🌱 Southampton Daily: Streep Nephew Fined $250 + Stolen Trees

Happy Thursday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know going on locally today.

First, today's weather:

Variable clouds; breezy, mild. High: 55 Low: 52.

Here are the top three stories in Southampton today:

1. Meryl Streep's nephew, Charles Harrison Streep, 32, has to pay a $250 fine following a road rage incident in East Hampton in August 2020. The fight left a teenager seriously injured. (Patch)
2. In East Hampton, someone stole 60-70 Christmas trees from East Hampton Kiwanis Club's self-serve tree stand at the American Legion Post 419. (East Hampton Press)
3. Newsday's Runner of the Year is Gavin Ehlers, the senior from Westhampton. He was called the top runner on Long Island and one of the best in all of New York State. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Southampton:

• Southampton Intermediate School Winter Concert, Southampton UFSD.
• Southampton’s 20th Century Influencers: Jack Dempsey, The Manassa Mauler, Southampton History Museum, 11 a.m.
• Holiday Sip-N-Shop marketplace, 75 Main St., Southampton, 6 p.m.

From my notebook:

• After one month on the market, a house still under construction in East Hampton dubbed “Three Barns,” sold. 179 Montauk Highway was asking $4.5 million. (Hedges)
• A seventh grader at the Southampton Intermediate School, Marleny Molina, is this month's Southampton Intermediate School "student spotlight." Marleny, who has a hearing disability, recently learned American Sign Language and joined the school's soccer team. (Patch)
• Southampton Youth Bureau is hosting a holiday kids' movie night for grades K – 8 at the Flanders Youth Center, 655 Flanders Road on Thursday, Dec. 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. (Instagram)

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— Jackie