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• We’re expecting a 40 percent chance of rain before 10 a.m. today, with cloudy skies through mid-morning, gradually clearing, with a temperature rising to near 56 by noon, then falling to around 49 during the remainder of the day. The wind will be out of the west at 9 to 13 miles per hour. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 33. We’re expecting increasing clouds on Wednesday, with a 50 percent chance of rain after 1 p.m. Thursday will be sunny, with a high near 47.
• Just before the start of the pandemic, 30 intrepid North Fork families began gathering their food scraps into small green buckets for a month-long Southold Town pilot program to see if people would be willing to separate out their food waste and turn it into compost with help from a local farm. They managed to divert 1,000 pounds of food from the town’s waste stream in that short time. This winter, Southold is embarking on a much-expanded pilot program, in cooperation and collaboration with the DEC and several non-profit organizations. Read More.
• The Southold Town Board will discuss draft irrigation legislation, short term rental tracking technology, a subsidy framework for community housing and a perspective on housing projects from David Gallo of Georgica Green Ventures, as well as proposed changes to the town’s special events rules, at its 9 a.m. work session this morning. A public hearing on changes to the town code regarding reimbursement of technical consultant fees is also on the board’s agenda for its 4:30 p.m. regular meeting this afternoon. Here’s the agenda for both meetings, here’s the Zoom login for the work session, and for the afternoon meeting.
• The East Hampton Town Board will discuss changes to the town’s zoning code regarding the floor area of houses, the fire risk of lithium batteries, the town compost program and potential acquisition of 72H tax forfeiture properties at its 11 a.m. work session this morning at Town Hall. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on LTV’s YouTube channel.
• The Shelter Island Town Board is slated to hear a presentation on the town’s 2023 audit and discuss several measures that were up for public hearing at last night’s town board meeting, including traffic changes in The Heights, a CPF acquisition at 7 South Cartwright Road and a dock code at its 1 p.m. work session this afternoon. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.
• The Riverhead Town Board is slated to adopt several code changes regarding light industrial uses and transfers of development rights at its 2 p.m. regular meeting this afternoon. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
December 17
Plum Gut Harbor: 10:52 a.m., 11:18 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 10 a.m., 10:26 p.m.
Greenport: 11:29 a.m., 11:55 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 12:08 a.m., 12:22 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 11:24 a.m., 11:50 p.m.
New Suffolk: 12:25 a.m., 12;51 p.m.
South Jamesport: 12:32 a.m., 12:58 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 10:02 a.m., 10:39 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 8:11 a.m., 8:48 p.m.
December 18
Plum Gut Harbor: 11:43 a.m.
Montauk Harbor: 10:51 a.m., 11:19 p.m.
Greenport: 12:20 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 12:56 a.m., 1:11 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 12:15 p.m.
New Suffolk: 1:17 a.m., 1:42 p.m.
South Jamesport: 1:24 a.m., 1:49 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 10:51 a.m., 11:32 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 9 a.m., 9:41 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
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