Last Storm Report, Election Forums, On Septics and Housing, Gavyn’s Favorite 5K
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting rain today, mainly before 5 p.m., with a high temperature near 66 degrees and a northeast wind 11 to 13 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Three’s a 30 percent chance of rain before 8 p.m. this evening, with cloudy skies overnight and a low around 55.Tuesday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 69, and Wednesday will also be mostly sunny, with a high near 71.
• We hope you weathered this weekend’s storm without incident! The highest winds reported over the weekend so far on the East End were a report of 81 miles per hour in Montauk at 4 a.m. Saturday, a report of 62 miles per hour in Baiting Hollow at 2:05 a.m. Sunday, and 59 miles per hour in Napeague at 6:17 a.m. Saturday. The highest rainfall reported on the East End to date was 3.3 inches in East Hampton at 8:30 a.m. Sunday and 3.28 inches in Southold at 7 a.m. Sunday. Here’s the last of our storm reports.
• The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island and North Fork is holding a virtual debate for the two candidates for New York State’s 1st Senatorial District this evening at 7 p.m. State Senator Anthony Palumbo, a Republican, is facing challenger Christopher Murray, an attorney and environmental and civil rights advocate. The League chapter is also hosting a virtual discussion for the public on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 6:30 p.m., titled “Voting Rights and the 2026 Midterms: Election Challenges, Threats and Integrity. Both events can be sea on Sea-TV Southampton’s YouTube channel. Find Out More.
.• The Mattituck-Laurel Civic Association will host a presentation on Upgrading Your Outdated Septic System at its monthly meeting this evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Mattituck Park District headquarters at Veterans Beach. Find Out More about the meeting, and about the Suffolk County Septic Improvement Program.
• Southold Town will host a Community Housing Update by town planning staff tomorrow, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. in the Town Hall meeting room. Find Out More.
• On Oct. 18, the inaugural Gavyn’s Favorite 5K will be held at Orient Beach State Park in honor of Gavyn Drago, a Mattituck teenager who loved to run who died earlier this fall. Gavyn lived with epilepsy, and this run will benefit The Gavyn Avery Drago Foundation, established by his family to support causes that mattered to him — including supporting families living with epilepsy and working on a cure for the disease. Sign Up to Run Here.
• The Beacon’s Week in Review was delivered piping hot to inboxes throughout the East End in the wee hours of Sunday morning. To get your own copy each week, sign up here.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
September 28
Plum Gut Harbor: 11:28 a.m., 11:55 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 10:35 a.m., 10:55 p.m.
Greenport: 12:08 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 12:51 a.m., 1:07 p.m.
Sag Harbor: Noon
New Suffolk: 1:03 a.m., 1:26 p.m.
South Jamesport: 1:31 a.m., 1:43 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 10:26 a.m., 10:51 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 9:12 a.m., 9:34 p.m.
September 29
Plum Gut Harbor: 12:10 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 11:18 a.m., 11:42 p.m.
Greenport: 12:42 a.m., 12:53 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 1:36 a.m., 1:52 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 12:31 a.m., 12:45 p.m.
New Suffolk: 1:46 a.m., 2:09 p.m.
South Jamesport: 2:16 a.m., 2:29 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 11:09 a.m., 11:39 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 9:57 a.m., 10:21 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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