This Morning’s Bulletin — 9.29.16

Good Morning!

• We’re expecting occasional drizzle today, under cloudy skies, with a high near 63 degrees and a northeast wind around 20 miles per hour. Drizzle and light rain are expected to continue tonight, when the low will be around 58. Rain is likely Friday, with a high near 64 and rain is likely again on Saturday, with a high near 69.

• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering a major, sand-based expansion to its proposed work in downtown Montauk as part of the Fire Island to Montauk Point Reformulation Study. The Beacon’s full coverage of this week’s Army Corps FIMP meetings is online here.

• The Riverhead Town Board will discuss painting the town pink for breast cancer awareness, security cameras at town parks, the tentative 2017 town budget, the Riverhead train station and the hospital zoning district at their 10 a.m. work session this morning. Their full agenda is online here.

• The Southampton Town Board will discuss the town’s Ponquogue Beach Pavilion survey and the potential acceptance of Meadowlark Lane in Bridgehampton into the town highway system at their 10 a.m. work session this morning. Their full agenda is online here.

• The Montauk Observatory will host a lecture by Dr. Helio Takai titled “Cosmic Rays: It’s Raining Particles!” tonight at 7:30 p.m. at The Ross School Tennis Center. More information is online here.

• The Concerned Citizens of Montauk will host their annual topical forum, this year titled “The Future of Downtown Montauk,” this Saturday, Oct. 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Montauk School gymnasium. More information is online here.

The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:

Sept. 29
MTK Hbr: 8:22 a.m., 8:46 p.m.
Orient: 9:23 a.m., 9:47 p.m.
Greenport: 9:51 a.m., 10:15 p.m.
Sag Hbr: 9:46 a.m., 10:10 p.m.
N. Suffolk: 11:13 a.m., 11:37 p.m.
S. JPT: 11:20 a.m., 11:44 p.m.
Shinn. Inlet: 6:45 a.m., 6:58 p.m.

Sept. 30
MTK Hbr: 9:03 a.m., 9:26 p.m.
Orient: 10:04 a.m., 10:27 p.m.
Greenport: 10:32 a.m., 10:55 p.m.
Sag Hbr: 10:27 a.m., 10:50 p.m.
N. Suffolk: 11:54 a.m.
S. JPT: 12:01 p.m.
Shinn. Inlet: 7:25 a.m., 7:38 p.m.

And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.