🌱 Westhampton-Hampton Bays Daily: New COVID Testing Site

Hey, neighbors! It's me again, your host of the Westhampton-Hampton Bays Daily.

First, today's weather:

A.M. mist; otherwise, cloudy. High: 45 Low: 36.

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

1. Peconic Bay Medical Center opened a new drive-thru coronavirus PCR testing site in Riverhead. Testing is free and available by appointment from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (RiverheadLOCAL)
2. Police are now saying the Christmas home invasion and murder in North Sea was a targeted burglary. Steven Byrnes, 53, of Roses Grove Road, was found dead from a gunshot wound. (Patch)
3. A group of Wainscott residents filed a court motion to block construction of underground cables connecting land portion of the South Fork Wind Farm. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Westhampton-Hampton Bays:

• Yoga for Everyone, Hampton Bays Public Library, 5:30 p.m.

From my notebook:

• National Grid is planning to replace Sag Harbor's Main Street gas main this winter. (Subscription: 27east.com)
• Recent studies indicate that the COVID-19 virus is spreading throughout the white-tailed deer population in the United States. (Subscription: 27east.com)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, RCPA: "Any recommendations for places to jog after dark in Hampton Bays? With the short days, it’s hard to get a run in before dark." (Nextdoor)

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— Jackie