🌱 Westhampton-Hampton Bays Daily: Feral Cats In Hamptons

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

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 44 Low: 30.

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

1. Numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations are increasing on Long Island and now Nassau and Suffolk's seven-day positivity rate is the highest in New York State at 9.32 percent. Nassau and Suffolk reported 3,973 new cases on Sunday, with a total of 24 confirmed omicron cases on Long Island. (News 12)
2. The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons partnered with Bideawee to address the feral cat population on the East End. On Dec. 9, Bideawee's Westhampton facility held the first monthly spay/neuter clinic. (Patch)
3. Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard is giving away 200 Christmas trees for free to families in need or anyone who wants a tree. (Patch)
4. Suffolk Executive Steve Bellone has appointed Risco Mention-Lewis as Suffolk's Acting Police Commissioner. She has been deputy commissioner since 2012 and is the first Black commissioner in the county's history. (Patch)

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Today in Westhampton-Hampton Bays:

• High School Art Show & Winter Concert Grades 9 & 10, District Auditorium, Westhampton Beach High School, 7:30 p.m.

From my notebook:

• The world record holder in speed ice carving is showing off his work in Westhampton Beach. Rich Daly carved a Santa holding a surfboard. (Subscription: 27east.com)
• Residents of Flanders, Riverside and Northampton will be in a new county legislative district next year, if a redistricting plan passes. (Subscription: 27east.com)
• Members of the Hampton Bays Elementary School K-Kids community service club are holding a coat drive for local families in need. In October, the club raised $500 for the American Cancer Society. (Facebook)

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— Jackie