Good Morning!
• Today will be sunny, with a high near 76 degrees and a northeast wind 6 to 9 miles per hour. Tonight will be clear, with a low around 50. Tomorrow will be sunny, with a high near 75; Friday will be partly sunny, with a high near 72; Saturday will be partly sunny, with a high near 72 and Sunday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
• It’s been nearly three years now since Superstorm Sandy, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has just made $3.6 million in grants available to businesses in New York’s fishing industry that were impacted by the storm, which struck just days before the opening of the Peconic Bay scallop season. The Beacon’s full story is online here.
• The proposed 2016 Suffolk County Budget came out on Friday and funding for the East End’s domestic violence services group, The Retreat, is slated to be cut by almost $50,000 next year. They’re circulating a petition, online here, to restore the funding.
• Do you have historic 8mm, Super 8, or 16mm home movies shot in Southampton Town? In celebration of the 375th anniversary of the town, the Parrish Art Museum will be screening a selection of home movies, submitted by the public, that highlight the character and history of Southampton. To submit your home movies, email the following to programs@parrishart.org with the subject line: “Home Sweet Home Movies Entry”: A short synopsis (100 words or less) of the movie; a link to the movie on YouTube or Vimeo (If the movie is private, please include password); name, address, and telephone number to reach you.
• The Wildlife Conservation Film Festival will be screening several wildlife films in the Quogue Wildlife Refuge’s Nature Center this evening beginning at 7 p.m. The full schedule of the evening’s events is online here. [$10]
• East End Arts will host a free Printmaking Demo & Workshop tomorrow, Sept. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. at their School of the Arts at 141 E. Main Street in Riverhead with faculty members Dawn Daisley and Andrea Cote. They will host demonstrations and student participation in monoprints, relief printing, etching and more! Advance registration is recommended at education@eastendarts.org or 631.369.2171. More information is online here. [Free]
• Southampton Hospital is helping to Paint Southampton Pink all day this Saturday, Sept. 26. Town of Southampton Members of the Coalition for Women’s Cancers at Southampton Hospital will be hanging pink ribbons along the streets of hamlets and villages in Southampton Town to raise awareness of breast cancer during the month of October. Look for breast cancer survivors, family, and friends wearing “bald caps” in support of women undergoing cancer treatment. For more information and to volunteer, contact Susie Roden at 631.726.8715.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
