🌱 Westhampton-Hampton Bays Daily: Rally For Affordable Housing

Rise and shine, Westhampton-Hampton Bays! Let's get you started this Sunday with everything you need to know going on in town today.

A rally for affordable housing in the Hamptons was held to highlight the issue. And Southampton Town offices had to lock down after a shooting threat.

First, today's weather:

Sunshine giving way to clouds. High: 44 Low: 34.

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

1. A fire in a small barn at the Applewild Farm on Meadow Court in Bridgehampton on Wednesday took three fire departments and an hour to extinguish. Sag Harbor, East Hampton, and Southampton responded to Bridgehampton's call for aid. (East Hampton Star)
2. A rally for affordable housing in the Hamptons was held Saturday. East End YIMBY ("Yes in my back yard") assembled at the windmill on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor to draw attention to the fact that teachers, firefighters, health care workers, tradespeople, farmers, fishermen and more cannot find affordable homes in the area. (East Hampton Star)
3. Someone threatened to shoot Southampton's town clerk's office on the phone leading to a Wednesday lockdown. The Southampton Town and Village Police both responded. (Subscription: Southampton Press)
4. Check out the three priciest home sales in Remsenburg in November. They sold for between $1.225 million to $3.25 million. (Subscription: Long Island Business News)

Today in Westhampton-Hampton Bays:

• Celebrate Centro Trattoria & Bar’s 5th Anniversary, Hampton Bays, 6 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Hampton Bays Public Library has seven seats left for Wednesday's NYC bus trip. (Facebook)
• Read about the interesting history of the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike. It was built in 1834 and opened in 1837 as a toll road built by wealthy Sag Harbor whalers. (Dan's Papers)

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