🌱 North Fork Daily: Greenport COVID-19 Cases + New Lobster Roll

Good morning, North Fork! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started off right. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in North Fork.

Two students in Greenport schools tested positive for COVID-19. The Lobster Roll opened a second location, in Southampton.

First, today's weather:

Periods of sun. High: 48 Low: 35.

Here are the top five stories in North Fork today:

1. Two students in the Greenport Union Free School District tested positive for COVID-19, Superintendent Marlon Small wrote in an email to parents on Monday. (Patch)
2. Popular and longtime Hamptons restaurant, the Lobster Roll, now has a sister restaurant in Southampton that will stay open year-round. The new eatery is at 32 Montauk Highway. (Patch)
3. Brookhaven National Laboratory is getting $8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to study electric vehicles, advanced batteries, and connected vehicles. Scientists at the Upton lab will work on two battery projects, part of renewable energy efforts. (tbrnewsmedia.com)
4. Read what some North Fork chefs cook at home for the holidays, from family traditions like hallaca from Venezuela to baklava. (Northforker)
5. Check out this house for sale: 1430 Esplanade in Southold is selling for $8 million. It has five bedrooms and overlooks the bay. (Patch)

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Today in North Fork:

• Town Board Work Session, Town of Southold Meetings, 9 a.m.
• Town Board Regular Meeting, Town of Southold Meetings, 4:30 p.m.
• Board Meeting, Work Session / Regular Meeting, Greenport UFSD, 6 p.m.
• Junior High Winter Concert, Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD, 7 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Suffolk County's Board of Health meeting on Dec. 15 will have a public portion in the beginning minutes, via Zoom. (Patch)
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has not said if he will enforce Gov. Kathy Hochul's new mask mandate. Nassau's exec Bruce Blakeman said he would not enforce it on Monday. (Subscription: Newsday)
• Southold schools will be putting on middle school and junior high winter concerts tonight. (Southold UFSD)

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