🌱 North Fork Daily: Short-Term Rentals + Bonfire Rescheduled

Hey, North Fork! Let's get this Friday started off right. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in North Fork.

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 55 Low: 37.

Here are the top five stories in North Fork today:

1. Southold's town board voted Tuesday to amend Southold's transient rental code to allow for short-term rentals in commercial properties. (Patch)
2. Riverhead's annual holiday parade and bonfire has been postponed again due to weather. The new date is Sunday, Dec. 19. (Patch)
3. A Coram man, Derrick Dixon, was arrested after he tried to steal a laptop from a woman sitting in her vehicle in the Riverhead Walmart parking lot on Old Country Road. (Patch)
4. Riverhead Police identified a man killed in Wednesday's crash at the intersection of Reeves and Horton avenues in Riverhead: 85-year-old Patrick Welby of Calverton. (RiverheadLOCAL)
5. The Long Island Science Center won a $1.12 million grant from New York State to help construct a new center in Riverhead, with a rooftop planetarium, functional agritech and wind/solar exhibit, facade enhancements and a space for students to work with mentors. (RiverheadLOCAL)

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Today in North Fork:

• Trivia Night at Sannino Vineyard, Cutchogue, 6 p.m.
• A Tuna Christmas, North Fork Community Theatre, 8 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Cutchogue Fire Department's annual "Santa Run" will be this Sunday, starting at 4 p.m. (Facebook)
• North Fork Women will have a First Friday Friends on Jan. 7 at Front Street Station in Greenport from 6 to 8 p.m. (Facebook)
• Little Ram Oysters has a new location. Owners Elizabeth Peeples and Stefanie Bassett took over the renovated space at the Shoals on Main Road in Southold. (Northforker)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! I'll see you soon.

— Jackie