🌱 North Fork Daily: More East End Testing Sites + Adoptable Dogs

Get on up, North Fork! Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started. Here's everything worth knowing today in North Fork.

First, today's weather:

Breezy in the morning. High: 37 Low: 31.

Here are the top three stories in North Fork today:

1. On Tuesday, New York State Senator Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk), Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor) and Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio (R-Riverhead) asked Gov. Kathy Hochul to open state testing sites in eastern Suffolk County, particularly on the East End, to meet the omicron-driven demand for testing. (Dan's Papers)
2. The Soloviev Group bought the former Coster Heppner Funeral Home on Main Road. Plans for the property have not been released yet. (Suffolk Times)
3. Almost 30 dogs rescued from Georgia are on the North Fork but still need homes for the holidays. The League has locations in Peconic and Aquebogue. (Patch)

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Today in North Fork:

• Santa Claus Visit, Greenport UFSD.
• 15-Minute Early Evacuation Drill, Greenport High School, 2:20 p.m.

From my notebook:

• A 5K run will be held in memory of Wading River's Andrew McMorris at Enterprise Park in Calverton. The late Boy Scout, who died in 2018 after he and his troop were struck by a drunk driver while hiking in Manorville, will be remembered at "Andrew's Top Gun Run," hosted by the Suffolk County Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Andrew McMorris Foundation on March 26. (RiverheadLOCAL)
• Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library's Friends of the Library are having a wrapping paper sale in the library. (Facebook)
• North Fork real estate agents remember their most interesting home sales of 2021. (Northforker)

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— Jackie