This Morning’s Bulletin — 2.2.16

February 2, 2016February 7, 2016 Beth Young 0 Comments

Good Morning!

• Today will be sunny, with a high near 45 degrees and a north wind 5 to 9 miles per hour, becoming east in the afternoon. There’s a 20 percent chance of showers after 3 a.m., with a low tonight around 34. We’re expecting showers tomorrow, mainly after 9 a.m., with a high near 56 degrees and a south wind 11 to 18 miles per hour. There’s a 20 percent chance of showers before 9 a.m. Thursday, but otherwise it will be partly sunny, with a high near 47.

• The New York Department of Environmental Conservation is looking for feedback today on a “conceptual draft scope” document for their Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan, designed to address the harm that excess nitrogen from septic systems and fertilizers is doing to our aquatic and marine ecosystems. Members of the public will have a chance to discuss the plan with DEC representatives this afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Suffolk County Community College Culinary Arts and Hospitality Center at 20 East Main Street in Riverhead. The Beacon’s full story is online here.

• The East Hampton Town Board will discuss the town’s YMCA, affordable housing in Amagansett, the creation of a Latino Advisory Committee, the town’s annual code enforcement report and changes to tax exemptions for veterans at their 10 a.m. work session at town hall this morning. Their full agenda is online here.

• The Riverhead Town Board will hold a public hearing on the change of zone application for the Concordia Senior Community at their 2 p.m. meeting this afternoon.

• The U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Water, Power & Oceans will hold a hearing this morning on East End Congressman Lee Zeldin’s legislation to clarify federal laws regarding striped bas fishermen who fish in state waters off of Long Island, but must traverse the federal government’s Exclusive Economic Zone, where striped bass fishing is prohibited, in order to return to port. The full text of the bill is online here.

• The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to field and respond to calls on the 1.877.BARRENS phone line, allowing residents to report illegal activities that threaten the 105,000-acre Central Pine Barrens region of Suffolk County. The Beacon’s full story is online here.

• Guild Hall in East Hampton hosts a free staged reading tonight of “James Joyce: A Short Night’s Odyssey from No to Yes” at 7:30 p.m. More information is online here.

And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light today.