This Morning’s Bulletin — 3.29.22
Good Morning!
• It will be sunny today, with a high temperature near 38 degrees but wind chill values between 10 and 20, with a northwest wind 14 to 18 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 30. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 19. We’re expecting increasing clouds on Wednesday, with a 20 percent chance of rain after 3 p.m. Thursday will be cloudy, with a high near 65 degrees and a chance of showers before 9 a.m. and after 3 p.m.
• According to North Fork community leader Sarah Benjamin, Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Barbara Mercier (retired local pediatrician and nurse from Mattituck) recently went to Poland to serve and support refugees, and they are now in Ukraine and are running a pediatric hospital where 140 people are living. The hospital recently faced an outbreak of gastroenteritis, which has since subsided. People have asked how to help, said Ms. Benjamin, and the response from the Merciers’ daughter, Nicole, is they can support Crisis Response International/Ukraine and Arise!Ukraine, which is currently doing much in the way of getting supplies to the people of the Ukraine.
• The Southold Town Board will discuss beach permit residency requirements and enforcement guidelines, an update on the request for proposals for the town’s Comprehensive Plan implementation and an update on dark sky requests at its 9 a.m. meeting this morning. There are no public hearings scheduled for their 4:30 p.m. meeting this afternoon. Here’s the agenda for both meetings. Here’s the Zoom login for the morning work session, and here’s the login for the afternoon meeting.
• The Shelter Island Town Board will discuss oyster reefs, the baymen’s association and the Klenawicus Airfield at its 1 p.m. work session this afternoon. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.
• Suffolk County reported 105 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, March 27, with 2.5 percent of people tested testing positive. There were 59 people hospitalized with the virus in the county, with nine of them in ICU. The county reported no new fatalities from the virus, and the death toll here stands at 4,359 people since March of 2020.
• Today is the last day to subscribe to receive The Beacon’s April print edition through the U.S. Mail. You’ll read many of these stories in print before you find them here, and our print edition supports much of the work we do. Subscribe online here.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
March 29
Plum Gut Harbor: 8:27 a.m., 8:48 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 7:35 a.m., 7:56 p.m.
Greenport: 9:04 a.m., 9:25 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 10 a.m., 10:27 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 8:59 a.m., 9:20 p.m.
New Suffolk: 10:26 a.m., 10:47 p.m.
South Jamesport: 10:33 a.m., 10:54 p.m.
Shinn. Bay Entrance: 7:37 a.m., 8:08 p.m.
Shinn. Inlet: 5:46 a.m., 6:17 p.m.
March 30
Plum Gut Harbor: 9:14 a.m., 9:33 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 8:22 a.m., 8:41 p.m.
Greenport: 9:51 a.m., 10:10 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 10:51 a.m., 11:14 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 9:46 a.m., 10:05 p.m.
New Suffolk: 11:13 a.m., 11:32 p.m.
South Jamesport: 11:20 a.m., 11:39 p.m.
Shinn. Bay Entrance: 8:28 a.m., 8:55 p.m.
Shinn. Inlet: 6:37 a.m., 7:04 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
![Good Morning! A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. South wind 8 to 14 mph. TonightA chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3am, then a slight chance of showers. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. ThursdayA 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. North wind 9 to 13 mph. Thursday NightA 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. East wind 6 to 9 mph. FridayA 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. East wind around 7 mph. • A team from the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society performed a necropsy Tuesday afternoon on a dead minke whale washed up on Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett. The whale was confirmed to be 18.7 feet in length and "was fairly decomposed and missing many internal organs, including the reproductive organs, therefore the sex could not be determined," according to the AMCS, which has sent tissue samples to a pathologist to attempt to determine cause of death. The results of the pathology testing could take several months. The whale was removed from the beach for disposal by the Town of East Hampton. • Democratic candidate Perry Gershon was missing his debate partner, Congressman Lee Zeldin when he gave an overview of his position on the issues to members of the Hampton Bays Civic Association at their Sept. 24 candidate town hall. The Beacon's full story is online here. • This fall, North Fork students will have access to more mental health services, after Southold Town and the schools within the township asked the state to help fund counselors here. The Beacon's full story is online here. • A public information session and seminar for professionals on human trafficking on the East End will be held at Chancellor’s Hall at Stony Brook Southampton College next Thursday and Friday. The public information session will be held Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m., with the all-day seminar continuing on Friday. More details are online here. • Poet Jericho Brown will read at tonight's installment of Writers Speak Wednesdays in the Radio Lounge on the second floor of Chancellor's Hall at Stony Brook Southampton. The event begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by a reading at 7 p.m. [Free] The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows: September 26 Plum Gut Harbor: 11:25 a.m., 11:43 p.m. Montauk Harbor: 10:33 a.m., 10:51 p.m. Greenport: 12:02 p.m. Mattituck Inlet: 12:34 a.m., 12:50 p.m. Sag Harbor: 11:57 a.m. New Suffolk: 1:03 a.m., 1:24 p.m. South Jamesport: 1:10 a.m., 1:31 p.m. Shinn. Bay Entrance: 10:23 a.m., 10:41 p.m. Shinn. Inlet: 8:32 a.m., 8:50 p.m. September 27 Plum Gut Harbor: 12:02 p.m. Montauk Harbor: 11:10 a.m., 11:31 p.m. Greenport: 12:20 a.m., 12:39 p.m. Mattituck Inlet: 1:13 a.m., 1:28 p.m. Sag Harbor: 12:15 a.m., 12:34 p.m. New Suffolk: 1:42 a.m., 2:01 p.m. South Jamesport: 1:49 a.m., 2:08 p.m. Shinn. Bay Entrance: 10:57 a.m., 11:20 p.m. Shinn. Inlet: 9:06 a.m., 9:29 p.m. And that's the way things look at dawn's light here today.](https://i0.wp.com/www.eastendbeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/maritime3.jpg?resize=390%2C205&ssl=1)