🌱 North Fork Daily: Purse Theft + New Airline + Holiday Bonfire

Good morning, North Fork! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started off right. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in North Fork today.

Suffolk's MacArthur Airport is getting a new airline and two new destinations. Riverhead's holiday bonfire is coming up this weekend. And two women stole $6,000 worth of designer purses.

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First, today's weather:

Cooler with clouds and sun. High: 42 Low: 28.

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Here are the top stories in North Fork today:

1. Lisa Finn reports that two women stole $6,000 in handbags from Michael Kors at the Riverhead Tanger Outlets on Sunday. They took 14 bags, and one woman fled into the woods before she was caught. Tanya Antoinette Schultheis-Brown, 37, of Riverhead, was arrested. (Patch)
2. Another Santa parade and holiday event is planned for this weekend, but this one has a unique twist: a bonfire. In downtown Riverhead, the 69th Riverhead Lions Club Holiday Parade starts at 3 p.m. on West Main Street and ends at the Peconic Riverfront at 4 p.m., where a community bonfire will be located. (RiverheadLOCAL)
3. Patch has the details on the new airline coming to MacArthur Airport. Breeze Airways will begin flights to Norfolk, Virginia and Charleston, South Carolina in February. (Patch)
4. News 12 stops by the Southold Fish Market. The popular market and restaurant is celebrating its 10th anniversary. (News 12)
5. Dan's Papers profiles Citizens 4 Humanity, a group working to feed East End families this Christmas. Co-founders Marco and Sheila Barrila are cooking the meals at his new restaurant, Insatiable Eats Creative Kitchen in Riverhead. (Dan's Papers)

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Today in North Fork:

• CE Holiday Shoppe, Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD.
• Economic Development Committee, Town of Southold Meetings, 4 p.m.
• Holiday Concert Grade 4, Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD, 7 p.m.
• Land Preservation Committee, Town of Southold Meetings, 7 p.m.

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From my notebook:

• Icky the cat has been missing since yesterday from North Road next to Sterling Cemetery in Greenport. He is a tuxedo cat that is 20 years old. (Facebook)
• Southold Historical Museum has new stocking stuffers for the holidays at the Museum Gift Shop. (Facebook)
• David Harris, Neighbor: "2017 West Marine RIB-310 Compact Folding Transom Rigid Inflatable Boat, like new. Includes Mercury 6 HP outboard motor and Venture trailer. $3,900." (Patch)

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