🌱 Southampton Daily: Kitten Rescued From Dryer + Chalk Festival

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

Today is a chalk drawing contest and fair. A kitten was rescued from an unusual place by firefighters. And today is the polar plunge at Cooper's Beach.

First, today's weather:

Winds becoming strong. High: 58 Low: 45.

Here are the top four stories in Southampton today:

1. Lisa Finn tells us that the Greater Westhampton Chamber of Commerce's chalk drawing contest will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Main Street in Westhampton Beach today. Chalk will be provided. (Patch)
2. News 12 has the story on a kitten rescued from a dryer vent in Water Mill on Newlight Lane. Members of the Bridgehampton Fire Department spent over an hour carefully cutting and removing sections of the vent to get to the kitten. (News 12)
3. Seventeen New York Air National Guard Airmen from the 106th Rescue Wing based in Westhampton participated in a Danish military search and rescue exercise in Greenland last month. They trained in cold weather operations. (DVIDS)
4. Suffolk County voted in support of the $2.3 billion Ronkonkoma redevelopment project that includes a convention center, health sciences center and a northern terminal at Long Island MacArthur Airport. (Subscription: Newsday)

Today in Southampton:

• 18th Annual Polar Bear Plunge to Benefit Heart of the Hamptons, Cooper's Beach, 10 a.m.

• Center Stage Presents 'Miracle on 34th Street,' A Live Musical Radio Play! Southampton Cultural Center, 2 and 7 p.m.
• Toys for Tots / Holiday Heros Party, Union Burger Bar, 10 p.m.

From my notebook:

• The Southampton School District congratulates senior Madison Taylor for being named to Newsday’s Top 100 Long Island Girls Basketball Players list. (Facebook)
• Southampton Town Board Meeting Access Information is here for the Dec. 14 meeting. (Facebook)
• How much do you know about the history of the Montauk Lighthouse? (Dan's Papers)

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