Stilt House to Be Removed, Ejected from their Homes, Celebrating the Harlem Renaissance
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting mostly cloudy skies today, with a high temperature near 29 degrees but wind chill values between 15 and 25, with a north wind around 5 miles per hour, becoming calm in the afternoon. We’re expecting snow overnight and into Saturday, with new snow accumulation of around an inch possible. Saturday will also be bitterly cold, with the temperature falling to around 17 degrees by 5 p.m., with wind chill values between zero and 10. Sunday will be mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 18.
• East Hampton Town announced Thursday afternoon that the town is taking emergency action to remove the storm-damaged “stilt house” on Mulford Lane in Lazy Point, an iconic much-photographed building that had long stood on pilings in the water as coastal erosion took its toll on the shoreline. The house collapsed into the water after ice heaves cracked the pilings during the freeze this past weekend. Read More.
• Longtime Greenport housing advocate Dinni Gordon shares a heartfelt op-ed with us this week —Viewpoint: Ejected From Their Homes, about the stories of the most vulnerable in our community and how they are coping with the housing crisis.
• When Riverhead High School graduate Taylor Burgess left home to study opera in Amsterdam, it reset her perspective on the world, her home, and her place in it. And this Sunday, after performing at the Metropolitan Opera, she will bring some her experience back to our community in an evening filled with heartfelt song at the Jamesport Meeting House. Read More.
• Greenport’s Floyd Memorial Library plays host through March 29 to East End Arts’ 2026 MLK Portrait Project, a youth artistic collaboration on large-scale mosaics of important figures in the Civil Rights Movement. An opening reception will be held this evening from 5 to 7 p.m. Find Out More.
• The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center for a community read-in for all ages celebrating black authors this evening, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. Find Out More.
• Sag Harbor’s HarborFrost is this Saturday, Feb. 7, and the festivities kick off this evening at 5:30 p.m. with the Taste of Sag Harbor Kick-Off Celebration at the Sag Harbor Cinema. Get the details on the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s website. Update 1:30 p.m.: The HarborFrost fireworks have been cancelled due to weather.
• Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead HAS POSTPONED its Winter Artisan Fair originally scheduled for Sunday to March 8 in the historic (and heated) Naugles Barn. Find Out More. Editor’s Note: this postponement was updated Friday afternoon.
• Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor holds a benefit for The Butterfly Effect Project, a North Fork-based nonprofit that creates safe spaces for kids to dream and succeed, with a concert by That Motown Band this Sunday, Feb. 8 at 4 p.m. Find Out More.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
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.
February 7
Plum Gut Harbor: 1:30 a.m., 1:52 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 12:33 a.m., 12:54 p.m.
Greenport: 2:18 a.m., 2:42 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 2:57 a.m., 3:22 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 2:08 a.m., 2:26 p.m.
New Suffolk: 3:24 a.m., 3:45 p.m.
South Jamesport: 3:35 a.m., 3:55 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 12:36 a.m., 12:48 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 11:14 a.m., 11:45 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
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