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• We’re expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 46 degrees and a northwest wind 7 to 10 miles per hour. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 29. There’s a 50 percent chance of rain and snow before 10 a.m. Friday, then a chance of rain, with cloudy skies and a high near 44. There’s a 50 percent chance of snow overnight Friday and into Saturday, with new snow accumulation of less than half an inch. Skies will be mostly cloudy on Saturday, with a high near 37.
• The Long Island Power Authority approved two utility-scale battery energy storage contracts on Wednesday, Dec. 18 — a 50-megawatt project on LIPA’s property that had formerly been slated to become the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, and a 79-megawatt facility in Hauppauge. Read More.
• Hampton Bays High School at 88 East Argone Road in Hampton Bays hosts a New York Blood Center blood drive today from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome but appointments can also be made online here.
• The Southampton Town Board will discuss potential PILOT payments for the workforce housing development The Preserve at South Country Road in Quiogue, as well as reports from committees at its 10 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda. The board will also adopt numerous resolutions at a 1 p.m. regular meeting. Both meetings can be viewed live on Sea-TV’s YouTube channel.
• The Riverhead Town Board will discuss the town’s monthly police, justice court and town clerk reports, 2025 recreational rental fees and a recap of Riverhead in Action’s work in 2024 at its 10 a.m. work session today. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.
• The East Hampton Town Board will hear further comments on its Draft Renewable Energy Roadmap and hold several public hearings on proposed expenditures of Community Housing Fund money at its 6 p.m. regular meeting this evening. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on LTV’s YouTube channel.
• The Greenport Village Board is slated to discuss numerous topics, including the housing crisis, short term rental code, the village sewer system and the proposed dredging of Sterling Creek at its 6 p.m. work session this evening. 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 19
Plum Gut Harbor: 12:11 a.m., 12:34 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 11:42 a.m.
Greenport: 12:48 a.m., 1:11 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 1:45 a.m., 2:01 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 12:43 a.m., 1:06 p.m.
New Suffolk: 2:10 a.m., 2:33 p.m.
South Jamesport: 2:17 a.m., 2:40 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 11:42 a.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 9:51 a.m., 10:34 p.m.
December 20
Plum Gut Harbor: 1:03 a.m., 1:26 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 12:11 a.m., 12:34 p.m.
Greenport: 1:40 a.m., 2:03 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 2:34 a.m., 2:52 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 1:35 a.m., 1:58 p.m.
New Suffolk: 3:02 a.m., 3:25 p.m.
South Jamesport: 3:09 a.m., 3:32 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 12:25 a.m., 12:32 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 10:41 a.m., 11:25 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
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