Good Morning!
• We’re expecting showers today, mainly before 10 a.m., with areas of fog after 10 a.m., cloudy skies, and a high temperature near 60 degrees, with a southwest wind 14 to 17 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 31 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch are possible. There’s a 40 percent chance of overnight showers tonight, with a low around 48. It will be mostly cloudy on Friday, with a 30 percent chance of showers before 2 p.m., and there’s a 70 percent chance of showers on Saturday, mainly after 2 p.m., with a high near 54.
• Hands Off!, a national group that is looking to stop cutbacks of government services and threats to the U.S. Constitution, is holding rallies across the country on Saturday, April 5, including rallies at Sag Harbor’s John Steinbeck Waterfront Park and East Hampton Town Hall at Noon, Greenport’s Mitchell Park at 1 p.m. More details are at handsoff2025.com.
• The Public Review Draft of Southold Town’s Zoning Code Update is now expected to be released around April 18. Public outreach, including meetings with the business community, individual civic groups and a general Zoom meeting, will be conducted in May and June, with a final draft expected in September for a formal public hearing process to begin after that. Read More.
• The Mattituck-Laurel Library at 13900 Main Road in Mattituck hosts a New York Blood Center blood drive from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. today. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments can also be made online here.
• The Southampton Town Board will swear in returning Councilman Rick Martel, discuss the Riverside Revitalization Plan, the Peconic Estuary Program and hear an annual update from the town’s Dark Skies Committee 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 Riverhead Town Board meets in a private executive session this morning at 10 a.m. to discuss contractual issues including possible sale or lease of real property and agreements between the town and its Business Improvement District and Lighthouse Market. Here’s the agenda.
• The East Hampton Town Board will vote on whether to increase the allowable density of affordable housing units from 8 to 12 units per acre and hold a public hearing on a grant of Community Housing Fund money to purchase a 4-unit multi-family building at 109 Hampton Street in Sag Harbor for $1.5 million 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 high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
April 3
Plum Gut Harbor: 2:12 a.m., 2:45 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 1:20 a.m., 1:53 p.m.
Greenport: 2:49 a.m., 3:22 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 3:39 a.m., 4:21 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 2:44 a.m., 3:17 p.m.
New Suffolk: 4:11 a.m., 4:44 p.m.
South Jamesport: 4:18 a.m., 4:51 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 1:23 a.m., 2:05 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 12:14 p.m.
April 4
Plum Gut Harbor: 3:16a.m., 3:51 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 2:24 a.m., 2:59 p.m.
Greenport: 3:53 a.m., 4:28 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 4:41 a.m., 5:25 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 3:48 a.m., 4:23 p.m.
New Suffolk: 5:15 a.m., 5:50 p.m.
South Jamesport: 5:22 a.m., 5:57 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 2:24 a.m., 3:06 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 12:33 a.m., 1:15 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
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