Memorial Day Commemorations, Meigs Raid Weekend, Water Everywhere, “The 39 Steps”
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting showers this morning, mainly before 11 a.m., with cloudy skies and a high temperature near 63 degrees, with a north wind 7 to 9 miles per hour. Skies will clear overnight, with a low around 50. We’re expecting increasing clouds on Friday, with a high near 65, and showers on Saturday, with a high near 59.. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
• Plans for commemorating Memorial Day are coming together across the East End. Get the details on parades and commemorations of those who died in service to this country in our Events Calendar.
• Sag Harbor will be commemorating the 249th anniversary of the Meigs Raid by American Continental Army forces on the village, which was then occupied by the British, throughout this weekend, with reenactments of the raid by the Third New York Regiment centered on the Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum. Find Out More.
• USGS Hydrologist Fred Strumm, environmentalist Mark Haubner and Southold Town Water Quality Advisory Committee member and hydrogeologist Caroline Yates will discuss the shrinking aquifer and the future of our fresh water at a Cutchogue Civic Association forum this evening at 5 p.m. at the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Library. Find Out More.
• With a cast of four actors playing dozens of eccentric characters, “The 39 Steps,” a madcap farce based on the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, opens this evening at the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue. Read Our Interview with Director Catherine Clyne.
• The Greenport Village Board will discuss the proposed revitalization of the Third Street basketball court, fundraising and engineering for the proposed Ice Rink in Mitchell Park, workforce housing and Greenport Business Improvement District issues at its 6 p.m. work session this evening. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.
• The Riverhead Town Board will discuss the town’s plan to allow Fire Marshals to carry sidearms and formation of a town HazMat Team and amendments to town site plan review procedures 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 plans for the U.S. Open June 15 to 21 at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club 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 East Hampton Town Board holds public hearings on several Water Quality Grant Awards at its 6 p.m. 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:
May 21
Plum Gut Harbor: 1:56 a.m., 2:41 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 1:07 a.m., 1:39 p.m.
Greenport: 2:46 a.m., 3:40 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 3:31 a.m., 4:09 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 2:37 a.m., 3:31 p.m.
New Suffolk: 3:58 a.m., 4:30 p.m.
South Jamesport: 4:11 a.m., 4:55 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 1:10 a.m., 1:58 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 12:13 p.m.
May 22
Plum Gut Harbor:3:02 a.m., 3:47 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 2:08 a.m., 2:43 p.m.
Greenport: 3:51 a.m., 4:46 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 4:32 a.m., 5:10 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 3:42 a.m., 4:39 p.m.
New Suffolk: 4:59 a.m., 5:34 p.m.
South Jamesport: 5:09 a.m., 5:53 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 2:11 a.m., 2:56 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 12:33 a.m., 1:13 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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