🌱 East Hampton Daily: 20 Dogs Rescued + Excessive Nitrogen + Vet Help

Morning, neighbors! It's me again, Diane Witek, your host of the East Hampton Daily.

First, today's weather:

Times of sun and clouds. High: 59 Low: 50.

Here are the top stories in East Hampton today:

1. Dan's Papers provides dining options at several Hamptons and North Fork restaurants for Passover and Easter 2022. Enjoy East End dining this holiday. (Dan's Papers)
2. In March, drug cartel members were extorting a Mexican dog sanctuary, threatening to kill all of their 20 dogs there if the sanctuary did not give them money. Eight dogs arrived on the East End, four arrived to Southampton’s shelter on Thursday. Layla, Chaparro, Tito and Abu will be available to adopt soon. (Southampton Patch)
3. Westhampton Beach High School's Virtual Enterprise team, Opal, earned the number one spot at the VE National Business Plan Competition, outperforming 1,243 teams from across the United States. To participate, students create a business plan to market a business vision; the students compete and present their plans at several events and competitions throughout the year. (Patch)
4. Long Island is dealing with dead zones from rust tides caused by high amounts of nitrogen, the solution is to upgrade septic systems to prevent leakage into the waterways. Stony Brook University scientist Christopher Gobler emphasized at his annual State of the Bays lecture last Wednesday that excessive nitrogen loading from wastewater is an ongoing threat for Long Island waters. (Stony Brook University News)
5. In support our nations veterans, the Suffolk County Veterans Service Agency will host its third annual Drive-thru Resource and Stand Down Event on Saturday, April 30 from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the north parking lot of the H Lee Dennison Building located at 100 Veterans Memorial Highway in Hauppauge. A variety of free resources will be offered by 22 organizations and county agencies. (LongIsland.com)

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Today in East Hampton:

• Music with Miss Lori — East Hampton Library. (9:30 a.m.)
• Junior Lifeguard Training, Evaluating, & Testing — Session 2. (1 p.m.)
• Minion Cupcakes — East Hampton Library. (4 p.m.)
• 2022 JV, Varsity and Men's Basketball. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• I LOVE MONTAUK: "Easter sunrise service at Montauk Lighthouse! The Montauk Community Church and St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church will host an ecumenical Easter sunrise service at the Lighthouse at 6 a.m. on Sunday, April 17!" (Facebook)
• The Clamshell Foundation: "The faces that started it all. Founder: Rossetti Perchick; CEO: William H. Kalbacher; Executive Director: Kori Peters. In 1992, Rossetti founded the Clamshell Foundation. We are working tirelessly to continue his mission of putting." (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Settlers Landing: "OK, it’s official. Took this little bugger off my doggie Maggie‘s snout. Not that it ever ends but: 'Tick season' has started. So be careful when you walk or garden with or without pooches." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Springs: "EHTPS Walk in Georgica, Wednesday April 13 at 10 a.m. Another in the 'as good as it gets series,' a beautiful 3 mile walk in East Hampton's Georgica. We'll stop at the Fulling Mill Farm Preserve, the waterfront at Georgica Cove." (Nextdoor)

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— Diane Witek

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