On Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings’ Family, Southold Budget, Weekend Events
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting mostly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 79 degrees and a southwest wind 6 to 11 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 22 mph. There’s a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight, with mostly cloudy skies and a low aroudn 58. Saturday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 67. On Saturday, we’re expecting increasing clouds, with a high near 63 and a 40 percent chance of showers after 2 p.m.
Pictured Above: Pulling a sailboat that had run aground after the nor’easter, on Oct. 1 east of Havens Beach, Sag Harbor.
• Greenport resident Dorothy Westerinen has always known her family was related to Thomas Jefferson — after all, her mother Julia’s family carried the last name Jefferson for generations. But she didn’t know until she was a teenager in the 1970s that her family line goes back to Sally Hemings, a woman enslaved by Jefferson who is believed to have borne seven of his children. Julia Jefferson, who recently passed away, contributed a saliva sample to a project organized by Richard Kurin at the Smithsonian Institution, which has proven using cutting-edge DNA research that Ms. Westerinen and her many cousins are descended from both Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.That research is documented in Mr. Kurin’s brand new book, “History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings and a 200-Year-Old Mystery.”Ms. Westerinen, her brother Art and Mr. Kurin will discuss the the project in a special program organized by the North Fork chapter of Coming to the Table this Saturday, Oct. 3 at 4 p.m. at the North Fork Arts Center. Read Our Coverage.
• The Southold Town Board holds a special meeting at 9 a.m. today to hear a presentation on the town’s tentative 2027 budget from Town Supervisor Al Krupski. The agenda and meeting documents are slated to be posted here, and here’s the Zoom link.
• This evening is this year’s last First Friday on Love Lane in Mattituck, a street fair with music and vendors from 6 to 9 p.m. Find Out More.
• The Sag Harbor American Music Festival, postponed from last weekend due to the nor’easter, kicks into full gear this weekend, with free concerts throughout the village this evening and all day Saturday and Sunday. Find Out More.
• Also rescheduled due to the story was pianist Magdalena Baczewska’s performance at the Jamesport Meeting House, which has been rescheduled to tomorrow, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are still available — Find Out More.
• The annual Country Fair at Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead is this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — it’s an extra-special year for this fair, as it is the only Country Fair in Riverhead after the downtown Country Fair was cancelled this year. Events include contests for vegetables and home cooking, line dancing, a scarecrow making contest, presentations about local indigenous history, historical tours and demonstrations, folk art and tractor pulls with the Long Island Antique Power Association. Tickets are also half-price on Sunday morning. Find Out More.
Get the details on the numerous other local events happening this weekend in our Events Calendar.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
October 2
Plum Gut Harbor: 2:35 a.m., 2:57 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 1:31 a.m., 2:04 p.m.
Greenport: 3:18 a.m., 3:41 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 4:11 a.m., 4:33 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 3:05 a.m., 3:31 p.m.
New Suffolk: 4:22 a.m., 4:55 p.m.
South Jamesport: 4:52 a.m., 5:14 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 1:39 a.m., 2 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 12:06 a.m., 12:34 p.m.
October 3
Plum Gut Harbor: 3:42 a.m., 4:09 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 2:35 a.m., 3:14 p.m.
Greenport: 4:27 a.m., 4:51 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 5:13 a.m., 5:36 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 4:13 a.m., 4:41 p.m.
New Suffolk: 5:26 a.m., 6:05 p.m.
South Jamesport: 5:53 a.m., 6:16 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 2:44 a.m., 3:06 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 1:09 a.m., 1:39 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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