🌱 Southampton Daily: LI's COVID Spike + Feral Hamptons Cats

Happy Tuesday, neighbors! Let's get this day started. Here are the most important things happening today in Southampton.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 43 Low: 34.

Here are the top four stories today in Southampton:

1. Numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations are increasing on Long Island and now Nassau and Suffolk's seven-day positivity rate is the highest in New York State at 9.32 percent. Nassau and Suffolk reported 3,973 new cases on Sunday, with a total of 24 confirmed omicron cases on Long Island. (News 12)
2. The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons partnered with Bideawee to address the feral cat population on the East End. On Dec. 9, Bideawee's Westhampton facility held the first monthly spay/neuter clinic. (Patch)
3. Residents of Flanders, Riverside and Northampton will be in a new county legislative district next year, if a redistricting plan passes. (Subscription: 27east.com)
4. Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard is giving away 200 Christmas trees for free to families in need or anyone who wants a tree. (Patch)

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Today in Southampton:

• Youth Advisory Committee, Town of Southampton Youth Bureau, 6:30 p.m.
• Board of Education Work Session Meeting, Southampton High School, 6:30 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Found dog on Pleasure Drive in Flanders. Safe at SASF. (Facebook)
• A Bridgehampton house designed by Roger Ferris on the site of a former sports car racing track next to The Bridge golf course is selling for $25 million. (Subscription: Wall Street Journal)
• A house flipped for a $1.3 million profit in just one month. The 2.2-acre property at 100 Trelawney Road, Bridgehampton sold for $7.2 million on Oct. 22 and sold in November at $8.5 million. (The Real Deal)

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