Good Morning!
• We’re expecting rain today, mainly before 1 p.m., with a high temperature near 60 degrees and a southeast wind 8 to 17 miles per hour, becoming west in the afternoon. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 32. Wednesday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 52, and rain will return on Thanksgiving, with a high near 53 and new precipitation amounts between 3/4 and 1 inch possible.
Pictured Above: Turkey for All: The Vine Church in Southold joined with True Light Church, also in Southold, and Breaking Bread Ministries in Mastic, to make turkey dinners for all who needed them this weekend.
• Southampton Town’s steering committee examining the best ways to manage siting of Battery Energy Storage Systems throughout town recommends none of these systems be placed in residential areas, and wants to cap the size of stand-alone systems at 5 megawatts and systems tied to a solar array at 20 megawatts. Read More.
• The Southampton Town Board will hold public hearings on adding no-smoking zones surrounding public transportation shelters, on a conservation easement at properties on Clay Pit Road and the Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton, on CPF acquisitions on Lewis Road in East Quogue and the proposed acquisition of 133 West Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays at its 6 p.m. regular meeting this evening. A resolution to become a state-designated Pro-Housing Community is also on the agenda. The meeting can be viewed live on Sea-TV’s YouTube channel.
• The Rites of Spring Music Festival presents an afternoon piano recital featuring Simon Bürki at Poquatuck Hall in Orient this Friday, Nov. 29 at 5 p.m. Here’s More Info.
• The North Fork Arts Center in Greenport is opening its doors to the community this Saturday, Nov. 30 for a free screening of the film “Planes, Trains & Automobiles,” followed by the opening of an art exhibit co-curated by six local galleries. Here’s More Info.
• Here’s more info on holiday happenings this Thanksgiving week and into the start of the Christmas season.
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The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
November 26
Plum Gut Harbor: 6:16 a.m., 6:41 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 5:24 a.m., 5:49 p.m.
Greenport: 6:53 a.m., 7:18 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 7:37 a.m., 8:05 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 6:48 a.m., 7:13 p.m.
New Suffolk: 8:15 a.m., 8:40 p.m.
South Jamesport: 8:22 a.m., 8:47 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 5:17 a.m., 5:26 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 3:26 a.m., 3:35 p.m.
November 27
Plum Gut Harbor: 6:57 a.m., 7:22 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 6:05 a.m., 6:30 p.m.
Greenport: 7:34 a.m., 7:59 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 8:21 a.m., 8:50 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 7:29 a.m., 7:54 p.m.
New Suffolk: 8:56 a.m., 9:21 p.m.
South Jamesport: 9:03 a.m., 9:28 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 6:04 a.m., 6:16 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 4:13 a.m., 4:25 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
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