This Morning's Bulletin — 8.7.25

Good Morning!

• We're expecting mostly cloudy skies this morning, gradually becoming sunny, with a high temperature near 79 degrees and an east wind 6 to 10 miles per hour. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 56. We're expecting sunny skies on Friday, with a high near 80, and sunny skies again on Saturday, with a high near 82.

• A sea of people wearing white descended on the Suffolk County Legislature’s Aug. 5 meeting at the Riverhead County Center, pleading with the legislature to stand up for immigrants living here. The quiet protest, organized by the Long Island Immigrant Justice Alliance, came amidst a wave of arrests and raids by Immigration & Customs Enforcement and other federal immigration agencies throughout the county and the country, including on the East End, as statistics show the majority of people currently in ICE custody have no criminal convictions. Read More.

• Riverhead Town will hold a public forum next Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 6 p.m. to share information regarding the Suffolk County Water Authority's proposed North Fork Pipeline, which is slated to travel over 8.5 miles of roads, mostly in the Town of Riverhead, in advance of an Aug. 19 public hearing on a "Monroe Balancing Test" to resolve the issue of whether the Water Authority is exempt from local zoning codes. Find Out More.

• When Donald Harrison’s Quantum Leap Music Festival came into Cutchogue like a whirlwind in September of 2024, it seemed like it might be a one-off chance to see some of the best jazz musicians from New Orleans in an intimate setting at the North Fork’s first winery, now Borghese Vineyard. The festival is returning again next weekend, with the hopes of building a lasting presence on the North Fork. Read Our Interviews with the organizers, and how quantum physics inspired the festival.

• Dr. Alison Madden, the new Chief Medical Officer at Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, will discuss her vision for the future of SBELIH and how she plans to lead with compassion, innovation, and collaboration in a program this afternoon at 1 p.m. in the Community Center at Peconic Landing, 1500 Brecknock Road in Greenport. Find Out More.

• Women’s Art Center of the Hamptons in Bridgehampton holds an Opening Reception for “Infinite Woman II," Featuring works by Siba Agbeyegbe, Sylvia Baruch, Jeannie Friedman, Marilyn Church, and Setha Low, this evening from 5 to 7 p.m. Here's More Info.

• The North Fork Arts Center in Greenport hosts a Film Screening of “Ron Delsener Presents...” with a talkback with legendary concert promoter Ron Delsener, director Jake Sumner and Josh Sapan this evening at 7 p.m. Find Out More.

• County Line Band performs an outdoor concert this evening at 7 p.m. at Good Ground Park in Hampton Bays. Bring a picnic and blanket or beach chair to this community event.

• You might still have time to build a cardboard boat for Riverhead's annual Great Cardboard Boat Race, being held this Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. on the Peconic Riverfront. Find Out More.

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

August 7
Plum Gut Harbor: 9:19 a.m., 9:32 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 8:27 a.m., 8:40 p.m.
Greenport: 9:56 a.m., 10:09 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 10:47 a.m., 10:57 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 9:51 a.m., 10:04 p.m.
New Suffolk: 11:18 a.m., 11:31 p.m.
South Jamesport: 11:25 a.m., 11:38 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 8:19 a.m., 8:35 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 6:28 a.m., 6:44 p.m.

August 8
Plum Gut Harbor: 10 a.m., 10:11 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 9:08 a.m., 9:19 p.m.
Greenport: 10:37 a.m., 10:48 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 11:30 a.m., 11:41 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 10:32 a.m., 10:43 p.m.
New Suffolk: 11:59 a.m.
South Jamesport: 12:06 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 9:03 a.m., 9:16 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 7:12 a.m., 7:25 p.m.

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

See you tomorrow,