DEC Finds Dead Geese Likely Have Bird Flu, Southold CPF Hearing, East Hampton Talks Ticks
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• We’re expecting patchy fog before 8 a.m. today, with mostly cloudy skies gradually becoming sunny, with a high temperature near 61 degrees and a calm wind becoming southwest around 6 miles per hour in the afternoon. We’re expecting partly cloudy skies overnight, with a low around 37. Wednesday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 55 and a 20 percent chance of showers, and we’re expecting rain on Thursday, mainly before 2 p.m., with the temperature rising to near 49 degrees by 10 a.m., then falling to around 43 for the remainder of the day.
• As dead geese continue to wash up on shores along the Peconic Estuary, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation confirmed late Monday that goose specimens collected in Jamesport in February “suggest the geese were infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), with a non-negative finding. Confirmatory testing at the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory is underway.” Local government agencies and environmental groups have been warning the public to avoid sick or dead wild birds over the course of the past week. Find Out More.
• The East Hampton Town Board will discuss the town’s Tick Action Committee, upgrades to the Springs Library parking lot and code changes regarding town permits for rental cars and filming at its 11 a.m. work session this morning at the Montauk Library. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on LTV’s YouTube channel.
• At its 9 a.m. work session this morning at the Peconic Community Center Auditorium (1170 Peconic Lane, Peconic) the Southold Town Board will discuss the Conservation Advisory Council’s resident guide, the town’s communications and public safety task forces, requests from Greenport Village for committee liaisons, fire marshal duties, the Greenport School District’s capital project, a proposed code change regarding accessory dwelling units and the review of Clark’s Beach in Greenport for the village’s grant request for technical consulting on the feasibility of affordable housing there. Here’s the agenda, and the Zoom link is slated to be posted here.
• At its 6 p.m. regular meeting this evening, also at the Peconic Lane Community Center, the Southold Town Board will hold a public hearing on a proposed Community Preservation Fund acquisition of 54 acres on Albertson Lane in Greenport for open space and passive recreation purposes. Find Out More. Here’s the agenda for the meeting, and the Zoom link is slated to be posted here.
• The Southampton Town Board is slated to vote on a Hotel Development Overlay for small-scale tourist accommodations in highway business zoning districts and on a registration process for vacant and abandoned buildings at its 1 p.m. regular meeting this afternoon. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on Sea-TV’s YouTube channel.
• Peconic Landing in Greenport hosts a screening of “The Last Tenant,” a 1978 made-for-TV film about family members struggling with what’s best for their aging father who lives alone, along with a discussion with screenwriter George Rubino, this afternoon at 3 p.m. Find Out More.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
March 10
Plum Gut Harbor: 3:32 a.m., 4:21 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 2:39 a.m., 3:13 p.m.
Greenport: 4:07 a.m., 4:53 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 4:57 a.m., 5:29 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 3:53 a.m., 4:31 p.m.
New Suffolk: 5:30 a.m., 6:04 p.m.
South Jamesport: 5:29 a.m., 6:01 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 2:18 a.m., 2:45 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 12:52 a.m., 1:15 p.m.
March 11
Plum Gut Harbor: 4:34 a.m., 5:26 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 3:41 a.m., 4:14 p.m.
Greenport: 5:05 a.m. 6:03 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 5:53 a.m., 6:27 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 4:52 a.m., 5:44 p.m.
New Suffolk: 6:32 a.m., 7:05 p.m.
South Jamesport: 6:22 a.m., 6:58 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 3:06 a.m., 3:37 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 1:46 a.m., 2:15 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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