🌱 Southampton Daily: Guilty Plea In Fatal Stabbing + LI Walk

Up and at 'em, Southampton! Diane Witek here to get you started this Wednesday with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Some sun, then clouds. High: 44, low: 39.

Here are the top stories in Southampton today:

1. The Southampton Kiwanis Club chapter kicked off a project partnering with 50 volunteers to provide soup for the nonprofit Heart of the Hamptons. "Members of the Hampton Bays High School Key Club helped the Kiwanis Club by preparing 90 quarts of soup, in total, with all of the Key Club's help, they provided a total of 820 quarts," the district said. (Patch)
2. Francisco Andres-Miguel, 45, a Flanders man "was arrested Sunday night after he drove drunk with three children in his SUV and almost hit a New York State trooper in Riverhead," police said. Andres-Miguel had a prior conviction and also, was charged with aggravated DWI with a child under the Leandra's Law — as well as with endangering the welfare of a child. "In addition, Andres-Miguel had an active stay-away order of protection preventing him from being with the three children in the vehicle, and as a result, he was also charged with second-degree criminal contempt, a misdemeanor," police said. (Riverhead Patch)
3. "A Riverside man pleaded guilty Tuesday to stabbing his girlfriend to death in front of her 9-year-old daughter, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said." Bayron Fajardo-Gonzalez pleaded guilty to an indictment in which he was charged with second degree-murder after he fatally stabbed his girlfriend in 2020, Tierney said. According to court filings and statements by Fajardo-Gonzalez, 34, who admitted to the stabbing, on August 10, 2020, he attacked Tania Fox, 45, after she had arrived back to the couple's residence with her daughter, Tierney said. (Southampton Patch)
4. Alex Wolfe walked the distance across Long Island from the Verrazano Bridge to the Montauk lighthouse. Newsday wrote, "His journey covered nearly 160 miles over 9 days, stopping at iconic Long Island places along the way. Newsday's Michelle Romano tells the story." (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Southampton:

• Teen Views on the News (TV-ON) — Town of Southampton Youth Bureau. (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation: 🎓 "We still have three spots available in our next 𝐏𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 starting this Sunday, April 3! Call 631-728-7387 ext. 221 to register today! Check out our other Training Classes here." (Facebook) (Website)
• Southampton Youth Bureau: "Band applications are now available for the Southampton Youth Bureau’s 19th Battle of the Bands! This year’s competition will be held on Friday, June 10. (Rain Date: Friday, June 17) from 8 – 11 p.m. at Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays." (Instagram) (Website)
• Southampton Youth Association Inc. "SYA": "SYA’s Board Member Juni stopped in at @CitarellaGourmetMarket for his own limited edition canvas tote bag! SYA and six other organizations thank you, as well as the kids that are benefiting from the @EastEndFund4Kids fundraiser❤️ To support a good cause, and be stylish this season, stop by @CitarellaGourmetMarket to - #BuyTheBagSupportTheKids for $20 each!" (Facebook) (Website)
• Peconic Land Trust: "Bridge Garden’s Native Plant of the Month — Redbud (Cercis canadensis). A popular small tree for landscaping, they are hardy throughout most of the northeast. In spring, from late April into May, an abundance of stemless, pea-like flowers." (Facebook) (Website)
• Long Island Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence: "LICADD offers a range of clinical services: HERE Program, Anger Management Program, Chemical Dependency Evaluations and Treatment Referral, Open Arms Employee Assistance Program, Eating Disorder Support Group, Family Interventions." (Facebook) (Website)

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— Diane Witek

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