Greenport Trustee Steps Down, Southold CPF Update Focuses on Open Space, Hazard Mitigation
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting patchy fog before 8 a.m. today, with otherwise mostly sunny skies and a high temperature near 84 degrees, with a north wind around 6 miles per hour, becoming west in the afternoon. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 67. Wednesday will be sunny, with a high near 85, and Thursday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
• Longtime Greenport Village Trustee Julia Robins will be stepping down from her board seat effective Sept. 1. Ms. Robins is “moving her residence just outside village lines and consequently can no longer serve as she will not meet the residency requirements,” announced Village Mayor Kevin Stuessi in an email newsletter to village residents Monday. The mayor is expected to appoint a replacement to serve until the Village’s March 2027 elections, at which time four seats on the five member board will be in play. Read More.
• Southold Town’s draft update of its Community Preservation Fund Project Plan will soon be sent out for review to other stakeholders, but it does not yet include a component long wished for by lawmakers in Greenport — a plan to guide funding for water quality improvement projects. Read More.
• The Southampton Fire Department at 470 Hampton Road hosts a New York Blood Center blood drive today from Noon to 6 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments can also be made online here.
• The East Hampton Town Board will discuss the draft Suffolk County Hazard Mitigation Plan and hear presentations from ReWild student interns, and hear a draft plan for the Springs Library parking lot at its 11 a.m. work session this morning at town hall. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on LTV’s YouTube channel.
• The Riverhead Town Board will hold a public hearing on changes to one of the town’s business zoning use districts (Business PB) to limit hours of operation and allow apartments on upper floors at its 6 p.m. regular meeting this evening. Supporters of the OLA public safety legislation are also expected to attend and speak. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.
Today’s high tides on the East End are as follows:
August 18
Plum Gut Harbor: 2:32 a.m., 3:03 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 1:35 a.m., 2:06 p.m.
Greenport: 3:27 a.m., 3:50 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 4:08 a.m., 4:29 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 3:14 a.m., 3:40 p.m.
New Suffolk: 4:26 a.m., 4:57 p.m.
South Jamesport: 4:39 a.m., 5:03 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 1:34 a.m., 2:08 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 12:27 p.m.
August 19
Plum Gut Harbor: 3:34 a.m., 3:59 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 2:31 a.m., 3:01 p.m.
Greenport: 4:25 a.m., 4:46 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 5 a.m., 5:21 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 4:11 a.m., 4:37 p.m.
New Suffolk: 5:22 a.m., 5:52 p.m.
South Jamesport: 5:29 a.m., 5:53 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 2:23 a.m., 2:54 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 12:46 a.m., 1:18 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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