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In today's newsletter:
- How a Southampton home invasion exposed a massive cannabis stash
Also on today's calendar: 8th Annual Chowdah Chowdown 🍲 and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why was the scarecrow given an award? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: A little afternoon rain, with a high of 64 and low of 57 degrees.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, breezy and nice, temps: high: 70, low: 47.
- Tuesday: Sunny, windy and cooler, with a high of 61 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Home Invasion Led Police to a Huge Drug Bust Inside a Southampton House. Two Weeks Later It Burned Down. (newsbreak.com) — A massive cannabis seizure and a suspicious house fire have rocked West Neck Road in Southampton, where police found about 1,000 pounds of marijuana after a reported home invasion, then returned 12 days later when the same house burned. One local man faces felony cannabis charges, investigators are probing possible links between the bust and the blaze, and no suspects have been arrested for the break-in.
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- 8th Annual Chowdah Chowdown 🍲 →
Springs Tavern and Grill, 15 Fort Pond Blvd, East Hampton
12:00 pm - MARTY BELLER: Twists, Turns, and Breakthroughs →
The Church, 48 Madison St, Sag Harbor
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Saturday October 10
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Other local events
- Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Fall Fest →
228 W Montauk Hwy, Hampton Bays
11:00 am - Juana Libedinsky "Downhill: A Memoir of an Accident, Two Comas, Many Books, and Starting Over" →
Southampton Arts Center, 25 Jobs Ln, Southampton
2:00 pm - East End Recorder Ensemble →
Hampton Library, 2478 Main St, Bridgehampton
3:30 pm - Mondays at Madoo →
Hampton Library, 2478 Main St, Bridgehampton
10:00 am - Board of Trustees Work Session / Meeting →
Southampton, NY Calendar, 116 Hampton Road, Southampton
10:00 am - Book Exchange Soiree →
Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Coopers Farm Rd, Southampton
6:00 pm - Toddler Time →
2478 Main St, Bridgehampton
10:30 am - Architectural Review Board (ARB) Meeting →
Southampton, NY Calendar, 116 Hampton Road, Southampton
11:00 am - Wood Slice Pumpkins →
2478 Main St, Bridgehampton
4:00 pm - Wednesday Walks: Water Mill Farm Fields →
Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Coopers Farm Rd, Southampton
1:00 pm
Sunday October 4
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 7
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🗞 Nearby News
Water Mill
- Penny Candy: Thoughts on a Water Mill Icon (danspapers.com)
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Hampton Bays
- High school roundup: Girls volleyball, boys and girls soccer and field hockey (newsday.com)
- Suffolk County to open new Italian-American heritage museum (wliw.org)
- Crescent Duck Farm ducks are back on Long Island restaurant menus (newsday.com)
Riverhead
- Barn Fire Breaks Out In Riverhead: Officials (patch.com)
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