🌱 Westhampton-Hampton Bays Daily: New COVID Testing Site In HB

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

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 52 Low: 43.

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

1. A new COVID-19 testing site will open in Hampton Bays on Monday, replacing one at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach. The site will be at Red Creek Park, 102 Old Riverhead Road, have 500 tests available for school-required testing and community testing on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Dan's Papers)
2. New Year’s Bowling Party at the All-Star tonight at 4:30 p.m. is a family-friendly New Year's Eve event. Kids will get two hours of unlimited bowling, pizza, bumpers and pitchers of soda while parents get buckets of wings, big-round pizzas and bowling. (Dan's Papers)
3. Peconic Bay scallops are hard to find but some are available locally. The cost ranges from $50 to $55 a pound on the North Fork and up to $82 per pound on the South Fork. (Patch)

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Today in Westhampton-Hampton Bays:

• New Year's Eve at Cowfish, Hampton Bays, 6 p.m.

From my notebook:

• A team of animal rescuers freed a 250-pound doe that was stuck between two fences at Rocky Point High School's football field. Strong Island Animal Rescue League and Yaeger's Run Rescue helped save the deer on Wednesday. (Patch)
• Hampton Bays Firemen delivered $7,000 worth of gifts to the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island in New Hyde Park. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Shinnecock Hills: "Looking for someone with fair prices to replace the oil burner in my home ASAP. Any recommendations?" (Nextdoor)

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