🌱 Port Jefferson Daily: Amazon Fresh Grocery Opening + Glass Art

Morning, neighbors! It's me again, Debora Whitehead, your host of the Port Jefferson Daily.

First, today's weather:

Winds subsiding and cooler. High: 45, low: 35.

Here are the top stories in Port Jefferson today:

1. Bengt Hokanson and Trefny Dix live in a part of the Hamptons that might more properly be called the Un-Hamptons. That's the perfect place to create their glass blow art pieces. There are not a lot of glass blowers on Long Island, but certainly more and more artists are working with glass. Glass blowing is a complicated and expensive craft which is exceedingly difficult to get right, and effortlessly easy to get wrong. Along with a handful of other glass blowers out there, Hokanson and Dix accomplished the former. Their masterpieces have been displayed in many art exhibits in Long Island and other states. Click on the link to see more of their work and exhibit locations. (Newsday)
2. Ready to have a Dickens of a good time again strolling the Port Jefferson harbor front? The Charles Dickens Festival returns on Dec. 4 and 5, with 129 events including magic, train and craft shows and a ghostly puppet parade saluting the life and works of the celebrated Victorian author. With downtown parking expected to be scarce, a free jitney will be running in a loop service all day making stops at the Port Jefferson Long Island Railroad station and downtown. Festival goers are encouraged to wear masks at indoor activities. Here is the link with five activities to satisfy your great Dickens Fest expectations. (Newsday)
3. An Amazon Fresh Grocery store is expected to soon fill the vacancy Waldbaum’s left behind in Setauket’s Suffolk Plaza six years ago. An application filed by Amazon Retail LLC with the New York State Liquor Authority to sell beer and wine in a grocery store confirms the Amazon Fresh location at Suffolk Plaza on Nesconset Highway. (Greater Long Island)
4. The Hype Long Island, a streetwear and sneaker shop, recently opened in Coram to deck out locals in clothing formerly not found this far east on Long Island. When they were kids, the store owners used to buy, sell, and trade sneakers but had to travel to New York City to find the styles of kicks and clothes they really liked. DayShawn Andrews, Yardley Bonhumme, Kristoff Galloway and Eric Lee used their own savings to build and open their store, which had a successful first day on its grand opening the day after Halloween this year. (LongIsland.com)

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Today in Port Jefferson:

• ES No AM Pre-K, PM Attends AM Session. (All Day)
• HIICAP: Health Insurance Information Counseling. (10 a.m.)
• Teen Mario Party and Mario Party Superstars. (3:30 p.m.)
• "A Christmas Carol" — Theater Three. (7 p.m.)

Port Jefferson Patch Notebook

• As part of their mission to strengthen communities by providing quality, affordable homes for deserving families in Suffolk County, the Town of Southampton Housing Authority and Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk are working jointly to build five houses in Riverside in the Town of Southampton. (LongIsland.com)
• Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker recently joined the Lohman family as they celebrated the 100th birthday of Maurice Lohman at their home in Shoreham. Legislator Anker presented Maurice with a proclamation to thank him for his lifelong contributions to his community and to the country as a military veteran. (LongIsland.com)
• A fitness minded teen is striving to make children's hearts healthier in the Town of Brookhaven. Adriana Ancilleri, a junior at Sachem High School East in Farmingville, recently completed the Healthy Hearts for Happy Kids trail on a fitness track at the Holtsville Wildlife & Ecology Center. Her efforts included installing signs for eight physical activities. (Newsday)

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Events:

• Office & Home Furniture Warehouse Liquidation Sale. (Dec. 4)
• Holiday Tree Lighting at The Shoppes. (Dec. 4)
• Big Apple Circus is NOW OPEN in New York City! (Dec. 12)
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That's it for today! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with your next update. If you're into these newsletters, consider bringing some friends and neighbors into the fold. You can send them this link to subscribe.

— Debora Whitehead

About me: Debora Whitehead is a dedicated wife and homeschooling mom from Coram, NY. She has a bachelor's degree in Education and loves to teach and write. Her passion for the community reflects on her volunteering work at the "Mariposa Ministry," a nonprofit family assistance program. One of her strongest believes is Jesus Christ and when she is not parenting, teaching or reading, she is writing. One of her favorites quotes is: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."- Eleanor Roosevelt.

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