No Kings, March March, About the Chicken Farm, St. Pat’s Parades, the Maker Fair and Breakfast at the Firehouse
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting showers this morning, mainly before 11 a.m., with the temperature falling to around 46 degrees by 11 a.m. and a north wind 10 to 14 miles per hour. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 28. Saturday will be mostly sunny, with a high naer 40, and Sunday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 46.
• We received several letters from neighbors of a proposed chicken farm on Ackerly Pond Lane in Southold, which is currently before the Southold Town Planning Board for review of a barn on the property, which would be placed near Jasmine Lane. Read Them Here. We love letters! Send them to editor@eastendbeacon.com with “LTE” in the subject line.
It’s going to be a busy weekend! Let’s get right into it:
• The No Kings movement, which began in June of 2025 as a series of rallies across the country coinciding with a military parade held on President Donald Trump’s birthday, is rallying across the country for the third time tomorrow, Saturday, March 28. Local organizers are holding No Kings 3 events on the East End in Riverhead, Hampton Bays, Greenport, Sag Harbor and East Hampton. Get The Details.
• Concurrently with the Greenport No Kings activities, Slow Food East End is organizing an ICE Cakes not People bake sale to benefit the Latino advocacy group OLA of Eastern Long Island at the Hold Fast Stay True Studios at 216 Main Street in Greenport on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Prospective bakers can sign up here. Find Out More.
• Also on Saturday is a “March March,” a 40-mile walk, with 10 stops along the way, beginning at 5 a.m. at the Montauk Lighthouse, ending in Hampton Bays around 8 p.m. Walkers are also seeking donations to Latino advocacy group OLA of Eastern Long Island, online here.
• The annual Jamesport St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. and the final East End St. Pat’s Parade of the season in Montauk will be held on Sunday at Noon. Here’s More Info.
• This is the final weekend of two great plays by two great local theaters — “1776” has three more performances at the North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck, and “I Do! I Do!” has three more performances at the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue.
• The Peconic Community School in Cutchogue will host its 7th Annual Maker Fair on Saturday, March 28, a “family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness in celebration of the Maker movement.” Find Out More.
• The Old Town Arts & Crafts Guild in Cutchogue holds an opening reception for its annual Small Works exhibition this afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. Find Out More.
• This Sunday, March 29, is the East Marion Fire Department’s 22nd Annual Breakfast Buffet from 8 a.m. to Noon. Get the Details.
• Here’s our shameless plug — Beacon Staffers Beth Young, Billy Hands and George Cork Maul have a secret life as members of The Hidden City, an ever shifting ensemble of performers and poets who are up to neat things at the lovely Soulful Sundown buffet at the Unitarian Universalists of Southold this evening, March 27 from 5 to 7 p.m. (By the way, it’s free…) Find Out More.
Visit our Events Calendar for more details about happenings this weekend, or send us your own listings to events@eastendbeacon.com.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
March 26
Plum Gut Harbor: 4:45 a.m., 5:29 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 3:52 a.m., 4:18 p.m.
Greenport: 5:31 a.m., 6:23 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 6:14 a.m., 6:52 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 5:23 a.m., 6:15 p.m.
New Suffolk: 6:43 a.m., 7:09 p.m.
South Jamesport: 6:50 a.m., 7:32 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 3:38 a.m., 4:21 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 2:13 a.m., 2:52 p.m.
March 27
Plum Gut Harbor: 6:02 a.m., 6:38 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 5:06 a.m., 5:29 p.m.
Greenport: 6:45 a.m., 7:31 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 7:23 a.m., 7:59 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 6:40 a.m., 7:28 p.m.
New Suffolk: 7:57 a.m., 8:20 p.m.
South Jamesport: 7:58 a.m., 8:40 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 4:45 a.m., 5:28 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 3:23 a.m., 4:02 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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