Take a look back at this week's biggest headlines through the words of people who made it happen:

"If this works out good, this is something we could be doing for years. And I would imagine in other places where they've done something like this, they usually end up with someone opening a store." - Ray Pickersgill, Business Improvement District president, co-owner, Robert James Salon.

• Pickersgill and Dennis McDermott, owner of The Riverhead Project, met with town board members on Thursday morning to discuss the prospect of organizing triathlon centered in downtown Riverhead, and a "pop-up" retail village to cater to the triathletes and their families. The board seemed receptive to the idea.

"I think the North Fork is better served by being contiguous with the North Shore as far as representation goes." - Assemblyman Dan Losquadro, R-Shoreham.

• Though Losquadro knew his district would be split following redistricting when he took office - the first A.D. has the highest population in New York State, he said - Losquadro was disappointed to hear that Riverhead, should the proposal stand, will no longer be a part of the same A.D. as Southold.

"I show a lot of people and most say, 'That's pretty cool.' But that and a quarter will get me what?" - Willie Rangel, Calverton resident.

• Rangel currently has a patent pending for his invention, El Diablo Match. The match lights with a striker wrapped around the matchstick head, eliminating the need for a match book or box. But, he says, a bright idea hasn't been enough - yet - to make his dream of helping out other fellow inventors come true.

"The positive end of this as a principal is that it has really made me look intricately into exactly what we're doing, what's effective or not. It may be cumbersome and lengthy, but in the end it's healthy for me and my building to go through." - Dave Densieski, principal, Pulaski Street School.

• Densieski reported to the Board of Education where he and two other schools stand as they work toward a comprehensive education plan, a state requirement after the schools failed to show adequate yearly progress with a handful of student cohorts.

"This industry exposes you to a lot of amazing things. A lot of chefs are of the mind of giving back, and raising awareness." - Keith Luce, chef, co-owner, Luce & Hawkins.

• On Wednesday night, Luce returned to the James Beard House in New York City for the first time in a few years, as he hosted a dinner for the non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and education about American culinary culture.