🌱 Housing Crisis + Obsolete Ballot Measures + Veteran Honored

Hello, neighbors! Diane Witek here with your Friday edition of the East Hampton Daily.

First, today's weather:

Rain. High: 65, low: 47.

Here are the top stories today in East Hampton:

1. Schools Takes On Housing Crisis. Here on the South Fork, the growth of the work force has put pressure on school districts to adapt and grow; in the last decade, nearly all of them have undertaken multimillion-dollar renovation and expansion projects. During the same period, the chance that faculty and support staff can live in the area has sharply declined. (East Hampton Star)
2. Are Ballot Measures Obsolete? Back-of-the-ballot measures asking for a “yes” or “no” after a block of intentionally confounding text were never a good way for government to function. But now, with the media landscape fractured into a million competing options, only the most committed political junkies could make sense of them. (East Hampton Star)
3. A World War II Veteran's Long Life Of Service. Joseph DeCristofaro was just 17 when he enlisted in the Navy, too young to join up without his parents’ permission but determined to do his part. “I had to get my folks to sign for me,” he said on Friday in his living room in East Hampton. “My father signed; my mother didn’t like it.” (East Hampton Star)
4. East Hampton's Camryn Hatch Qualifies For State Swim Meet. Although she had trained for it all season, Hatch admitted she was in shock when she qualified for the New York State Championships in both the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke at the Section XI Championships this past weekend at Stony Brook University. (27east.com)

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Today in East Hampton:

• 7th Annual Alzheimer's & Dementia Conference. (8:30 a.m.)
• Essential Oils for Immunity — East Hampton Library. (2 p.m.)
• Weekend Take & Make DIY To-Go: Gratitude Journals. (3 p.m.)

East Hampton Patch Notebook

• East Hampton Library: "Round 2 of our Thanksgiving Food Fight! Vote for your favorite by posting the emoji in the comments! Round 3 will be posted on Saturday. Winners will be announced on the day before Thanksgiving! #EastHamptonLibrary, #thanksgivingfoodfight." (Facebook)
• Guild Hall of East Hampton: "A view of Neo–Tile Club: Community Exhibition led by 2021 Guild Hall Community Artist-In-Residence: Scott Bluedorn. The historic Tile Club, founded in 1872, was a group of artists in New York City who met regularly to paint on tile." (Facebook)

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— Diane Witek

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