🌱 Southampton Daily: Police Car Chase + Suffolk's COVID-19 Rate

Get on up, Southampton! Here's everything you need to know to get this Wednesday started off right.

First, today's weather:

A little rain in the morning. High: 46 Low: 31.

Here are the top four stories in Southampton today:

1. Two people were arrested for trying to fill a high-priced narcotics prescription and then leading police on a pursuit from Southampton to Hampton Bays on Thursday. Malik Fludd, 28, of Jamaica was arrested in Hampton Bays along with Naomi Sweeting, 22, of Brooklyn. (Patch)
2. Suffolk County's seven-day coronavirus positivity rate hit 13.6 percent this week, Executive Steve Bellone said on Tuesday. The omicron variant is driving the highest rates since early in the pandemic, triggering long lines at COVID-19 testing sites. (Patch)
3. East End airports are getting federal funding as part of the Infrastructure Act. Brookhaven Calebro Airport in Shirley got $295,000 and East Hampton Airport in Wainscott and Francis S. Gabreski in Westhampton Beach each received $295,000. Elizabeth Field on Fishers Island got $110,000. (Long Island Press)
4. A Riverhead man was arrested for allegedly driving drunk and crashing his car into a house in Flanders, killing a 36-year-old passenger on Friday. Santiago Monzon-Archila, 40, was charged and the victim was identified as Noe Hernandez-Nunez of Riverside. (Dan's Papers)

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Today in Southampton:

• Youth & Government, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Town of Southampton Youth Bureau, Southampton Town Hall.

From my notebook:

• On Tuesday, Dec. 14 at the Southampton Town Board Meeting, the Town Board voted unanimously on a resolution to modify the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) standards and incorporate the NYStretch Energy Code-2020 as a component of the Town’s Energy Conservation Code. (Facebook)
• New York's Attorney General is warning people to look out for price gauging on at-home COVID-19 tests. Letitia James said her office has been receiving complaints as New Yorkers scramble for the tests. (Patch)
• The Southampton Hospital Foundation supports the hospital's mission in providing every member of the East End community with access to 24/7 high-quality healthcare, year-round. You can donate here. (Facebook)

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— Jackie