This Morning’s Bulletin — 6.29.23

Good Morning!

• We’re expecting partly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 81 degrees and a northwest wind around 6 miles per hour, becoming southwest in the afternoon. It will be partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 63. Friday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 82, and Saturday will be partly sunny, with a high near 80 and a 30 percent chance of showers after 2 p.m.

• When the northern long-eared bat was added to the federal endangered species list this spring, the implications for Long Island proved thorny. Read More.

• The Riverhead Town Board is slated to discuss proposed regulations for batteries and battery chargers for electric bikes and scooters, rental code revisions, a grant application for a payloader and compost supplies and a proposed cell tower at its 10 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.

• The Southold Town Police host “Synergy,” an ‘open and respectful conversation between Southold Town Police and community members of all backgrounds and ages’ this evening at 6 p.m. at the Southold Recreation Center, 970 Peconic Lane in Peconic.

• Rites of Spring Music Festival presents Viennese Atmospheres, The music of Mahler, Weill and Korngold, this evening at 5 p.m. at Poquatuck Hall, 1160 Village Lane, Orient. The concert features Gil Goldstein on accordion, Tom Manuel on trumpet and Paolo Bartolani on piano. More details are at ritesmusic.org.

• Debut East End Novelist June Gervais will be signing copies of “Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair” and giving a sidewalk chalk demonstration at Canio’s Books in Sag Harbor this Saturday, July 1 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Read more about the book here.

• Pre-sale ticket sales for the Southampton Historical Museum’s July 1 Halsey House Gala end tomorrow, June 30 at 4 p.m. The event, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, is an evening on the grounds of the oldest wood-frame building in the state of New York, while dancing under the stars to live music, with hors d’oeuvres, drinks and a raw bar stocked with local oysters. Guests can also participate in the silent auction to help preserve the history of Southampton. Here’s more info.

• The Friends of the Big Duck and the Flanders Village Historical Society will hold a Tag Sale Fundraiser for both organizations at The Blue Barn at 949 Flanders Road (across the road and just west of the Big Duck) this Saturday, July 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, email friendsofthebigduck2020@gmail.com or call 631.284.3737.

The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:

June 29
Plum Gut Harbor: 7:08 a.m., 7:28 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 6:16 a.m., 6:36 p.m.
Greenport: 7:45 a.m., 8:05 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 8:28 a.m., 8:44 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 7:40 a.m., 8 p.m.
New Suffolk: 9:07 a.m., 9:27 p.m.
South Jamesport: 9:14 a.m., 9:34 p.m.
Shinn. Bay Entrance: 5:41 a.m., 6:22 p.m.
Shinn. Inlet: 3:50 a.m., 4:31 p.m.

June 30
Plum Gut Harbor: 7:55 a.m., 8:11 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 7:03 a.m., 7:19 p.m.
Greenport: 8:32 a.m., 8:48 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 9:23 a.m., 9:35 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 8:27 a.m., 8:43 p.m.
New Suffolk: 9:54 a.m., 10:10 p.m.
South Jamesport: 10:01 a.m., 10:17 p.m.
Shinn. Bay Entrance: 6:44 a.m., 7:16 p.m.
Shinn. Inlet: 4:53 a.m., 5:25 p.m.

And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.