ICE Returns to Greenport, Young Challenger Seeks State Senate Seat, GFD Food Drive, E. Hampton First-Time Homebuyer Hearing
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 30 degrees but wind chill values between 5 and 15, with a north wind 5 to 7 miles per hour. It will be partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 14. Friday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 28, and we’re expecting up to an inch of snow on Saturday, with a high near 25.
• Three North Fork men who are supporting their families (including a newborn child), were taken from Greenport Wednesday morning in a raid by federal agents, says Minerva Perez, Executive Director of OLA of Eastern Long Island, whose Rapid Response network documented the raids. Ms. Perez is working with Southold Town officials on a resolution regarding public safety in the wake of this and other raids. On Wednesday, Greenport residents reported ICE agents congregating near the school as students were arriving in the morning, and speeding down a dead-end street while children were getting on the school bus there. Read More.
• Twenty-three-year-old Farzeen Bham of Coram, a recent Stony Brook political science graduate, entered the New York State Senate race against three-term incumbent Anthony Palumbo of New Suffolk in January. We recently had a chance to talk with him about his platform. Read More.
• The Greenport Fire Department is holding a food drive benefiting CAST through Feb. 20. Drop-off locations include the Third Street Firehouse, Floyd Memorial Library and First & South. The most needed items include canned and dried foods, baby wipes and dish soap and nutritious snacks.
• The Riverhead Town Board will discuss revisions to its proposed town code regarding golf cottages at its 10 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.
• The Southampton Town Board will discuss the town’s waste transfer stations at its 10 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on Sea-TV’s YouTube channel.
• The East Hampton Town Board will hold public hearings on the town’s First-Time Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program and on grants of scenic and conservation easements at 43 Marine Boulevard in Amagansett and 136 Town Lane in East Hampton 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 Halyard Piano Bar at Sound View Greenport is hosting its inaugural open mic night — with poetry, authors, performers and singer/songwriters this evening from 5 to 8 p.m., hosted by singer/songwriter Julia King. Here’s More Info.
• The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center for a community read-in for all ages celebrating black authors tomorrow evening, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. Find Out More.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
February 5
Plum Gut Harbor: 12:09 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 11:15 a.m., 11:44 p.m.
Greenport: 12:48 a.m., 1:04 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 1:25 a.m., 1:45 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 12:40 a.m., 12:53 p.m.
New Suffolk: 1:46 a.m., 2:06 p.m.
South Jamesport: 2:06 a.m., 2:22 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 11:17 a.m., 11:51 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 9:46 a.m., 10:14 p.m.
February 6
Plum Gut Harbor: 12:41 a.m., 12:58 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 12:04 p.m.
Greenport: 1:33 a.m., 1:51 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 2:10 a.m., 2:32 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 1:23 a.m., 1:38 p.m.
New Suffolk: 2:35 a.m., 2:55 p.m.
South Jamesport: 2:50 a.m., 3:08 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 12:03 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 10:30 a.m., 10:58 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
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