🌱 North Fork Daily: Suffolk's COVID Spike + Remote School Chance

Good day, people of North Fork! I'm here with today's North Fork Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Occasional morning rain. High: 45 Low: 31.

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Here are the top four stories today in North Fork:

1. Suffolk County's seven-day coronavirus positivity rate hit 13.6 percent this week, Executive Steve Bellone said on Tuesday. The omicron variant is driving the highest rates since early in the pandemic, triggering long lines at COVID-19 testing sites. (Patch)
2. Greenport schools told parents and students to be prepared for a shift back to remote or hybrid learning. Greenport Union Free School District Secondary Principal Gary Kalish and Elementary Principal Joseph Tsaveras sent a message to families, stating that the district was monitoring the situation, and asked students to bring all items home, just in case. (Patch)
3. A Riverhead man was arrested for allegedly driving drunk and crashing his car into a house in Flanders, killing a 36-year-old passenger on Friday. Santiago Monzon-Archila, 40, was charged and the victim was identified as Noe Hernandez-Nunez of Riverside. (Dan's Papers)
4. The Peconic Sportsman's Club raised $30,000 for breast health groups. The club gave a $10,000 check each to the North Fork Breast Health Coalition, the Babylon Breast Cancer Coalition and Lucia's Angels on Dec. 14. (RiverheadLOCAL)

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Today in North Fork:

• Riverhead Free Library, 330 Court St., is offering a special one-day vaccine clinic for everyone age 5 years and older, 2 to 6 p.m.
• Elementary Winter Concert, Greenport UFSD, 6 p.m.

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From my notebook:

• New York's Attorney General is warning people to look out for price gauging on at-home COVID-19 tests. Letitia James said her office has been receiving complaints as New Yorkers scramble for the tests. (Patch)
• The Watershed Kitchen & Bar in Jamesport, Bruce and Son in Greenport and Anker in Greenport are three restaurants serving New Year's Day brunch. (Northforker)
• A Laurel house, at 2195 Aldrich Lane, has a horse barn and an oversized, covered front porch. It's selling for $1.225 million. (Northforker)

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— Jackie