This Morning's Bulletin — 8.15.25

Good Morning!

• We're expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 85 degrees and a northeast wind 7 to 9 miles per hour. It will be partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 66. Saturday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 82, and Sunday will be sunny, with a high near 86.

• Many resort destinations throughout the United States have active non-profit community housing trusts, which build and manage housing for people who work at essential jobs in communities where the cost of real estate is well out of reach of even professional-class workers. But on the East End, despite the great wealth and expansive number of non-profit organizations here, community housing trusts are not a major part of the landscape. That's about to change in East Hampton. Read More.

• The long-anticipated community housing at Riverhead's First Baptist Church is a bit closer to reality this month, after receiving a Certificate of Necessity for $1.5 million in infrastructure funding from the Suffolk County Legislature Aug. 5 and the closure, also on Aug. 5, of a Riverhead Town Board public hearing on changes to the zoning of the property. Read More.

• The second of three piano concerts organized by the Rites of Spring Music Festival, "Piano Rites," will be held this evening at 5 p.m. with pianist Fei-Fei Dong. The third and final concert will be by pianist Vladimir Petrov on Sunday, Aug. 17, also at 5 p.m. Find Out More.

• The Surfrider Foundation holds a Friendraiser membership drive this evening from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Low Tide Bar at The Sound View in Greenport, where they'll be talking about the work they do to protect our marine environment while enjoying the sunset and beachside beverages. Register Online Here.

• ARTSI, a collaboration between artists on Shelter Island, holds its 15th annual Open Studio Tour, a free self-guided tour of 21 artist studios throughout the island on Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 5 p.m. Here's More Info.

• The Old Town Arts & Crafts Guild of Cutchogue holds its third annual Arts & Crafts Fair “On the Bay” at Veterans Beach in Mattituck tomorrow, Aug. 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Find Out More.

• There's plenty to do on the East End this weekend, and in the weeks ahead. Get the details in our Events Calendar.

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

August 15
Plum Gut Harbor: 2:46 a.m., 3:24 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 1:54 a.m., 2:32 p.m.
Greenport: 3:23 a.m., 4:01 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 4:24 a.m., 4:47 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 3:18 a.m., 3:56 p.m.
New Suffolk: 4:45 a.m., 5:23 p.m.
South Jamesport: 4:52 a.m., 5:30 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 1:58 a.m., 2:29 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 12:07 a.m., 12:38 p.m.

August 16
Plum Gut Harbor: 3:47 a.m., 4:28 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 2:55 a.m., 3:36 p.m.
Greenport: 4:24 a.m., 5:05 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 5:24 a.m., 5:47 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 4:19 a.m., 5 p.m.
New Suffolk: 5:46 a.m., 6:27 p.m.
South Jamesport: 5:53 a.m., 6:34 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 2:56 a.m., 3:26 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 1:05 a.m., 1:35 p.m.

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

See you Monday,

Beth