🌱 Westhampton-Hampton Bays Daily: Chalk Contest + Rescued Kitten

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A kitten was rescued from an unusual place. Airmen from Westhampton trained in Greenland. And today is a chalk festival in Westhampton Beach.

First, today's weather:

Very windy; a few showers. High: 60 Low: 44.

Here are the top five stories in Westhampton-Hampton Bays 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)
5. Patch reports that the Centereach woman who has been missing for weeks has been found dead in the woods and her husband was arrested, Marcello Molinari, 43, and charged with murder. Police found her body in Rocky Point Barrens State Forest off Currans Road in Middle Island. (Patch)

Today in Westhampton-Hampton Bays:

• Old Tyme Schoolhouse Christmas, Manorville, 2 p.m.
• Holiday Harmonies Concert With Darren Ottati, St. Rosalie's Church, 7:30 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Dune Road/Rogers Beach Cleanup set for today has been postponed.
• Westhampton Rotary Club presents the proceeds of this year’s Food Pantry Fundraiser to Father Mike at Immaculate Conception Church. (Facebook)
• Hampton Bays Booster Club is selling gear at Skidmore's today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Facebook)
• Westhampton Beach School District congratulates senior Olivia Rongo for being named to Newsday’s Top 100 Long Island Girls Basketball Players list. (Facebook)
• Hampton Bays Booster Club will hold a Lax Clinic Sunday on the turf. Girls 8th-12th grade is 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 5th-7th grade is 10 to 11 a.m. Equipment provided. (Facebook)

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— Jackie