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🌱 Fishers Island exempted from proposed Southold short-term rental cap

Fishers Island, New York Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Fishers Island exempted from proposed Southold short-term rental cap
  • Remembering Gordy Gordon and his lifelong love of Fishers Island

Also on today's calendar: CHEF'S ARSENAL Pre-Black Friday 2-Day Warehouse Sale! Le Creuset, Wusthof & More and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 58 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, afternoon rain, temps: high: 56, low: 46.
  • Friday: Breezy and cooler with rain, with a high of 48 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Southold eyes further cuts to Airbnbs, short-term rentals (therealdeal.com) — Fishers Island would be exempt from a proposed Southold cap on short-term rental permits. Elsewhere in town, the proposal would limit permits to 1 percent of each hamlet’s housing stock and award them by lottery, leaving 119 eligible homes—an estimated 80 percent reduction from the current rental market.
   

• IN MEMORIAM: Albert Hamilton Gordon II (fishersisland.net) — Albert “Gordy” Hamilton Gordon II, who spent childhood summers on Fishers Island, died October 18 at 56 after a brief illness and was buried there beside his grandparents. A former public defender, he treasured his Hay Harbor Club memories and returned to its watersports docks throughout his life.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday November 11
  • Montauk Veterans Day Ceremony →
    Montauk Playhouse, 240 Edgemere Street, Montauk
    11:00 am
    • Friday November 13
  • Friday Classic Film Series at the Montauk Library →
    Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
    5:00 pm
  • Friday Classic Film Series: Gilda (1946)
    Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
    5:00 pm
    • Saturday November 14
  • OHS Annual Meeting →
    Poquatuck Hall, 1160 Skippers Ln., Orient
    10:30 am
    • Monday November 16
  • RSVP Medicare Workshop
    Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
    12:15 pm
    • Tuesday November 17
  • Winterscapes and Still Life Painting Workshop 10AM
    Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
    10:00 am
    • Wednesday November 18
  • Bilingual Story Time
    Montauk Library - Children's Programs, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
    11:45 am
  • Advanced Italian Conversation with Cristina
    Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
    5:00 pm

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  • East Hampton Town Councilman Won't Seek Reelection (27east.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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