🌱 House Fire Kills 5 + Shellabration Returns + 40 Dogs To NoFo

Good morning, North Fork! Let's get you all caught up to start this Thursday, Nov. 18 off on an informed note. These are the most important things going on in North Fork today.

A man fell from a ladder on Shelter Island and died. Five people died in a house fire in Riverhead. The largest transport of homeless dogs ever is coming to the North Fork. And an annual shellfish benefit is back.

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First, today's weather:

Breezy. High: 64 Low: 39.

Here are the top stories today in North Fork:

1. ABC News reports from Riverhead where a fire killed five people in a multi-family house. Five others escaped from the house, a historic three-story structure on E. Second Street.(WABC-TV)
2. The three priciest home sales in Aquebogue last month ranged from $749,000 to $949,000.(Subscription: Long Island Business News)
3. Patch explains that the largest transport to date of homeless pets ever will be arriving at the North Fork Animal Welfare League on Saturday. The shelter is bringing 40 dogs from high-kill shelters in Georgia to 269 Peconic Lane in Peconic and 324 Church Lane in Aquebogue. (Patch)
4. Lisa Finn writes that a man died after a fall on Shelter Island. Steven William Dickerson, 68, fell from a ladder on Monday while he was fixing storm damage on a roof. (Patch)
5. Northforker previews the return of an annual event. After being virtual last year, the Greenport Shellabration is back for its 10th anniversary the weekend of Dec. 4.
   The culinary event benefits the Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program’s SPAT Program and Back to the Bays Initiative, with food, shellfish, and drink tastings from Greenport restaurants. (Northforker)

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Today in North Fork:

• Senior Class Mentor Breakfast, Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD.
• Board of Education Monthly Meeting, Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD, 6:30 p.m.

North Fork Patch Notebook

• North Fork Women will host a memorial for Elaine Romagnoli on Sunday at 11 a.m. at The Stonewall Inn in Manhattan. (Facebook)
• Southold PTA needs volunteers for the Music Boosters. "Parents of graduated students have graciously stayed aboard so we do not lose this amazing resource for our music program and students." (Facebook)

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