sale location is on the Great Lawn in Westhampton Beach.

Master Gardeners from Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Riverhead Garden Club will be on hand to offer expert advice.

Fresh-baked Briermere pies and Holey Moses Cheesecakes are also on sale.

All proceeds from this event benefit Peconic Bay Medical Center.

RiverheadLOCAL photos by Peter Blasl.

Overcast skies didn't dampen the spirits of the nearly 50 youngsters who competed in the Riverhead Police Athletic League's Annual Bike Rodeo this morning at Stotzky Memorial Park.

Forty-eight children tested their cycling skills on seven different courses, competing in three age categories for top prizes of brand new bicycles, donated by the PBA. Additional prizes awarded included $50 and $25 Toys R Us gift certificates, also donated by the PBA, tickets to the L.I. Aquarium, courtesy of the aquarium, and a $25 Wal-Mart gift certificate, courtesy of Wal-Mart.

The event was coordinated by Lt. Rick Boden, assisted by Officer Jill Kubetz. Riverhead police officers were on hand to judge contestants on each course. See photos.

And the winners were...

K-2nd grades

16" Waikiki- to Ashley Podlas
16" Invasion- Dave Hertling
2nd place- $50 gift Toys R US certificate, courtesy of Riverhead PBA - Declan Purcell
3rd place- $25 gift Toys R US certificate, courtesy of Riverhead PBA - Ryken Kutner
4th place- 2 tickets to LI Aquarium, Courtesy of LI Aquarium, - Tyler Dick
Best effort- 16" Invasion Brian Wilson

3-4th grades
20 " Starlet- Erica Knatz
20" Nasty- CJ Mauceri
2nd place- $50 gift Toys R US certificate, courtesy of Riverhead PBA - Lohan Carey
3rd place- $25 gift Toys R US certificate, courtesy of Riverhead PBA - Jenna Smith
4th place- $25 gift Wal-Mart gift certificate, courtesy of Wal-Mart - Kieran McCabe
Best effort 20" Wrath - Lily Kutner


5-6th grades
24" Incline- Larissa Layer
24" Incline- Michael Norton
2nd place- $50 Toys R US gift certificate, courtesy of Riverhead PBA - Roman Smith
3rd place- $25 Toys R US gift certificate, courtesy of Riverhead PBA - Johnny Perez
4th place- $25 Toys R US gift certificate, courtesy of Riverhead PBA - Gregory Walter
Best effort- 24" Incline -Lauren Anasky

RiverheadLOCAL photos by Denise Civiletti
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Mookie Wilson threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Riverhead Little League's Opening Day Saturday, April 28 at Stotzky Park. Riverhead Little League is celebrating its 60th Anniversary in 2012.

Aquebogue 4th grader and Little League player Christopher Timpone (pictured above) caught Wilson's pitch.

Wilson posed for photos and signed about 200 autographs for players and fans after the Opening Day ceremonies concluded. There are 38 teams and about 550 players this year.  

RiverheadLOCAL photos by Emil Breitenbach Jr.

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"Jekyll & Hyde, the Musical," based on the novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson, is on stage at McGann-Mercy High School this weekend.

This gothic mystery explores the good and evil in everyone. It tells the story of Dr. Henry Jekyll, a brilliant young doctor and researcher who seeks to isolate the dual elements of good and evil in order to understand his father's mental illness. His experiment backfires, however, and inadvertently gives life to Edward Hyde, Jekyll's evil alter ego. The evil Hyde seeks revenge against all who ridiculed Jekyll's research.

Jekyll & Hyde opened on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre on April 28, 1997. It was nominated for four Tony Awards and had 1,543 performances before it closed in January 2001.

The McGann-Mercy production has a cast and crew of more than 50 students.

It runs from Thursday, April 26 through Sunday, April 29 in the school auditorium. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with a Sunday afternoon matinee at 2.

Tickets are $10 per person.

On Friday night, April 27, theater-goers can make it an evening out by attending the Mercy on a Mission Annual Spaghetti Dinner before the play. Dinner will be served from 6 to 7:30 pm. Tickets are $15 a piece, which includes a ticket to the show.

Bishop McGann-Mercy High School is located at 1225 Ostrander Avenue in Riverhead.

RiverheadLOCAL photos by Peter Blasl
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