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Into the Woods for the New Year
The depth of winter is the perfect time to set off on trails throughout the East End, where the sheltering woodlands protect you from the winter winds near the shore, and the cold keeps ticks (mostly) in hibernation. First Day hikes on New Years Day have taken off in recent years, and New York State parks are offering four hikes on the East End on January 1. But the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society’s Hither Woods New Years Day Hike is the granddaddy of all hikes here.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 12.3.25 | East End Beacon
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.
Election Night Updates
Follow Our X Feed for the Latest Getting Ready to Cover Election Night… Follow this feed later this evening for East End election results. — Beth Young (@byoungeast) November 4, 2025 Original Story Follows: Suffolk County Legislature and local town races are on the ballot today, and we’re covering races in the five East End Towns and the two East End Suffolk County Legislature Districts. On the ballot are four of five Town Supervisors, in all of the East End towns except for Southold.
The Joy of Juneteenth
Pictured Above: Jackson’s Dance leads The Electric Slide When Leroy Heyliger of Mattituck was just three years old in 1937, his father brought his family from their home in St. Kitts and Nevis to New York through Ellis Island, passing the Statue of Liberty, on a path to start a new life. His father had worked in the sugar fields on a rum plantation and was inspired like many in the West Indies to follow the path of Alexander Hamilton to come to the United States.
Applications are Being Accepted for Three Mile Harbor Apartments
The East Hampton Housing Authority is now accepting applications for rental apartments in “The Green at Gardiner’s Point,” a new, 50-unit housing complex at 290 Three Mile Harbor Road. The $32 million project includes five two-story energy efficient buildings on 14 acres, most of which will be available to people earning 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). It includes 10 one-bedroom apartments, 30 two-bedroom apartments and 10 three-bedroom apartments.
PBMC’s Expanded Emergency Department Set to Open This Summer
The days are long gone when the East End’s community hospitals were small rural clinics that could splint a broken leg or stabilize an acute, life-threatening health crisis until a patient could be transported farther west. As the population here has ballooned in recent years, the demand for emergency care has also increased.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.24.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting patchy fog before 9 a.m. today, with otherwise mostly sunny skies and a high temperature near 82 degrees, with a calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 miles per hour in the afternoon. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 51. We’re expecting sunny skies on Saturday, with a high near 72, mostly sunny skies on Sunday, with a high near 72, and mostly cloudy skies on Memorial Day, with a high near 69 and a 40 percent chance of showers.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.20.24 | East End Beacon
Pictured Above: The brand new Greenport Farmers Market packed Mitchell Park Friday afternoon from 3 to 6:30 p.m. — they’ll be back in the park every Friday through Oct. 11. Good Morning! • We’re expecting cloudy skies through mid morning, gradually clearing, with a high temperature near 71 degrees and a northeast wind around 7 miles per hour, becoming southeast in the afternoon. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 47.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.17.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting patchy drizzle before 9 a.m. today, with partly sunny skies and a high temperature near 70 degrees, with a northeast wind around 11 miles per hour. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 52. Saturday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 65, and Sunday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.14.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting mostly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 72 degrees and a south wind 7 to 13 miles per hour. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 54 and a 20 percent chance of showers. We’re expecting rain on Wednesday, mainly after 2 p.m., with a high near 68 and between a quarter and a half inch of rain possible.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.10.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting rain today, mainly before 11 a.m, with a high near 55 and an east wind 10 to 15 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 25 mph. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 44. Saturday will be partly sunny, with a high near 60, and Sunday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 59 degrees and a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 2 p.m. It’s going to be a busy weekend across the East End.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.9.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting partly sunny skies today, with 30 percent chance of showers after 2 p.m. and a high temperature near 69 degrees, with a north wind 6 to 9 miles per hour. We’re expecting cloudy skies overnight, with a low around 46. We’re expecting rain on Friday, with cloudy skies and a high near 57. Saturday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 61.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.8.24 | East End Beacon
Pictured Above: This Saturday at the Greenport American Legion! Good Morning! • We’re expecting showers and thunderstorms this morning, mainly before 11 a.m., with mostly cloudy skies today and a high temperature near 68 degrees, with a southwest wind 8 to 13 miles per hour. It will be partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 52. We’re expecting mostly cloudy skies on Thursday, with showers likely, mainly after 2 p.m., and a high near 67.
Greenport Farmers Market to Open in Mitchell Park May 17
Pictured Above Mitchell Park in Greenport will be home to the Greenport Farmers Market on Friday afternoons this season. The Greenport Farmers Market will held this year for the first time in the village’s Mitchell Park at 115 Front Street on Friday afternoons.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.7.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting partly sunny skies this morning, gradually becoming sunny, with a high temperature near 73 degrees and a north wind around 7 miles per hour, becoming southeast in the afternoon. We’re expecting increasing clouds overnight, with a low around 50 and a 40 percent chance of showers after 2 a.m. We’re expecting showers on Wednesday, with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 69. We’re expecting rain on Thursday, with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 63.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.6.24 | East End Beacon
Pictured Above: Greenport from Hay Beach, Shelter Island Good Morning! • There’s a 30 percent chance of showers this morning, mainly before 8 a.m., with cloudy skies today, with a high temperature near 69 degrees and a southwest wind 7 to 9 miles per hour. It will be cloudy overnight, with a low around 55. Skies will clear on Tuesday, with a high temperature near 71 degrees. We’re expecting mostly cloudy skies on Wednesday, with a high near 72.
Rites of Spring Returns with “Unexpected Correspondences”
The Ulysses Quartet (pictured above) joins Paolo Bartolani for the opening concert of this year’s Rites of Spring Music Festival, “The Beatitudes,” at RG|NY Vineyards May 12. The North Fork’s Rites of Spring Music Festival, now in its ninth season, is this year presenting a series that pairs music from cultures around the world.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.3.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting partly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 60 degrees and an east wind 9 to 11 miles per hour. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 45. Saturday will be partly sunny, with a high near 61, and we’re expecting mostly cloudy skies on Sunday, with a 50 percent chance of showers.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.2.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting patchy fog before 10 a.m., with cloudy skies gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high temperature near 70 degrees and a southwest wind 6 to 10 miles per hour. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 48. Friday will be partly sunny, with a high near 60, and Saturday will be partly sunny, with a high near 59.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.1.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting mostly cloudy skies today, with a high temperature near 64 degrees and a northeast wind around 7 miles per hour. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 46. Thursday will be partly sunny, with a high near 63, and Friday will be partly sunny, with a high near 61. • Christopher Bianchi has only been in Greenport since August of 2022, but you’d be forgiven for thinking he’d lived here forever.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.30.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting a 20 percent chance of showers before 11 a.m. today, with mostly cloudy skies and a high temperature near 59 degrees, with an east wind 8 to 13 miles per hour. We’re expecting cloudy skies overnight, with a low around 46 and a 30 percent chance of showers. The chance of showers continues into Wednesday, with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 59. Thursday will be partly sunny, with a high near 60. • Biodiversity isn’t just a nice, abstract idea.
Celebrating Lived History In Greenport
Christopher Bianchi has only been in Greenport since August of 2022, but you’d be forgiven for thinking he’d lived here forever. As the reference and local history librarian at Greenport’s Floyd Memorial Library, his local knowledge runs deep, and his new podcast series for the library interviewing Greenport residents has become the talk of the town. Raised in New Orleans, and initially trained as an artist, Mr. Bianchi’s path to Greenport was a circuitous one.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.29.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting partly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 76 degrees and a northwest wind around 9 miles per hour, becoming northeast in the afternoon. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 48 and a 20 percent chance of showers. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 59 and a 20 percent chance of showers before 2 p.m., and Wednesday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 60.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.26.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting patchy frost before 8 a.m. today, with sunny skies and a high temperature near 57 degrees, with a calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 miles per hour. It will be clear overnight, with patchy frost after 3 a.m. and a low around 35. Saturday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 58, and Sunday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 61.
State Announces Start of Work on East End Traffic Projects
Pictured Above: The Greenport intersection where New York State has long planned a roundabout. Governor Kathy Hochul today announced Wednesday that construction is getting underway on several East End infrastructure projects, with a total cost of $10.9 million.
Southold Town Will Not Consider Broad Development Moratorium, Sets June Hearing on Hotel Pause
Pictured Above: The Enclaves resort hotel project in Southold began clearing land in late February. The Southold Town Board has set a public hearing for Tuesday, June 18 at 4:30 p.m. on a proposed 12-month moratorium on hotel, motel and resort development proposals while the town updates its zoning code. The board declined on Tuesday to take up a request earlier this April from the North Fork Civics coalition for a broader development moratorium while the zoning update is underway.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.22.24 | East End Beacon
Pictured Above: Sunday’s chilly weather didn’t deter lovers of the dandelion from flocking to KK’s Farm in Southold to celebrate spring and explore the many ways this early spring flower helps our gardens, pollinators, our bodies and the soil. Good Morning! • We’re expecting patchy frost before 9 a.m. today, with otherwise sunny skies and a high temperature near 57 degrees, with a west wind 5 to 14 miles per hour.
“The Center Will Hold”: Art as a Message of Hope
Pictured Above: “The Garden,” one of a series of prints from the book “The Garden,” a series of richly colored prints and dreamlike stories. Mattituck-based artist and writer Anne Sherwood Pundyk has long been fascinated with how we define beauty, a subjective process that relies heavily on our cultural expectations.
East Hampton Shares Plans for Housing Fund Money
Pictured Above: At the 2022 groundbreaking on the Three Mile Harbor housing complex, a $33 million development by Georgica Green Ventures and the East Hampton Housing Authority that is designed to bring 50 new energy-efficient rental apartments to East Hampton. The Town’s Community Housing Fund could be used to help pay for similar projects.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.19.24 | East End Beacon
Pictured Above: Witnesses to a double rainbow, New Suffolk Beach, Thursday afternoon. Good Morning! • We’re expecting partly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 54 degrees and a northeast wind 6 to 10 miles per hour, becoming southeast in the afternoon. We’re expecting showers overnight, with a low around 45, and into Saturday morning. Skies will gradually become mostly sunny on Saturday, with a high near 63. Sunday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 57.
Civic Groups, Group for the East End Join Chorus Advocating for Broad Southold Development Moratorium
“Save What’s Left” may be the North Fork Environmental Council’s motto, but this week the NFEC is no longer alone in asking the Town of Southold to do just that. The leaders of nearly every civic association on the North Fork spoke up at Southold Town Hall Tuesday, April 18, advocating for a broad moratorium on development while the town finishes a zoning update expected to be complete in spring of 2025.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.17.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting partly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 58 degrees and a 30 percent chance of showers after 2 p.m., with a northeast wind 5 to 9 miles per hour, becoming southeast in the afternoon. We’re expecting showers overnight, with a low around 42. Showers will continue into Thursday, with a high near 52, and we’re expecting patchy drizzle early Friday, with a high near 54.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.16.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 65 degrees and a northwest wind 7 to 10 miles per hour. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 38. We’re expecting increasing clouds on Wednesday, with a high near 56 and a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5 p.m. Thursday will be cloudy, with a 50 percent chance of showers and a high near 51.
Advice from the Makers
Pictured Above: East End Jazz: (l-r) Bill Smith, Olivia Foschi and Iris Ornig at the Maker Fair It’s been five years since the Peconic Community School was last able to hold a Maker Fair, its annual spring gathering of inventors, fixers, potters and tinkerers, scientists, farmers, cooks, musicians and writers, who come together to share their skills with the community, due to the upheaval wrought by pandemic health concerns.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.15.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • There’s a chance of sprinkles before 8 a.m. and after 5 p.m. today, wiht sunny skies and a high temperature near 70 degrees, with a light west wind increasing to 5 to 10 miles per hour — winds could gust as high as 22 miles per hour. Skies will be mostly cloudy early this evening, clearing overnight, with a low around 44.
Duck Creek Arts Center Hosts ‘Airing of the Quilts’
The Arts Center at Duck Creek will hold its second annual Airing of Quilts on Saturday, April 20 (Rain date: Sunday, April 21). This all-day community event is organized by artists Louise Eastman and Erica-Lynn Huberty, and is expected to be a joyous celebration of community, creativity, and the arrival of spring. The Airing of the Quilts is a cherished spring Appalachian tradition marking the transition from winter to spring, which has been taken up by textile artists in the 21st Century.
Suffolk County Water Authority Reacts to New Federal PFAS Standards
Pictured Above: A SCWA water main being installed in Manorville in 2023. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday, April 10 that it is setting a new, stringent standard for perfluorinated compounds in public drinking water supplies.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.12.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting showers and thunderstorms before 11 a.m. today, then a slight chance of showers between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., with a steady temperature around 57 degrees and a south wind 20 to 25 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Skies will be partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 44.
Riverside Sewer Plan Inches Forward as Riverhead Threatens Legal Action
Pictured Above: The traffic circle at the center of Riverside. As Riverhead Town considers taking legal action against Southampton Town over its plan to establish a sewer district in the blighted hamlet of Riverside, the Southampton Town Board closed a public hearing that had been open since January on establishing the district Tuesday afternoon, after hearing comment on the proposal on five occasions since the beginning of the year.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.11.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • There’s a 40 percent chance of showers today, mainly after 5 p.m., with cloudy skies and a high temperature near 59 degrees, with a southeast wind 7 to 9 miles per hour. We’re expecting showers overnight, with thunderstorms also possible after 11 p.m., a south wind 10 to 18 miles per hour, gusting to 34, and a steady temperature around 55 degrees. Showers will taper off on Friday, with skies clearing, a high near 60 and a south wind 18 to 21 miles per hour.
April Editorials: A Call for Creativity
Creativity is a driving force for all progress. New ideas and new ways of seeing the world around us drive innovation and problem-solving. This is not a new concept. If you drive through the historic districts of any East End village, you will see changing styles of construction that reflect the needs and the whimsies of different eras, of different people with different priorities. You’ll also see the work of many architects.
Celebrating Latin American Artists in Greenport
Pictured Above: Kelynn Z. Alder’s “Immigrantes 2018″ The East End is home to artists from all over Central and South America, who each bring a unique artistic and cultural perspective to this place they now call home. Greenport’s Floyd Memorial Library is celebrating these artists in a new exhibition, “Heritage and Home: Latin American Artists of the East End,” on view through May 12.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.10.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! •We’re expecting mostly cloudy skies today, with a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2 p.m., and a high temperature near 56, with a southeast wind 7 to 9 miles per hour. We’re expecting patchy fog overnight, with a low around 44.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.9.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting mostly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 64 degrees and light and variable winds, becoming east around 6 miles per hour. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 42. We’re expecting a 50 percent chance of showers on Wednesday, with a high near 53, and a 60 percent chanc eof showers on Thursday, mainly after 2 p.m., with a high near 58. East End governments have a busy day today.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.8.24 | East End Beacon
It was a busy weekend on New Suffolk Beach. Pictured above: North Fork Cheer held a Polar Plunge on Saturday morning, and below, right, the U.S. Submarine Veterans Long Island Base held its annual “Tolling of the Boats” there on Sunday, honoring their comrades killed in the Silent Service, at a monument to New Suffolk’s role as the first U.S. Submarine Base, commissioned in April of 1899.
Watching the Great American Eclipse
While Long Island isn’t in the path of totality of this afternoon’s Great American Eclipse, the fervor over this rare phenomenon is being felt here too.
As Residents Pack Zoning Meetings in Southold, Town Looks Ahead to Next Steps
Pictured Above: Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski (center, in blue) discussed zoning with residents of New Suffolk at a March 12 forum at the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Library.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.5.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • We’re expecting partly sunny skies today, with a high near 50 degrees and isolated showers after 1 p.m., with a west wind 11 to 20 miles per hour. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 36. It will be mostly cloudy on Saturday, with a high near 50 and scattered showers after 1 p.m. Sunday will be partly sunny, with a high near 50 degrees.
East Hampton to Draft All Electric Law
Pictured Above: Rewiring America (rewiringamerica.org) is filled with information about all electric houses. East Hampton Town, which is ever-seeking to be at the forefront of the green energy movement, is drafting a new Local Law that would require all electric heating and cooling systems in all new construction and substantial renovations (more than 50 percent) beginning Jan. 1 of 2025.
This Morning’s Bulletin — 4.4.24 | East End Beacon
Good Morning! • Coastal flooding will continue to be a major issue as the coastal storm of the past couple days winds down this morning, with moderate to major flooding expected during this morning’s high tide cycle throughout the Peconic Estuary, as stubborn easterly winds push water up into the estuary (they’re expected to transition to a northwesterly direction at some point this morning).
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