🌱 Westhampton-Hampton Bays Daily: Baby Needs New Heart

Hey, Westhampton-Hampton Bays! It's Tuesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and milder. High: 49 Low: 36.

Here are the top three stories in Westhampton-Hampton Bays today:

1. The Wading River family whose first baby, Ruby June Cotter, received a heart transplant for Christmas two years ago is hoping their second child will also get a new heart. Everett will turn a year old on Thursday. (Patch)
2. Riverhead Town Police are seeking two teenage boys who left Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch in Riverhead. Ja-wan Groover, 15, and Anthony Salinas, 17, left the Middle Road facility on Christmas Eve around noon. (RiverheadLOCAL)
3. Flights continued to be canceled on Monday due to omicron-related staffing shortages. American Airlines joined United Airlines, Delta and JetBlue in having to cut flights this week but so far no MacArthur Airport flights have been cancelled. (News 12)

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Today in Westhampton-Hampton Bays:

• Holiday Trivia + Ugly Sweater Night, 6 to 8:30 p.m., North Fork Brewing Company

From my notebook:

• Free, drive-through COVID-19 testing will be available, beginning today, at the Peconic Bay Medical Center Mercy campus, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Patch)
• Hampton Bays Booster Club Coaches versus Cancer Basketball Tournament scheduled for December Tuesday and Wednesday has been postponed. (Facebook)
• Westhampton Free Library's Virtual Builders Challenge this week has playing cards as the material. (Facebook)

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