This Morning's Bulletin — 9.15.25

Whaleboats and Pirates Take Center Stage

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Good Morning!

• We're expecting patchy fog before 9 a.m. today, with otherwise mostly sunny skies, a high temperature near 77 degrees and a northeast wind 5 to 8 miles per hour. We're expecting partly cloudy skies overnight, with a low around 58 and patchy fog after 10 p.m. and into early Tuesday, when we're expecting mostly sunny skies, with a high near 74. Wednesday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 72 and a 40 percent chance of showers.

Greenport's Maritime Festival is just around the corner, and the community turned out Friday evening, Sept. 12 to celebrate the village's nautical history at the annual Land & Sea Gala in advance of the community-wide event. The Maritime Festival will be held throughout the Village of Greenport next Saturday an/d Sunday, Sept. 20 and 21. Here's More Info.

• For more than 60 years, the people of Sag Harbor have descended on the village's waterfront in early September to celebrate the village's history and reputation as a not-so-quiet fishing village in the annual HarborFest. Here are our photos of this weekend's event.

• The Hampton Bays Library at 52 Ponquogue Avenue hosts a New York Blood Center blood drive today from 1 to 7 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments can also be made online here.

• East End Arts in Riverhead cuts the ribbon on the new temporary location for its Art & Music School at 206 Griffing Avenue today, as classes are set to begin. Find out more about their one-on-one and group music instruction, art and writing classes.

• East End school board members, PTA leaders, parents, residents, and high school students who are newly serving this school year as ex-officio school board trustees are all invited to the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island and North Fork’s free forum titled “School Boards, the Training Wheels of Democracy: What You Should Know and How to Get Involved" on Thursday evening, Sept. 18 at LTV Studios in Wainscott. Find Out More.

At this weekend’s Behind the Headlines on 88.3 WLIW-FM, Beacon editor Beth Young joins a panel discussing dredging projects in Montauk and Mattituck, the debate over farming Poxabogue Field, and osprey and bald eagle population recoveries. Tune In Anytime Here.

The Beacon's Week in Review was delivered piping hot to inboxes throughout the East End in the wee hours of Sunday morning. To get your own copy each week, sign up at the link below:

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

September 15
Plum Gut Harbor: 4:45 a.m., 5:28 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 3:53 a.m., 4:36 p.m.
Greenport: 5:22 a.m., 6:05 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 6:17 a.m., 6:42 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 5:17 a.m., 6 p.m.
New Suffolk: 6:44 a.m., 7:27 p.m.
South Jamesport: 6:51 a.m., 7:34 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 3:51 a.m., 4:16 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 2 a.m., 2:25 p.m.

September 16
Plum Gut Harbor: 5:57 a.m., 6:36 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 5:05 a.m., 5:44 p.m.
Greenport: 6:34 a.m., 7:13 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 7:25 a.m., 7:50 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 6:29 a.m., 7:08 p.m.
New Suffolk: 7:56 a.m., 8:35 p.m.
South Jamesport: 8:03 a.m., 8:42 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 4:57 a.m., 5:22 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 3:06 a.m., 3:31 p.m.

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

See you tomorrow,

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