Smoke Continues, Helping CAST, Turtle Returns to Sea, Theater and “Obits”
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting mostly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 91 degrees and a light west wind increasing to 6 to 11 miles per hour in the morning. Yesterday’s Air Quality Alert continues until midnight tonight due to fine particulates due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. The smoke will be patchy today, and will become widespread overnight, when the low temperature is expected to be around 72. Friday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 91. We’re expecting mostly cloudy skies on Saturday, with a high near 90 and showers likely after 2 p.m.
• CAST in Southold, the North Fork’s most far-reaching provider of safety net and self-sufficiency programs, holds its annual Blast for CAST on July 23 at Stirling Square in Greenport, an evening “dedicated to ensuring that individuals and families across the North Fork and Shelter Island continue to have access to nutritious food, emergency assistance, educational opportunities, and the resources they need to thrive.” While the event is sold out, it includes an online auction that will be up and running on Monday, July 20. The East End Beacon is a proud media sponsor of this event. We urge you to get involved with this vital organization! Find Out More.
• The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society along with Citizens Campaign for the Environment and other environmental stakeholders, released Mimosa, an endangered juvenile Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, back into the Atlantic Ocean at Tiana Beach in Hampton Bays on Wednesday, following more than seven months of rehabilitation at the AMSEAS Critical Care Sea Turtle Facility in Westhampton Beach. Here’s their video of the release:
• Beginning tomorrow, July 17, Southold Town Court will again be held in the Southold Town Hall meeting room at 53095 Rt. 25, in Southold, after several months of being held at the Peconic Lane Community Center due to water damage from a burst pipe this winter in Town Hall. If you have any questions, contact the court at 631.765.1852.
• The North Fork Community Theatre’s Youth On Stage production of Bright Star, a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and ’40s, opens this evening and runs through Aug. 2. Stay tuned to our website later today for photos from their dress rehearsal last night. Here’s More Info.
• There are only a handful of editorial obituary writers in the world, and none are better than at the New York Times, where obits have become some of the best writing in journalism. Filmmaker Vanessa Gould gets an inside look into this world in this evening’s documentary screening of “Obit” at the North Fork Arts Center in Greenport at 7 p.m. The film will be followed by a talk with the director and obituary staff at the paper. Find Out More.
• The sights, sounds, aromas and flavors of the Hamptons Greek Festival are coming again this evening to the grounds of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons in Southampton. The festival opens this evening from 4 to 11 p.m. and continues through Sunday. Find Out More.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
July 16
Plum Gut Harbor: 12:04 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 11:04 a.m., 11:28 p.m.
Greenport: 12:22 a.m., 1:02 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 1:07 a.m., 1:41 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 12:14 a.m., 12:54 p.m.
New Suffolk: 1:27 a.m., 1:55 p.m.
South Jamesport: 1:46 a.m., 2:23 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 11:21 a.m., 11:35 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 9:45 a.m., 10:04 p.m.
July 17
Plum Gut Harbor: 12:22 a.m., 12:58 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: Noon
Greenport: 1:15 a.m., 1:55 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 1:59 a.m., 2:31 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 1:06 a.m., 1:47 p.m.
New Suffolk: 2:19 a.m., 2:51 p.m.
South Jamesport: 2:37 a.m., 3:14 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 12:16 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 10:36 a.m., 10:54 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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