🌱 North Fork Daily: New COVID Testing Site + Targeted Burglary

Rise and shine, North Fork! Here's everything you need to know to get this Wednesday started off right.

First, today's weather:

A.M. mist; otherwise, cloudy. High: 45 Low: 41.

Here are the top three stories today in North Fork:

1. Peconic Bay Medical Center opened a new drive-thru coronavirus PCR testing site in Riverhead. Testing is free and available by appointment from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (RiverheadLOCAL)
2. Police are now saying the Christmas home invasion and murder in North Sea was a targeted burglary. Steven Byrnes, 53, of Roses Grove Road, was found dead from a gunshot wound. (Patch)
3. The bed and breakfast Orient Inn has new owners, a family who renamed it the Inn at Orient. The seven-bedroom Arts-and-Crafts-style home with cedar siding was built in 1906. (Dan's Papers)

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Today in North Fork:

• Super Smash Bros Tournament, Riverhead Library, 2 p.m.
• Virtual Meditation with Sue Semerade, Riverhead Library, 7 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Southold Junior-Senior High School is getting a renovation over holiday break. (Instagram)
• Check out this historic house for sale in Greenport. The Victorian at 2345 Main Rd. is for sale for $1,850,000. (Patch)
• On the South Fork, a group of Wainscott residents filed a court motion to block construction of underground cables connecting land portion of the South Fork Wind Farm. (Subscription: Newsday)

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— Jackie