🌱 East Hampton Daily: Consumer Price Index Climbs: Report + BOCE

Rise and shine, East Hampton! Diane Witek here with everything you need to know to get this Monday started off right. Here are the most important things going on today in East Hampton.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and very cold. High: 25, low: 16.

Here are the top stories in East Hampton today:

1. Police arrested Marc Dern, 34, of East Hampton, and charged him with the death 45-year-old Kevin Somers, of Amagansett, after an altercation, Patch recently reported. "The death of a caddy master from the ultra-exclusive Maidstone Club in East Hampton was a tragic, alcohol-fueled “calamity” between best buddies," a lawyer for the accused told The Post. (New York Post )
2. "At Eastern Suffolk BOCES, which serves students from 51 school districts, Career and Technical Education enrollment has grown from about 1,500 students in 2014 to close to 2,000 this school year," reported Newsday. Technical schools are seeing an enrollment boost as high school students are becoming more interested in learning the trade of electricians, carpenters, barbers and plumbers. Educators credit a high economic demand for skilled workers and a more rigorous college-aligned curriculum for the spike. Enrollment trends also show more female students entering fields that typically are dominated by males. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Does it feel like you are paying more for everything lately? Well, you are, actually 5.1 percent over the same time last year, according to reports from the federal government. Nationally, the consumer price index, which measures the cost of core goods, climbed 7.5 percent in January over the year before, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. We all feel the pain of increases in the costs of gas, food, autos and furniture. In December, economists at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School estimated that the average household had to spend $3,500 more than in 2020 to buy an identical basket of goods and services. Is there no end in sight? (Patch)

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Today in East Hampton:

• Young Adult Winter Reading Challenge. (All Day)
• Bubbles-n-Books - East Hampton Library. (10:30 a.m.)
• Coping With Stress for older adults - East Hampton Library. (2 p.m.)
• Community Service: Peer Tutoring - East Hampton Library. (3:30 p.m.)
• Lego Club - East Hampton Library. (4:30 p.m.)
• William Blake Poetry Reading. (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Clearwater Beach: "Hi! Any recommendations for day care in East Hampton?" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Maidstone Park: "Lost puppy. Black and white cocker spaniel. Last seen 3 Mile Harbor Rd and near Town Marina. My son is heartbroken. Call 631 329-1431." (Nextdoor)

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