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A librarian who formerly worked at the Riverhead Free Library has filed a lawsuit saying that she was fired because she did not discriminate against white people. Riverhead Free Library is located in Long Island, New York. Diane Woodcheke says she was fired after she questioned her boss's decision to only hire minorities. Her boss told her that “my people have been kept down,” and, therefore, only minorities should be hired at the library. Woodcheke questioned this, telling her boss that "discrimination is illegal." Woodcheke claims that her boss then mocked her and then fired her soon after. “Discounting people...

Ancient Indian burial site found in Riverhead parkBones and artifacts, believed to be from an early American Indian burial site, are discovered in Riverhead county park, near eroded river bank Oct 26, 2005 BY BILL BLEYER STAFF WRITER; Staff writer Mitchell Freedman contributed to this story. October 27, 2005 Last week's stormy weather uncovered what experts said may be an important early American Indian burial site at Indian Island County Park in Riverhead. The site was spotted by a park supervisor after the Peconic River bank was eroded early last week by heavy rains and high wave action, said Suffolk...