This Morning's Bulletin —

Good Morning!

• We're expecting mostly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 77 degrees and a southwest wind 5 to 9 miles per hour. There's a 60 percent chance of showers between 8 p.m. and midnight, with mostly cloudy skies overnight and a low around 62. Wednesday will be partly sunny, with a high near 77, and we're expecting showers on Thursday, with cloudy skies and a high near 75.

• After a lengthy hiatus, the New York State Department of Transportation resumed work Monday on a new roundabout at the intersection of County Road 48 and Route 25 in Greenport — the intersection with a blinking light at the north end of Greenport's Main Street. Read More.

• The Southampton Town Board will hold public hearings on the historic landmark designation of the Nathan Topping Cook Family Home at 439 Hayground Road in Bridgehampton, and on the acquisition of property at 1232 North Sea Road in North Sea at its 6 p.m. regular meeting this evening. Here's the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on Sea-TV's YouTube channel.

• The Southold Town Board's work session and regular meeting originally scheduled for today have been moved to Thursday due to Rosh Hashanah. L'shana Tova, a happy new year to y'all. Remember the kids are out of school playing in the streets today too! We'll have more details on Southold Town Board goings-on on Thursday.

• “When we feel that our lives are genuine and good, we do not have to deceive ourselves or other people. The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything.” Beacon columnist Dave Davis reflects on this wisdom from meditation teacher Chögyam Trungpa in this month's Dave's Desk@Ditch: The Essence of Warriorship.

• The Montauk Fire Department hosts a New York Blood Center blood drive today from Noon to 6 p.m., and the Riverhead Fire Department also hosts a NYBC blood drive today from 1 to 7 p.m.

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

September 23
Plum Gut Harbor: 11:19 a.m., 11:44 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 10:27 a.m., 10:52 p.m.
Greenport: 11:56 a.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 12:42 a.m., 12:56 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 11:51 a.m.
New Suffolk: 1:01 a.m., 1:18 p.m.
South Jamesport: 1:08 a.m., 1:25 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 10:39 a.m., 10:49 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 8:48 a.m., 8:58 p.m.

September 24
Plum Gut Harbor: 12:01 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 11:09 a.m., 11:35 p.m.
Greenport: 12:21 a.m., 12:38 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 1:20 a.m., 1:32 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 12:16 a.m., 12:33 p.m.
New Suffolk: 1:43 a.m., 2 p.m.
South Jamesport: 1:50 a.m., 2:07 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 11:14 a.m., 11:27 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 9:23 a.m., 9:36 p.m.

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

See you tomorrow,