This Morning's Bulletin — 11.18.25

Good Morning!

• We're expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 47 degrees and a west wind around 10 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 20 mph. We're expecting increasing clouds overnight, with a low around 35 and a 30 percent chance of rain after 1 a.m. We're expecting cloudy skies early on Wednesday, with a 20 percent chance of rain before 1 p.m., and skies clearing in the afternoon, with a high near 48. Thursday will be partly sunny, with a high near 51.

• Beacon Climate Local Now Columnist Leonard Green writes this month about the way our lighted night confuses animal life, and on the importance of leaving the leaves. Read More.

• The Southold Town Board meets in private Executive Session this morning to discuss contracts and labor matters, followed by an open work session, anticipated to start at 12:45 p.m., in which the board is slated to discuss town compost sampling, a study of least terns at Dam Pond in East Marion, code changes regarding accessory dwelling units, CPF protection in Greenport, last week's community meeting on a YMCA and a grant application for eco-moorings from the Fishers Island Seagrass Management Coalition. Here's the agenda, and here's the Zoom link. The board is slated to continue its public hearing on Community Development Block Grant funding requests at its 4:30 p.m. regular meeting this afternoon. Here's the agenda, and here's the Zoom link.

• The East Hampton Town Board will discuss Community Development Block Grant funding recommendations, wireless tower design, a proposed new trail at the former Al X Hamilton Nature Preserve and the Hog Creek South End Preserves management plan at its 11 a.m. work session this morning at Town Hall. Here's the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on LTV's YouTube channel.

• The Shelter Island Town Board discusses Community Development Block Grant projects and dock fees at its 1 p.m. work session at Town Hall this afternoon. Here's the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on the town's YouTube channel.

• The Riverhead Town Board will hold a public hearing on changes to its town code to not allow transient rentals of fewer than 29 days at its 6 p.m. regular meeting this evening. Here are the details. The board is also slated to vote on resolutions declaring The Jazz Loft qualified and eligible to purchase and run the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, and to override the state tax cap and approve the town's 2026 budget, which carries a 6.74 percent tax levy increase. Here's the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.

• The Center for Advocacy, Support & Transformation, the North Fork’s far-reaching provider of safety net and self-sufficiency programs, will host its Sixth Annual North Fork Festival of Trees this coming Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 22 and 23 at Treiber Farms in Peconic. Find Out More.

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

November 18
Plum Gut Harbor: 8:08 a.m., 8:35 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 7:16 a.m., 7:43 p.m.
Greenport: 8:45 a.m., 9:12 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 9:43 a.m., 10:14 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 8:40 a.m., 9:07 p.m.
New Suffolk: 10:07 a.m., 10:34 p.m.
South Jamesport: 10:14 a.m.,10:41 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 7:25 a.m., 7:41 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 5:34 a.m., 5:50 p.m.

November 19
Plum Gut Harbor: 8:46 a.m., 9:15 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 7:54 a.m., 8:23 p.m.
Greenport: 9:23 a.m., 9:52 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 10:21 a.m., 10:53 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 9:18 a.m., 9:47 p.m.
New Suffolk: 10:45 a.m., 11:14 p.m.
South Jamesport: 10:52 a.m., 11:21 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 8:02 a.m., 8:21 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 6:11 a.m., 6:30 p.m.

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

See you tomorrow,