🌱 Helping Two Families Affected By House Fires + Peconic History

Happy Friday, people of North Fork! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's what's happening around town today.

Historic photos found in a Peconic shed fetched a high price at an auction. Find out why. And communities are rallying around families affected by two house fires, in Riverhead and Greenport.

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First, today's weather:

Periods of sun; windy, cooler. High: 49 Low: 31.

Here are the top stories in North Fork today:

1. East Hampton Star explains that some of the earliest photo portraits ever taken that were found in a Peconic shed were auctioned off for $300,000 on Monday. The daguerreotypes were of Henry Fitz Jr., who was an early camera inventor. (East Hampton Star)
2. Lisa Finn talks to relatives and friends of those lost in Riverhead's house fire that killed five. A fundraiser will be held Sunday for the Rivera family at Stotzky Park in Riverhead: the Riveras lost a mother, daughter, son, and two nephews. (Patch)
3. Patch shares a fundraiser created for the Greenport family that lost their home in a fire last Saturday. A GoFundMe page, "Help for the Parker and Ruffner Family," was created by Amanda Wesnofske of Cutchogue. (Patch)

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Today in North Fork:

• U-Pick Art, Benefit Sale & Food Drive, Cutchogue.
• Playgroup, Southold Free Library, 9 a.m.
• Teen Game Night, Southold Free Library, 4:30 p.m.
• Acoustic Jam Session, Cutchogue Library, 6 p.m.
• Decoding the Mysteries of Cats or Why Cats Do What They Do, Mattituck Library, 7 p.m.

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• Greenport Village still needs participants for the Fourth Annual Greenport Winter Wonderland Walk and Holiday Decorating Contest and the Second Annual Snow Globe Scavenger Hunt.(Facebook)

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