🌱 Westhampton Man Grand Marshal NYC Veterans Parade + PFAs On LI

Happy Thursday, people of Westhampton-Hampton Bays! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

A retired sergeant from Westhampton will lead NYC's Veterans Day Parade. And new information about the location of toxic PFA chemicals on LI has been published.

First, today's weather:

Some sun, then clouds. High: 57 Low: 49.

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

1. Eastport-South Manor boys volleyball won the Suffolk Division II title. They will play the winner of Calhoun/Roslyn in the Division II Long Island championship/Southeast Regional Final at Longwood today at 9 a.m. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. Westhampton resident, retired Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Kevin Carrick will be the grand marshal of 2021's New York City Veterans Day Parade. Carrick served for over two decades as a pararescueman with the 106th Rescue Wing out of the Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton. (WABC-TV)
3. News 12 looks at new data from EPA released by The Citizens Campaign for the Environment showing where PFA, cancer-causing chemicals are located. Gabreksi Airport in Westhampton is one. (News 12)

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Westhampton-Hampton Bays Patch Notebook

• Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center is hosting its first annual Holiday Stroll on Main Street on Thursday, Dec. 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. Westhampton Beach businesses and restaurants will partner to raise funds for the center. (Facebook)
• Hampton Bays Booster Club shares Long Island Blaze Volleyball Club's new offerings. (Facebook)
• Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation found two cats together in Bishop Ryan Village in Hampton Bays. (Facebook)

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