Giving Blood Matters Now, Rights & Resource Fair at CAST, Southold Talks Pro-Housing Community, Dock Hearing in Southampton
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting increasing clouds today, with a chance of flurries after noon and a high temperature near 23 degrees, with wind chill values between zero and 10 and a west wind 9 to 11 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 23 mph. It will be partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 13. We’re expecting mostly sunny skies on Wednesday and Thursday, with highs in the mid-20s.
Community:
• The New York Blood Emergency is still in effect, and with recent weather cancellations, there’s an even more urgent need for blood donations this week. And there are several places locally where you can do just that. The Southampton Fire Department (470 Hampton Road) holds a blood drive today from Noon to 6 p.m., Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital hosts a blood drive tomorrow, Jan. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and another drive will be held on Thursday, Jan. 29 from 9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at Riverhead Town Hall. Find Out More.
• CAST’s Rights and Resources Fair at their Southold headquarters will take place this afternoon from 1 to 6 p.m. Join us for free, valuable information for families including presentations on Know Your Rights, tenant rights, mental wellness, legal resources, and more. Everyone is welcome, community support starts here. Find Out More.
• The Montauk Food Pantry will distribute food this Friday, Jan. 30 instead of today, due to icy roads and slippery conditions.
Government:
• The Southold Town Board will discuss the Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program’s 2025 accomplishments and 2026 plans, a state grant for improvements to Jean Cochran Park, the state Pro-Housing Community program and the Village of Greenport’s housing Technical Assistance Program grant requests, the town’s wireless communications master plan and updated planning fees at its 9 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda, and here’s the Zoom link. The board has no public hearings scheduled for its 6 p.m. regular meeting this evening. Here’s the agenda for that meeting, and here’s the Zoom link.
• The Shelter Island Town Board will discuss partnering with Southampton Town on a marine barge and/or vacuum truck, the town’s ethics code and a review of its investment policy at its 9 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on the town’s YouTube channel.
• The Southampton Town Board will hold public hearings on prohibiting the construction of private docks in the Peconic Bay, special parking permits, improvements to the Hampton Bays Water District and considering a change in nonconforming use from a repair/machine shop to an office at 60 South Country Road in Quiogue at its 1 p.m. regular meeting this afternoon. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on Sea-TV’s YouTube channel.
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Today’s high tides on the East End are as follows:
January 27
Plum Gut Harbor: 4:11 a.m., 4:49 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 3:20 a.m., 3:41 p.m.
Greenport: 4:52 a.m., 5:31 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 5:45 a.m., 6:21 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 4:44 a.m., 5:18 p.m.
New Suffolk: 6:11 a.m., 6:32 p.m.
South Jamesport: 6:27 a.m., 7:03 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 3:04 a.m., 3:35 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 1:51 a.m., 2:18 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
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