🌱 North Fork Daily: Greenport EMTs Save Life + Southold Hotel

Happy Friday, North Fork! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

Christmas trees are more expensive this year. Southold Town provisionally approved a controversial hotel project. And Greenport EMTs were honored for quick action that saved a man's life.

First, today's weather:

Winds subsiding and cooler. High: 44 Low: 32.

Here are the top stories today in North Fork:

1. Northforker shares that Pookaberry will host a holiday gift shop pop-up in Mattituck this weekend. Starting Saturday, the shop will feature items based on the artwork of co-owner Peter Marco like plush toys, art prints, posters, coffee mugs, picture frames and books. (Northforker)
2. Patch has an update on The Enclaves hotel and restaurant planned for Main Road in Southold. On Thursday the Southold Town zoning board of appeals granted conditional approval to the project despite public opposition. (Patch)
3. The Suffolk Times explains that Christmas trees, live and artificial, will cost more this year, due to several reasons. North Fork growers say shop early. (Suffolk Times)
4. It's not just Christmas trees that get lit on Long Island. The annual lighting of the Big Duck in Flanders was back this year last weekend after a year off due to COVID-19. It was the 33rd annual lighting of the 90-year-old duck. (News 12)
5. Lisa Finn has the story on a crew of EMTs honored for a fast response that saved a man's life in Greenport. EMT Helen Reiss, paramedic Scott Falley, and driver Dan Creedon helped the man survive a heart attack. (Patch)

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Today in North Fork:

• Live Music with Butterfly Cody Experience, Southold American Legion Post 803, 6:30 p.m.
• Baby, Let’s Sleep, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, 1 p.m.
• Fundraiser Dinner for Two by Maroni Southold, take-out to benefit Southold Historical Museum, 3 p.m.
• Winter Social KG-2nd, Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD, 6 p.m.
• Live Music at Green Hill Kitchen: Audawind, Greenport, 7 p.m.

North Fork Patch Notebook

• Greenport Village has several celebrations this weekend: the 10th Annual Greenport Shellabration, Greenport Christmas Parade and the 16th Annual 10x10=100 at VSOP Art + Design Projects. (Facebook)
• Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council says the Village Green is ready for holiday photos. Santa, tree lighting and cookies start at 4:30 p.m. (Facebook)
• North Fork Women's First Friday Friends, 6 p.m. at East on Main at 10560 Main Road in Mattituck. (Facebook)

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