Good Morning!
• We’re expecting mostly cloudy skies today, with a high temperature near 46 degrees and light and variable winds, becoming southwest 5 to 7 miles per hour. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with the temperature rising to around 43 by midnight. Skies will gradually become sunny on Tuesday, with the temperature rising to near 43 by 11 a.m., then falling to around 37 for the remainder of the day. Wednesday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 34.
• Spurred by a press release on Southold Town’s longstanding policy of not enforcing federal immigration laws earlier this week, an overflow crowd of more than 200 people attended a Southold Town forum on immigration policy Jan. 30. Read More.
• Looking ahead to next weekend, the North Fork Arts Center and Coming to the Table are welcoming author Tamara Lanier to the Arts Center for an exclusive presentation of her newly released memoir, “From These Roots: My Fight With Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy” on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. Find Out More.
• This weekend on Behind the Headlines on 88.3 WLIW-FM, Beacon editor Beth Young joined a deep dive panel discussion into the current immigration debate, discussing the Trump administration crackdown and local reaction to the threat of enforcement sweeps. Tune in any time here.
• The 17th Annual African American Read-In will be held Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street in Sag Harbor. Sign up to read a short excerpt from a book that is meaningful to you, or come just to listen at this event, hosted by Canio’s Cultural Café, Eastville Historical Society and the library. Sign up here or call the library at 631.725.0049
• The Beacon’s Week in Review was delivered piping hot to inboxes throughout the East End in the wee hours of Sunday morning. To get your own copy each week, sign up here.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
February 3
Plum Gut Harbor: 1 a.m., 1:20 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 12:08 a.m., 12:28 p.m.
Greenport: 1:37 a.m., 1:57 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 2:29 a.m., 2:57 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 1:32 a.m., 1:52 p.m.
New Suffolk: 2:59 a.m., 3:19 p.m.
South Jamesport: 3:06 a.m., 3:26 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 12:12 a.m., 12:34 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 10:43 a.m., 11:15 p.m.
February 4
Plum Gut Harbor: 1:55 a.m., 2:17 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 1:03 a.m., 1:25 p.m.
Greenport: 2:32 a.m., 2:54 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 3:22 a.m., 3:55 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 2:27 a.m., 2:49 p.m.
New Suffolk: 3:54 a.m., 4:16 p.m.
South Jamesport: 4:01 a.m., 4:23 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 1:06 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 11:39 a.m.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
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