🌱 Sagaponack Man Arrested + East Hampton Says No More Docks

Rise and shine, Southampton! It's Friday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

A Sagaponack man was arrested on Thanksgiving for being combative with police officers. East Hampton Town has enacted a moratorium on docks and floating structures. And a local brewery is trying help local sea turtles.

First, today's weather:

A touch of morning rain. High: 48 Low: 33.

Here are the top stories today in Southampton:

1. Christopher Walsh writes that the East Hampton town trustees voted unanimously on Monday to enact a one-year moratorium on construction of docks, catwalks, floating docks, floating structures, and floating platforms in the town. (East Hampton Star)
2. Lisa Finn reports that a Riverhead man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated as the result of a Thanksgiving Eve sobriety checkpoint on Flanders Road. Robert Hamilton, Jr., 57, was arrested and charged with DWI. (Patch)
3. Patch explains that an intoxicated Sagaponack man was arrested after a handgun was found in his vehicle and he became combative and assaulted a police officer early Thanksgiving morning. Errol Gene Scott, 23, was arrested and charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a felony; second-degree assault, a felony; and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor. (Patch)
4. Dan's Papers has a roundup of events in the Hamptons. Some teenager and kid-friendly ones include Science Fun with Timothy Turkey at Rogers Memorial Library and a Thanksgiving Pie Photo Contest on Friday with East Hampton Library. (Dan's Papers)
5. Dan's Papers explains that a local brewery in Riverhead, übergeek Brewing Co., has partnered with the New York Marine Rescue Center (NYMRC) to create a winter ale to supports the non-profit organization's mission, helping sea turtles on the East End. NYMRC, at the Long Island Aquarium, will get $1 for every pour of the beer, called "i didn't ask to be here." (Dan's Papers)

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Southampton Patch Notebook

• The Southampton Class of 2022 and the Southampton Key Club sponsored a “Stuff the Bus” food drive to benefit the Heart of the Hamptons food pantry. (Facebook)
• Read the history of Thanksgiving from the Hampton Bays Historical Society. (Facebook)

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