🌱 East Hampton Daily: NYStretch Energy Code + Navigating Grief

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First, today's weather:

Sun mixing with clouds. High: 40, Low: 33.

Here are the top stories in East Hampton today:

1. East Hampton Town Adopts NYStretch Energy Code; Southampton Village, Town Explore Being Next. The East Hampton Town Board adopted NYStretch Energy Code — a more stringent energy efficiency code for houses and commercial buildings in November, and both Southampton Town and Southampton Village are investigating doing the same. Adopting NYStretch is completely voluntary for towns and villages, but the state has sweetened the pot by offering grant money to those who do: $5,000 for municipalities with up to 40,000 residents, and $50,000 to larger municipalities.
2. East End Hospice Offers Advice On Navigating Grief And Finding Hope Throughout The Holidays. Holiday grief takes on different forms, often amplified and expressed through a complicated range of emotions. In response, East End Hospice has incorporated new therapy modalities into its bereavement work, including music and writing therapies, guest speakers, energy work, and group sessions — both general and specific to the loss of a child or spouse — at Spirit’s Promise Equine Rescue in Riverhead. (sagharborexpress.com)
3. East Hampton Airport: Holidays At The Hangar. Save the date this holiday season for Holidays at the Hangar! An artisan craft market will take place at the East Hampton Airport on Saturday, Dec. 11, from noon to 4 p.m. This is the perfect opportunity to get some holiday shopping done while getting into the holiday spirit. (Hamptons.com)

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Today in East Hampton:

• ONLINE: Minecraft Bedwars — East Hampton Library. (5 p.m.)
• Noodle — Making Demo at Sen Sag Harbor. (5:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce: "Saturday, Dec. 11, Santa Claus arrives via fire truck to Long Wharf, Sag Harbor! Don't miss a chance to let Santa know what you want for Christmas — come meet the big guy himself from 4-6 p.m. in front of The Sag Harbor Chamber Windmill on Long Wharf." (Facebook)
• Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce: "Sag Harbor Community Band Concert — Saturday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. — Old Whaler's Church, Sag Harbor." (Facebook)
• Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce: "Sag Harbor Toys for Tots Drop off location, Dec. 11 - 12." (Facebook)

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— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.

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