Suffolk on EPCAL Cleanup, Art As An Ecological Force, Mother’s Day Market & Opera Days
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting showers today, mainly before 11 a.m., with a high temperature near 60 degrees and a calm wind becoming northeast around 6 miles per hour. It will be partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 44. Friday will be sunny, with a high near 61, and Saturday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 58 and a 40 percent chance of showers after 2 p.m.
• Suffolk County says it has compiled mountains of ammunition in its fight to get the U.S. Navy to clean up plumes of numerous hazardous compounds emanating from the Enterprise Park at Calverton, which it presented at a community meeting in Manorville Tuesday evening. Read More.
• Caring for ecology starts with understanding your immediate environment, and the East End is a great place to dive deeply into this ethos. The Parrish Art Museum, which invited four artists to a discussion last week on how ecology shapes their practice. Read More.
• Coming to the Table’s North Fork chapter hosts a Zoom discussion with Kathleen Velsor, historian and author of “The Underground Railroad on Long Island” this evening 30 at 6:30 p.m. at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church (610 Third Street, Greenport). You can attend in person or via Zoom by signing up here.
• The Riverhead Town Board will discuss the potential preservation of the 4-H Camp on Sound Avenue and a presentation by the town’s Business Improvement District at its 10 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.
• The Southampton Town Board will discuss a new town emergency alert system 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 Quogue Wildlife Refuge hosts a Guided “Sounds of Spring” hike this evening at 6 p.m. Find Out More.
• Peconic Landing in Greenport will hold a Mother’s Day Market tomorrow afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m., in which local makers will present potential gifts for your mom next weekend! Here’s More Info.
• The Rites of Spring Music Festival’s Opera Days in the Hamptons kicks off Friday evening at the Bridgehampton Museum’s Nathaniel Rogers House, followed by performances Saturday in Bridgehampton and Sunday at the Avram Theater at Stony Brook Southampton. Find Out More.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
April 30
Plum Gut Harbor: 10:03 a.m., 10:06 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 8:55 a.m., 9:07 p.m.
Greenport: 10:55 a.m., 10:53 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 11:29 a.m., 11:39 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 10:49 a.m., 10:46 p.m.
New Suffolk: 11:46 a.m., 11:58 p.m.
South Jamesport: 12:05 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 8:51 a.m., 9:10 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 7:19 a.m., 7:38 p.m.
May 1
Plum Gut Harbor: 10:42 a.m., 10:42 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 9:36 a.m., 9:46 p.m.
Greenport: 11:35 a.m., 11:28 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 12:09 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 11:28 a.m., 11:20 p.m.
New Suffolk: 12:27 p.m.
South Jamesport: 12:10 a.m., 12:44 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 9:30 a.m., 9:46 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 7:59 a.m., 8:18 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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