🌱 East Hampton Daily: Private Use Airport + Mistaken Peas + Help

Happy Friday, East Hampton! Diane Witek here, presenting the most important things happening around East Hampton today.

First, today's weather:

A couple of morning showers. High: 41, low: 12.

Here are the top stories today in East Hampton:

1. Last year, the town conducted public workshops and studies to engage and inform both the public and the board to better understand the benefits and detriments created by the airport. East Hampton Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said, "With the knowledge gained, we feel the best approach is to transition to a private use airport. This will allow us to put in place restrictions that are specifically targeted to improve residents' quality of life and improve the environment by reducing emissions." (East Hampton Patch)
2. Ina Garten's easy peas side dish was originally a mistake, but it turned out to be a huge success. “Sometimes a mistake turns out to be a blessing,” she wrote in the introduction to the recipe. Her intent was to order snow peas but instead received sugar snap peas, once she tasted them, she never looked back. Garten’s recipe for sugar snap peas with sesame was once featured on the Martha Stewart website, which noted, “This is one of Ina Garten’s best sellers at her Barefoot Contessa gourmet food store in East Hampton, New York.” One taste was all it took for Garten to give the vegetable a try in her store. “They were delicious!” she recalled. (Showbiz Cheat Sheet)
3. The Suffolk County Police Department is accepting donations at each of the SCPD precincts and headquarters through Friday, Jan. 14 for the survivors of a New York City apartment building fire that killed 17 people and hospitalized dozens. The items needed are nonperishables, such as clothing, sheets, baby items and more. (Newsbreak)

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Today in East Hampton:

• Self-Care Subscription Boxes — East Hampton Library. (All Day)
• Young Adult Winter Reading Challenge. (All Day)
• All School Meeting — East Hampton High School. (All Day)

From my notebook:

• East Hampton Library: "Bilingual Open House for Students & Parents. Casa Abierta Bilingue para Estudiantes Y Padres, Jan. 25, 6-7 p.m. Los padres y estudiantes de todas las edades están invitados a conocer todos los servicios gratuitos que Ola de Eastern Long Island." (Facebook) (Website)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, East Hampton North: "Landscaping question. Anybody have a general sense of what steel edging along a gravel driveway should cost, per linear foot, installed? Thank you. #landscaping, #edging, #driveway." (Nextdoor)
• Christa, Neighbor: "Does anyone know of a studio or one bedroom apartment in or around Springs? I am relocating from San Francisco Bay Area because of the fires (I’m asthmatic). Great credit; psychologist; quiet, reliable and friendly. See contact info." (Patch)

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