🌱 Southampton Daily: BH Man Charged With Child Sexual Contact

Happy Tuesday, people of Southampton! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in town today.

A Bridgehampton man was charged with having sexual contact with a child under age 13.

A Sag Harbor resident was arrested for DWI. And a second Lobster Roll restaurant has opened in Southampton.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 49 Low: 38.

Here are the top four stories today in Southampton:

1. A Bridgehampton man was charged with engaging in sexual conduct with a child under the age of 13 in East Hampton. Jose Xiomar Vijil Villanueva, 49, was arrested on Friday at 11 a.m. and charged with the felony. (Patch)
2. Popular and longtime Hamptons restaurant, the Lobster Roll, now has a sister restaurant in Southampton that will stay open year-round. The new eatery is at 32 Montauk Highway. (Patch)
3. A Sag Harbor man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated Sunday in Hampton Bays, at 8:23 p.m. on Old Riverhead Road West. Jared Wawryk, 35, was seen speeding and failing to maintain his lane of travel. (Patch)
4. A Suffolk County court judge dismissed a lawsuit from billionaire Stefan Soloviev which alleged teachers at the Ross School gave students, and his son Hayden, alcohol on a class trip to Patagonia. (Dan's Papers)
5. Check out this house for sale that is ready for renovation. The gutted cottage at 55 Bay Ave. on a quarter of an acre in Southampton is selling for $549,000. (Patch)

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Today in Southampton:

• Regular Town Board Meeting, Town of Southampton Meeting, 1 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Suffolk County's Board of Health meeting on Dec. 15 will have a public portion in the beginning minutes, via Zoom. (Patch)
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has not said if he will enforce Gov. Kathy Hochul's new mask mandate. Nassau's exec Bruce Blakeman said he would not enforce it on Monday. (Subscription: Newsday)
• Montauk's Surf Lodge has moved to Aspen, Colorado for the winter. The pop-up opened as “Snow Lodge Supper Club” at the St. Regis and will have concerts. (PageSix.com)

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