🌱 Southampton Daily: Easter Pet Alternatives + Fraudulent License: PD

Good morning, neighbors! It's me again, Diane Witek, your host of the Southampton Daily.

First, today's weather:

Breezy; a shower in the p.m. High: 57, Low: 42.

Here are the top stories today in Southampton:

1. I remember getting ducklings for Easter one year, I was a child and did not know how to care for them. People considering adopting rabbits and chickens need to consider their ability to commit to the care of the animals for years to come — and not just right now, Southampton officials warn. Consider alternates such as chocolate rabbits or stuffed rabbit and chick toys. (Southampton Patch)
2. A Queens man was arrested after he gave a fraudulent Pennsylvania driver's license to a Southampton Town Police office Thursday, authorities said. According to police, the incident took place at 11:44 p.m.; Anil Jagdeo, 28, presented the license to an officer after being stopped for a traffic offense, police said. Jagdeo was arrested and charged with second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, a felony, and numerous traffic infractions, police said. He was processed at Southampton Town Police headquarters and held for morning arraignment, police said. (Southampton Patch)
3. A Department of Environmental Conservation spokesperson confirmed that three owls, an adult great horned owl and two owlets, in Peconic, tested positive for the avian flu, which has been detected in several eastern states so far in 2022 and can be particularly dangerous for livestock. The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that the avian flu in birds is not an immediate public health concern. The DEC said the public should report dead ducks, geese, swans, waterbirds (including gulls), raptors, pheasants, turkey and grouse, or any group of five or more dead birds in one area to the regional DEC Wildlife office at wildlife.r1@dec.ny.gov or call 518-478-2203. (Suffolk Times)
4. New York State approved Plant Connection on Sound Avenue in Riverhead for an adult-use cannabis cultivator license. Adult-use cultivators are prohibited from being licensed as retailers or locations for on-site consumption under the 2021 legislation that legalized recreational marijuana in New York State. A handful of other approvals went to applicants in the NYC-LI region. (RiverheadLOCAL)

Today in Southampton:

• East End Food Institute's Indoor Farmers Market. (9 a.m.)
• “Beyond The Silence” Full Moon Sound Bath. (5:30 p.m.)

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