CPF Purchase to Help Protect Wildwood Lake, Riverside Pattern Book, Perfect Scarecrows and Pumpkins
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting mostly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 79 degrees and a calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 miles per hour. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 66 and a 40 percent chance of showers. Skies will clear on Friday, with a high near 78, and Saturday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
The Latest News:
• Southampton Town announced this week that it has purchased a long-abandoned Northampton gas station property on Lake Avenue adjacent to Wildwood Lake, a move the town says removes “decades-old blight and a potential environmental hazard.” Read More.
• Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead is seeking scarecrow makers, beautiful pumpkins and food entries for its Country Fair Oct. 3 & 4. Find Out More.
Government Meetings:
• The Southampton Town Board will discuss a new pattern book for potential building design in the hamlet of Riverside at its 10 a.m. work session this morning. Here are the meeting details.
• The Riverhead Town Board will hear monthly reports from its Police Department, Justice Court, Code Enforcement and Town Clerk departments and potential artwork honoring first responders at its 10 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed here.
• The Greenport Village Board of Trustees is slated to reschedule a public hearing on a wetland permit for the expansion of the Widow’s Hole Oyster Company on Flint Street, and will discuss proposed changes to the village’s housing code at its 6 p.m. work session this evening. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed online here.
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of the post above stated this public hearing would be held. Our apologies for any confusion this may have caused.
• The East Hampton Town Board meets this evening at 6 p.m., and Springs residents are expected to show up to share their concerns about a new parking lot proposed for the Springs Blacksmith Shop adjacent to Pussy’s Pond. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed on LTV’s YouTube channel.
Weekend:
• North Fork Contemporary’s new exhibition, “Growing America: Art in a Hothouse,” opens this weekend, showcasing sculptures by 16 artists amid the flora at Colorful Gardens in Jamesport. A preview will be held Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. and the opening will be Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. Find Out More.
• The Surfrider Foundation Eastern Long Island Chapter holds its 24th Annual Surf Movie Night tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 18 at the Southampton Arts Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the films start at 7:30 p.m. — it’s an evening of community celebration of the waters that surround us, with music, food and surf-inspired vendors Find Out More.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
September 17
Plum Gut Harbor: 3:03 a.m., 3:18 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 2 a.m., 2:23 p.m.
Greenport: 3:47 a.m., 3:57 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 4:25 a.m., 4:43 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 3:29 a.m., 3:43 p.m.
New Suffolk: 4:51 a.m., 5:14 p.m.
South Jamesport: 4:55 a.m., 5:13 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 1:48 a.m., 2:11 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 12:11 a.m., 12:37 p.m.
September 18
Plum Gut Harbor: 4:07 a.m., 4:20 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 2:58 a.m., 3:24 p.m.
Greenport: 4:50 a.m., 4:57 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 5:19 a.m., 5:37 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 4:32 a.m., 4:44 p.m.
New Suffolk: 5:49 a.m., 6:15 p.m.
South Jamesport: 5:47 a.m., 6:06 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 2:39 a.m., 3:01 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 1:03 a.m., 1:31 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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