🌱 Southampton Daily: Cooper's Beach Polar Plunge + SH Man Arrest

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A Southampton man was arrested after hitting another man with a chair. This weekend is a polar plunge at Cooper's Beach for a good cause.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy and warmer. High: 52 Low: 43.

Here are the top stories today in Southampton:

1. Lisa Finn reports that a Southampton man was arrested after an altercation early Thursday. Surajit Ganguly, 38, hit another man in the head with a chair, injuring him, police said. (Patch)
2. Dan's Papers has a roundup of weekend events in the Hamptons. Saturday is a polar bear plunge to Benefit Heart of the Hamptons food pantry, at 10 a.m. at Cooper's Beach. (Dan's Papers)
3. Patch shares that Southampton school band director Danielle Schulman will be appointed as president of the Suffolk County Music Educators' Association, effective July 2022. (Patch)
4. The Sag Harbor Village Zoning Board of Appeals informally agreed to give the Schiavoni family a waiver from the moratorium on Sag Harbor village waterfront development this week. They plan to build a commercial building at 31 Long Island Ave. (Sag Harbor Express)

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Today in Southampton:

• Tony Walton: 'A Christmas Carol' opening reception, Mark Borghi, 34 Main St., Sag Harbor, 5 p.m.
• Center Stage Presents 'Miracle on 34th Street,' A Live Musical Radio Play, Southampton Cultural Center, 7 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Noyac Civic Council will meet on Tuesday at 7 p.m. (Facebook)
• Peconic Land Trust has a Zoom meeting at 7 p.m. with updates work at Sagg Pond. (Facebook)

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— Jackie