Honoring Pastor Wimberly, Septic Hearing in Southampton Village, Indigenous Artists in Greenport
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 72 degrees and a west wind around 10 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 21 mph. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 50. Friday will be sunny, with a high near 67. It will be sunny on Saturday, with a high near 68.
• Pastor Natalie Wimberly has been inspiring the North Fork community from the pulpit at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church in Greenport for the past decade. This evening, she will be honored by the Southold Town Anti-Bias Task Force with the Helen Wright Prince Award for her commitment to educating North Forkers in a celebration at Peconic Landing at 6 p.m. Find Out More.
• The North Fork Civics Coalition will hold a forum on “Housing & Septic on the North Fork” at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greenport this evening at 6:30 p.m. This forum is designed to shed light into the difficulties affordable housing developers have had in attempting to get permits to construct affordable housing on the North Fork, and what can be done in the future to amend Article 6 of the Suffolk County septic code to ensure housing can be built to meet the dire need. Find Out More. Here’s the Zoom link if you are unable to attend in person.
• The Southampton Town Board will hear an update on the Southampton Animal Shelter at its 10 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on Sea-TV’s YouTube channel.
• The Riverhead Town Board will hear the annual presentation from the town’s Parks and Recreation Department and discuss the possible installation of historic markers at its 10 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.
• The Village of Southampton holds a public hearing at its 6 p.m. meeting this evening on the Environmental Impact Statement for its proposed downtown sewer project. Read Our Prior Coverage of this issue.
• The North Fork Art Collective at 207 Main Street in Greenport holds an opening for ASKASQÁYUW WACUW (Green Hill), a group exhibition bringing together indigenous artists guest curated by Shinnecock artist Jeremy Dennis of Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, this Friday, Oct. 9 from 5 to 8 p.m. Find Out More.
• The Unitarian Universalists of Southold will hold a Goods & Services Auction to help support the congregation’s programs, outreach and community activities, including the North Fork Action Center’s social justice programs, this Friday, Oct. 9 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Here’s More Info.
• The East End Seaport Museum’s Bug Light Regatta is a go for this Saturday, Oct. 10 at 1 p.m, after the nor’easter Sept. 26 derailed the plans to revive this classic race in Gardiner’s Bay and Greenport Harbor. Registration info is online here.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
October 8
Plum Gut Harbor: 8:43 a.m., 9:08 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 7:44 a.m., 8:04 p.m.
Greenport: 9:33 a.m., 10:02 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 10:11 a.m., 10:36 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 9:28 a.m., 9:57 p.m.
New Suffolk: 10:35 a.m., 10:55 p.m.
South Jamesport: 10:54 a.m., 11:22 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 7:52 a.m., 8:09 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 6:17 a.m., 6:38 p.m.
October 9
Plum Gut Harbor: 9:26 am., 9:51 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 8:27 a.m., 8;47 p.m.
Greenport: 10:16 a.m., 10:48 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 10:57 a.m., 11:24 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 10:11 a.m., 10:43 p.m.
New Suffolk: 11:18 a.m., 11:38 p.m.
South Jamesport: 11:37 a.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 8:37 a.m., 8:53 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 7:02 a.m., 7:22 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 4:33 a.m., 4:57 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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