This Morning's Bulletin — 11.5.25

Good Morning!

• We're expecting patchy frost before 7 a.m. today, with mostly sunny skies today and a high temperature near 63 degrees, with a southwest wind 5 to 15 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 26 mph. There's a 20 percent chance of rain this evening before 1 a.m., with skies clearing overnight and a low around 44. Thursday will be sunny and breezy, with a high near 54, and Friday will be partly sunny, with a high near 61.

• Southold Democrats had a very good night Tuesday, taking home at least one Town Board seat, a Fishers Island Town Justice/Council seat and potentially a second town board seat — candidate Alexa Suess was up by 81 votes over Republican Chris Talbot. Democratic Riverhead Town Supervisor candidate Jerry Halpin was up six votes over incumbent Tim Hubbard, and this race has not yet been called. Incumbent Shelter Island Town Supervisor Amber Brach-Williams has won a commanding victory, with 63.13 percent of the vote against Town Councilman Gordon Gooding and Suffolk County Democrats have called the Suffolk County Legislature's First Legislative District race for Democrat Greg Doroski. Get the Details.

• The New York State Department of Transportation announced Tuesday afternoon that it has completed structural repairs to the Shinnecock Canal Bridge and has re-opened both westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway in time for this evening’s rush hour. "Finishing work will continue at the site and will require the closure of the right westbound lane on Wednesday, November 5 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.," says Southampton Town. "The right shoulder also remains closed at this time. Additional lane closures along Sunrise Highway and Canal Road underneath the bridge may be necessary in the coming days."

• The Handy Pantry in Mattituck, with its adjacent laundromat and barber shop, has been the local place to go for a late night snack or an early morning coffee for more than a generation. And it could soon also be a place to live. While the owners of the property are planning a 10-unit apartment complex behind the store, the franchise owners of the Handy Pantry store say they were not told about the project by their landlords. Read More.

• The Southold Town Board's work session this morning will be held at the Peconic Lane Community Center at 1170 Peconic Lane. It is expected to be in private executive session until about 10:30 a.m., after which the public work session will include discussions of applying for a ReWild Community Garden Program grant, several issues related to the town's recreation department, Community Housing Fund programs, the current emergency surrounding SNAP benefits, speed reductions on Route 48 and code changes regarding cell towers and gross floor area. The board will hold public hearings on its proposed 2026 budget, which carries a 2.94 percent property tax increase, at 4 p.m. and again at its 7 p.m. meeting at Town Hall. Last month's public hearing on changes to the town's wetlands code and requests for Community Development Block Grant funding are both also on the 7 p.m. agenda. The Zoom links for the meetings are here, and the agendas are here.

• The Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt hold their monthly full moon hike at the South Fork Natural History Museum's Vineyard Field today at 5 p.m. This month's moon is known as the Frost Moon and the Full Beaver Moon, so named because beavers tend to build their winter dams at this time of year. FLPG Board Member Doreen Johnston will serenade hikers with tranquil gong sounds after the hike. Find Out More.

• Art critic and historian Joyce Beckenstein will give a talk titled "Look and See: What Makes a Work of Art Work" on Sunday, Nov. 9, following a brunch at noon. The speaker promises insights and responses to the age-old question: What makes a work of art work?  Is it light, shape, color, line…or something else? All will be revealed. Find Out More.

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

November 5
Plum Gut Harbor: 8:48 a.m., 9:15 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 7:56 a.m., 8:23 p.m.
Greenport: 9:25 a.m., 9:52 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 10:23 a.m., 10:58 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 9:20 a.m., 9:47 p.m.
New Suffolk: 10:47 a.m., 11:14 p.m.
South Jamesport: 10:54 a.m., 11:21 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 8:05a.m., 8:32 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 6:14 a.m., 6:41 p.m.

November 6
Plum Gut Harbor: 9:37 a.m., 10:07 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 8:45 a.m., 9:15 p.m.
Greenport: 10:14 a.m., 10:44 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 11:12 a.m., 11:49 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 10:09 a.m., 10:39 p.m.
New Suffolk: 11:36 a.m.
South Jamesport: 11:43 a.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 8:53 a.m., 9:24 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 7:02 a.m., 7:33 p.m.And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today…

See you tomorrow,