Voting Rights, Southold Down Payment Program, Celebrating Sukkot
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting patchy fog before 9 a.m. today, with otherwise mostly sunny skies, with a high temperature near 70 degrees and a calm wind, becoming northwest around 5 miles per hour in the afternoon. We’re expecting increasing clouds overnight, with a low around 60. Cloudy skies early Thursday will give way to mostly sun, with a high near 72. Friday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
• When we first heard that Southold Town was planning to expand its proposed first-time homebuyer down payment assistance program, we thought the logic made a lot of sense. Loaning new homeowners a large enough down payment to avoid paying for pricey private mortgage insurance does give them more long-term economic stability. But, like so many things, the devil in this program is in the details, and after discussing its current form with numerous housing advocates, we are very concerned. Read Our October Editorial.
• The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island & North Fork is hosting a virtual discussion on “Voting Rights and the 2026 Midterms: Election Challenges, Threats and Integrity,” this evening at 6:30 p.m., airing live and later on Sea-TV Southampton’s YouTube channel. Find Out More.
• The interfaith educational group Project Genesis and the North Fork’s new Jewish congregation, Ohel Moed, are inviting the public to visit Ohel Moed’s Sukkah to learn about the Jewish harvest holiday of Sukkot and the roots of Hosanna tomorrow, Oct. 1 from 4 to 5 p.m. at the congregaton’s new meeting hall at 27760 Main Road in Cutchogue, next to the Cutchogue Diner.
• The Riverhead Business Improvement District hosts a Witches & Wizards Paddle on the Peconic this Saturday, Oct. 3. It’s a gathering on the water of spooky season enthusiasts, who will meet at the Peconic Riverfront in downtown Riverhead at 3 p.m. Costumes are encouraged. Magic is optional. And life jackets are required. [Free] downtownriverhead.org Find Out More.
• The Quogue Wildlife Refuge will hold its first ever Hoots & Hops benefit, an evening of beer tastings, live music and light bites while mingling with live owls and birds of prey on Saturday, Oct. 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $75. Here’s More Info.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
September 30
Plum Gut Harbor: 12:43 a.m., 12:58 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 12:06 p.m.
Greenport: 1:28 a.m., 1:43 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 2:24 a.m., 2:40 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 1:16 a.m., 1:35 p.m.
New Suffolk: 2:33 a.m., 2:57 p.m.
South Jamesport: 3:04 a.m., 3:20 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 11:58 a.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 10:45 a.m., 11:11 p.m.
October 1
Plum Gut Harbor: 1:36 a.m., 1:53 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 12:34 a.m., 1:02 p.m.
Greenport: 2:19 a.m., 2:38 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 3:15 a.m., 3:34 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 2:07 a.m., 2:29 p.m.
New Suffolk: 3:25 a.m., 3:53 p.m.
South Jamesport: 3:56 a.m., 4:15 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 12:35 a.m., 12:56 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 11:37 a.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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