Brennan to Run for Greenport Mayor, Southold Sets Short-Term Rental Cap, Early Voting & Weekend Arts
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 59 degrees and a north wind 9 to 11 miles per hour. Areas of frost are possible overnight, with mostly clear skies and a low around 28. Saturday and Sunday will be sunny, with highs near 60.
• It’s official, Greenport Deputy Mayor Patrick Brennan told The Beacon Tuesday evening — he’s looking for a chance at the helm as Mayor of Greenport Village next year. Mr. Brennan was in attendance that evening at a forum at Holy Trinity Church organized by the Greenport Civic Association, in which Greenport Village Clerk Candace Hall gave an overview of the village’s election process for both voters and candidates. Read Our Coverage.
• The Southold Town Board decided on one of the final pieces in its proposed sweeping overhaul of its short-term rental code at its Oct. 21 Code Committee meeting, paving the way for upcoming public hearings. Board members agreed, at least initially, to cap the total number of permits issued at 1 percent of the housing stock in each hamlet, for a total of 119 rentals. The Town Board is expected to schedule public hearings on the proposal later this year. Read Our Coverage.
• Early voting gets underway tomorrow, Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 28 locations across Suffolk County. Voters registered in Suffolk can vote at any of these locations at specified hours between Oct. 24 and Nov. 1, ahead of the Nov. 3 election. On the East End, early voting will be held at the Southold Town Recreation Center at 970 Peconic Lane, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church at 40 Main Street in Westhampton Beach, the Shelter Island Community Center at 1 Bateman Road on Shelter Island, Riverhead Town Hall at 4 West Second Street and Windmill Village at 219 Accabonac Road in East Hampton. Here’s More Info.
• Here’s our coverage of the East End’s races this election cycle — this link will continue to be updated with the latest information through election night.
• We got a chance to talk earlier this week with Nancy Magel, who is directing the North Fork Community Theatre’s production of the Sondheim revue “Assassins,” on stage Thursdays through Sundays through Nov. 1. Read Our Conversation.
• This weekend is chock full of art openings throughout the East End, with “Of This World” opening at Ashawagh Hall in Springs this evening, Ted Thirlby’s “Atunements” opening at Greenport’s Holy Trinity Church on Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m., the “IMPACT” photography show opening at the North Fork Arts Center on Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. and East End Arts’ “The Print Continuum” and “The Art of Communication” opening at its two downtown Riverhead galleries on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m., respectively.
• It’s a busy weekend at the Unitarian Universalists of Southold meeting house at 51900 Main Road this weekend. The Mudflats String Band plays a benefit concert for the meeting there this evening at 7 p.m., Hope & Resilience Long Island holds a benefit production of “The Vagina Monologues” there on Saturday at 7 p.m.and the North Fork Action Center holds a get-together there with cookies, “Make Voting Sweet,” on Sunday at 4 p.m. (in addition to the regular Sunday morning service at 11 a.m.)
• The Oysterponds Historical Society hosts a talk by poet Robin Becker on Saturday at 11 a.m., CAST in Southold holds a free concert by Astrograss (with roasted corn) on Saturday at 1:30 p.m., the North Fork Environmental Council holds a Repair Café and Halloween Costume Swap on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the George Young Community Center in Jamesport, and the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum hosts a community reading of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein on Saturday from Noon to 4 p.m. and a Frankenstein movie festival on Sunday at 12:30 p.m., complementing Sag Harbor’s Ragamuffin Parade on Sunday at 1 p.m.
• There’s plenty else going on this weekend across the East End. Get the details in our Events Calendar.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
October 23
Plum Gut Harbor: 8:22 a.m., 8:38 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 7:32 a.m., 7:44 p.m.
Greenport: 8:54 a.m., 9:27 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 9:43 a.m., 10:08 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 8:45 a.m., 9:17 p.m.
New Suffolk: 10:23 a.m., 10:35 p.m.
South Jamesport: 10:26 a.m., 10:57 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 7:18 a.m., 7:36 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 5:54 a.m., 6:13 p.m.
October 24
Plum Gut Harbor: 8:58 a.m., 9:19 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 8:08 a.m., 8:23 p.m.
Greenport: 9:33 a.m., 10:09 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 10:26 a.m., 10:54 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 9:25 a.m., 10 p.m.
New Suffolk: 10:59 a.m., 11:14 p.m.
South Jamesport: 11:08 a.m., 11:41 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 8:01 a.m., 8:21 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 6:36 a.m., 6:56 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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