Streamlining Suffolk Septic Grant, Where the Wild Things Grow, Southold Board Gets Back to Work
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting mostly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 81 degrees and a light south wind increasing to 8 to 13 miles per hour. It will be partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 71. Thursday will be partly sunny, with a high near 84 degees and a 40 percent chance of showers after 2 p.m. Friday will start out partly sunny, with skies clearing throughout the day and a high near 76.
• There have been several hiccups along the road since Suffolk County launched a grant program in 2017 to help homeowners install new nitrogen-reducing septic systems, but this summer the county has relaunched the application process through a streamlined online form — with up to $45,000 in funding available to each homeowner. Read More.
• ReWild Long Island’s North Fork Chapter and Group for the East End are inviting North Forkers s to explore the native plants growing right here during “Where the Wild Things Grow: A Native Plant Discovery Walk,” on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 10 to 11 a.m. at Skipper Horton Park in Greenport. Read More.
• The Southold Town Board will discuss plans to renovate the Town Hall Annex, possible revisions to the ton’s Special Events Code, updates to the town’s housing code, a proposed survey of local businesses, the proposed Public Safety Working Group and a solar project at its 9 a.m. work session this morning. The board will continue a public hearing on the designation of the Shiloh Baptist Church on Route 48 as a historic landmark at its 6 p.m. regular meeting this evening. Both meetings will be held in the Town Hall meeting room. Here’s the Zoom login for the work session and for the regular meeting. Agendas and videos of the meetings can be found in the Civic Clerk web portal.
• CAST in Southold will host a special screening of “9/11: An American Requiem,” a documentary presented by the Stony Brook WTC Health & Wellness Program, this Friday, Sept. 11 at 3 p.m. The film features firsthand stories from 9/11 responders whose experiences continue to shape our collective memory. Find Out More about this event, and about 9-11 remembrances throughout the East End this Friday.
• Craig Ketter on Piano and Karl Kramer-Johansen on French Horn will perform works by members of the Long Island Composers Alliance this Sunday at 3 p.m. at Greenport’s Floyd Memorial Library. Find Out More.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
September 9
Plum Gut Harbor: 8:57 a.m., 9:22 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 7:56 a.m., 8:22 p.m.
Greenport: 9:52 a.m., 10:14 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 10:31 a.m., 10:52 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 9:47 a.m., 10:09 p.m.
New Suffolk: 10:47 a.m., 11:13 p.m.
South Jamesport: 11:16 a.m., 11:37 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 8:11 a.m., 8:30 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 6:36 a.m., 6:58 p.m.
September 10
Plum Gut Harbor: 9:45 a.m., 10:08 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 8:44 a.m., 9:07 p.m.
Greenport: 10:39 a.m., 11:03 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 11:20 a.m., 11:42 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 10:33 a.m., 10:57 p.m.
New Suffolk: 11:35 a.m., 11:58 p.m.
South Jamesport: 12:02 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 9 a.m., 9:16 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 7:24 a.m., 7:45 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at first light here today.
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