🌱 North Fork Daily: Two Teens Are Missing In NYC + Mask Or Vax

Good morning, North Fork! Here's everything you need to know to get this Monday started. These are the most important things happening in North Fork today.

Today is the first day of new mask or vaccine requirements in businesses. Two teenagers are missing from Manorville.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 49 Low: 42.

Here are the top three stories today in North Fork:

1. Two teenagers from Manorville have been missing since last Thursday. Vincent Abolafia and his girlfriend, Kaileigh Catalano, both 15, were last seen at the Ronkonkoma LIRR station planning to take a 3:11 p.m. train to Manhattan. They may have been seen in Times Square. (Patch)
2. Today is the first day of new state-wide requirements for masks or vaccines in public places. The mandate is in effect until Jan. 15, when New York will reevaluate the status of cases, hospitalizations and vaccinations. (News 12)
3. Gingerbread University, a shop where families can build gingerbread houses, has reopened in a new location. Previously in Riverhead, the store is open now until the end of December at the Shoppes at East Wind. (Northforker)

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Today in North Fork:

• Gingerbread Houses for Families, Grab & Go, Mattituck-Laurel Library, 10 a.m.
• Listen, Laugh, & Learn - Holidays, Southold Free Library, 10:15 a.m.
• Art of Seed Saving, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, 2 p.m.
• Yoga for Preschool, Mattituck-Laurel Library, 3 p.m.
• Winter Tree Candle Holder, Southold Free Library, 3 p.m.
• Yoga K-3, Mattituck-Laurel Library, 4:15 p.m.

From my notebook:

• The Northforker checks out a day at Shamrock Christmas Tree Farm in Mattituck, with cut-your-own Douglas Fir trees, pre-cut Fraser Fir trees, a train ride for kids around the property, a mailbox to send letters to Santa and a fire pit. It's open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Northforker)
• The 12 Days of Takeout Fundraiser for the Greater Jamesport Civic Association at On the Docks is running all week.
• Southold student Tate Klipstein won a $180,000 Marine ROTC scholarship. (Facebook)

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

— Jackie