Good Morning!
• We’re expecting mostly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 38 degrees and a 20 percent chance of snow showers before noon. Wind chill values will be between 20 and 25., with a northwest wind 15 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. There’s a 50 percent chance of snow after 1 a.m. overnight, with a low around 22 degrees. Wednesday will start out cloudy, gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Thursday will be sunny, with a high near 36.
• The U.S. Navy’s consultants are beginning to test private wells for the emerging contaminant PFAS this week in neighborhoods surrounding the Navy’s former property in Calverton, and they’re urging residents within the testing area to schedule an appointment. Residents who have private drinking wells in the area are asked to call 1-800-906-9339 to set up the testing, which will be conducted by the Navy’s contractors, Resolution Consultants. Find Out More.
• The Southampton Town Board will continue a public hearing at its 1 p.m. meeting today on whether to “amortize” sand mines, which would provide a path to phase out non-conforming sand mines throughout town. Several other public hearings will be held on changes to the town’s land use codes. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on Sea-TV’s website.
• The Southampton Fire Department, at 470 Hampton Road in Southampton, hosts a New York Blood Center blood drive today from noon to 6 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments can also be made online here.
• The Greenport Fire Department will hold its First Annual Red Sauce Night — a spaghetti & meatball fundraiser for a new fireboat, this Saturday, Feb. 1 from 4 to 8 p.m. There will be music, merchandise, red & white whine, beer, soda, mozzarella sticks, salad, garlic bread and tiramisu. Tickets are $25 and are available at www.gfd.li.
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Today’s high tides on the East End are as follows:
January 28
Plum Gut Harbor: 8:48 a.m., 9:13 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 7:56 a.m., 8:21 p.m.
Greenport: 9:25 a.m., 9:50 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 10:14 a.m., 10:46 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 9:20 a.m., 9:45 p.m.
New Suffolk: 10:47 a.m., 11:12 p.m.
South Jamesport: 10:54 a.m., 11:19 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 7:52 a.m., 8:17 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 6:01 a.m., 6:26 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
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