🌱 East Hampton Daily: Positivity Rate Spike + Holiday Drives

Happy Saturday, people of East Hampton! It's me again, Diane Witek, your host of the East Hamptons Daily. Here are the top 3 stories in East Hamptons today.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy, a little rain; cooler. High: 42, low: 40.

Here are the top stories in East Hampton today:

1. Long Island has seen its coronavirus positivity rate spike past 8 percent this week, even though the holiday season is not yet in full swing. Gov. Kathy Hochul warned weeks ago that with the delta and omicron variants, combined with holiday gatherings and unvaccinated individuals, would create a perfect storm. (East Hampton Patch)
2. There are several holiday drives happening now in the Hamptons: East Hampton Kiwanis Toy Drive, Sag Harbor Kids Need Warmth Coat Drive and Boy Scout Troop 483 Drive Thru Canned Food Drive are three to check out. (Dan's Papers)
3. On Jan. 3, 2022, Jeremy Samuelson, a longtime resident of East Hampton, will be appointed Planning Department head. Samuelson was the former executive director of Concerned Citizens of Montauk and Nature Conservancy Mashomack Preserve director. He had previously worked as a senior environmental advocate at the Group for the East End. (Press Release Desk)

Today in East Hampton:

• Readers Theater: "A Christmas Carol" — East Hampton Library. (1 p.m.)
• After Hours: Glow in the Dark Manhunt! (5 p.m.)
• Bonac Lights. (5:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce: "Let's pour into the late afternoon with our next #HolidayFoodieGuide chamber member, The American Hotel. Enjoy savoring it with one of their signature cocktails and pair it up with one of their newest specials." (Facebook)
• East Hampton Library: "Help us save a century's worth of local history — donate to our GOFUNDME fundraiser for the Reel Video Project, today! Our local television station LTV has partnered with the East Hampton Library in this new project to digitally preserve the archive's holdings to make them accessible and available to all through the East Hampton Library website." (Facebook)

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