🌱 Westhampton-Hampton Bays Daily: E. Moriches Man Dies In Crash

Good morning, Westhampton-Hampton Bays! Let's get this Friday started off right. Here's everything you need to know around Westhampton-Hampton Bays today.

An East Moriches man has died from a crash earlier this week. Riverhead's holiday parade and bonfire has been rescheduled from Saturday due to weather.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy and warmer. High: 51 Low: 39.

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

1. Lisa Finn reports that Anthony Ricci, from East Moriches, who was critically injured in an Eastport crash Wednesday night, has died. The crash happened on East Moriches-Riverhead Road and County Road 111. Ricci was 60. (Patch)
2. Patch explains that Riverhead's Annual Holiday Parade and Bonfire has been postponed from this weekend to the rain date of Dec. 18 due to a forecast of wind and rain. (Patch)
3. Dan's Papers has a roundup of weekend events in the Hamptons. Saturday is a polar bear plunge to Benefit Heart of the Hamptons food pantry, at 10 a.m. at Coopers Beach. (Dan's Papers)

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Today in Westhampton-Hampton Bays:

• Live Music with Liza Coppola, Acoustic Rock, Westhampton Beach Brewing, 3 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Greater Westhampton Chamber Of Commerce's Holiday Chalk Drawing Contest will be
  Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. on Main Street at the WHB Farmers' Market on the Village Green. (Patch)

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— Jackie