🌱 Racist Sign + Store-Style Food Pantry + Festival Of Trees

Morning, North Fork! Let's get you started this Thursday with everything you need to know going on around town today.

An Aquebogue attorney is under fire for what some say is a racist taunt against a Latina politician. Southold's food pantry is trying a new, shopping-style format. And the Festival of Trees fundraiser is set for December.

First, today's weather:

Some sun, then clouds. High: 58 Low: 51.

Here are the top stories today in North Fork:

1. RiverheadLOCAL looks at a local controversy. Aquebogue attorney Ron Hariri posted a sign outside a building declaring “Adios, Aguiar.” The sign faces Aquebogue Elementary School, a designated polling place. (RiverheadLOCAL)
2. Two Southold pantries have designed a grocery-style food pantry. Southold Center for Advocacy, Support and Transformation, or Southold CAST, has partnered with the North Fork United Methodist Church to offer a client choice-style pantry at the headquarters of CAST on Main Road. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Northforker previews an annual event. CAST, the Center for Advocacy, Support and Transformation will hold its second annual North Fork Festival of Trees at Treiber Farms the weekend of Dec. 4 in Peconic. Trees with winning designs will be auctioned off along with local art to the highest bidders to benefit CAST, and winning bidders can have a fully-decorated tree delivered to their home or office. (Northforker)

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Today in North Fork:

• Fashion Show and Dinner Fundraiser, East End Lions, Sea Star Ballroom, Riverhead, 5 p.m.
• Veterans Appreciation Day, East End Seaport Museum, Greenport, noon.
• Southold PTA moved its meeting to 7 p.m. today. (Facebook)

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• The North Fork Animal Welfare League, Inc. is reopening its Riverhead location at 324 Church Lane in Aquebogue and needs donations of pet food, office supplies and bedding. (Facebook)
• Southold High School freshmen placed over 100 flags to create a Field of Flags in recognition of the Armed Forces and Veterans Day. (Instagram)

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