This Morning's Bulletin — 12.3.25

Good Morning!

• We're expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 41 degrees and a northwest wind 6 to 9 miles per hour. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 30. Thursday will be partly sunny, with a high near 42, and we're expecting increasing clouds on Friday, with a high near 38.

• Southold Town is working through a meltdown of its town communication due to last week's cyberattack, with the Police Department, Waste Management and other departments beginning to return online, said Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski on Tuesday. With partners ranging from the FBI to the Department of Homeland Security to Suffolk County's Office of Emergency Management, he said the town is committed to not paying the ransom demanded by the perpetrators of the attack. Read More.

• Are all of the Giving Tuesday emails overwhelming you? Beacon columnist Dave Davis reminds us this month that "expressing altruistic actions doesn’t necessarily require us to ‘go big,’" in this month's Dave's Desk@Ditch, "A Concern for Others."

• Tonight at 7 p.m. is the holiday lighting of The Big Duck in Flanders. Get there early if you want to find a parking spot for this event that brings out the whole community, promising caroling, warm refreshments and Santa's arrival courtesy of the Flanders Fire Department. Find Out More.

• Tomorrow evening at 5 p.m. is the Cold Supermoon Hike in Bridgehampton's Vineyard Field with the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt. This moon is also called the Long Night Moon, as the winter nights lengthen and the moon spends more time above the horizon opposite a low sun. Find Out More.

• ReWild Long Island's North Fork Chapter is reminding the public that Deep Roots Farm at 57685 Main Road in Southold is still accepting unwanted pumpkins and other winter squash, which it will use to feed the pigs and the soil. Remember to make sure there's no icky stuff like glue or glitter on them. Their other drop-off site, Golden Acres Organic Farm in Jamesport, has closed for the season.

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

December 3
Plum Gut Harbor: 7:40 a.m., 8:06 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 6:48 a.m., 7:14 p.m.
Greenport: 8:17 a.m., 8:43 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 9:10 a.m., 9:48 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 8:12 a.m., 8:38 p.m.
New Suffolk: 9:39 a.m., 10:05 p.m.
South Jamesport: 9:46 a.m., 10:12 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 6:54 a.m., 7:24 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 5:03 a.m., 5:33 p.m.

December 4
Plum Gut Harbor: 8:30 a.m., 8:56 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 7:38 a.m., 8:04 p.m.
Greenport: 9:07 a.m., 9:33 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 10:03 a.m., 10:40 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 9:02 a.m., 9:28 p.m.
New Suffolk: 10:29 a.m., 10:55 p.m.
South Jamesport: 10:36 a.m., 11:02 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 7:46 a.m., 8:17 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 5:55 a.m., 6:26 p.m.

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

See you tomorrow,