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Cheers Montauk! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How to enter this year's Fred Golofaro Montauk surf tournament
  • How Montauk's churches came together in a week of grief
  • How 9/11 forever changed the lives of Montauk neighbors

Also on today's calendar: Surf Movie Night 2026 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Humid with clouds and sun, with a high of 75 and low of 69 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 79, low: 59.
  • Saturday: Periods of sun; not as warm, with a high of 68 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. 2026 Fred Golofaro Memorial Montauk Classic Bluefish & Striped Bass Surf Fishing Tournament (mommypoppins.com) — Anglers in Montauk can sign up now for the 2026 Fred Golofaro Memorial Montauk Classic, a surf fishing tournament spanning Napeague State Park to Montauk Point State Park. For a $20 entry fee, participants can compete for bluefish and striped bass prizes, plus raffles at the October awards ceremony, with online and in-person registration deadlines still ahead.
   

2. Prayer, Song, Silence Fill a Week Of Grief (easthamptonstar.com) — Montauk congregations gathered Friday for joint prayer services, then walked by candlelight to the village green to mourn and seek comfort after 9/11. Their vigil was part of a week of packed services across East Hampton, Sag Harbor, Bridgehampton, and beyond, where clergy urged healing, rejected ethnic scapegoating, and helped South Fork residents process grief through shared worship, song, and silence.
   

3. Reverberations in Montauk (easthamptonstar.com) — Montauk residents and first responders are sharing searing personal stories of how 9/11 upended their lives, from Coast Guard alerts at the local station to firefighters and commuters narrowly escaping the World Trade Center. Locals describe frantic calls from Montauk, children watching coverage at Montauk School, and families waiting for word from loved ones at Ground Zero and the Pentagon, revealing how deeply the tragedy shook this small community.
   

4. How the Montauk Project Conspiracy at Camp Hero Inspired 'Stranger Things' (laughingsquid.com) — Camp Hero in Montauk, now a state park you can visit, is at the center of the famous "Montauk Project" conspiracy theories that helped inspire the original concept for Stranger Things. A new explainer traces the site's evolution from farmland to World War II and Cold War base, then into a magnet for stories about secret experiments, mind control, and time travel that put Montauk on the global pop‑culture map.
   

5. Gone fishing: Fall's iconic albie invasion (timesreview.com) — Offshore from Montauk, yellowfin tuna and fast-moving false albacore are fueling an active start to the fall pelagic season, while schoolie bluefin have mostly moved on. Anglers are shifting to larger lures to reach yellowfin beneath the albies, and late-season fluke plus improving sea bass action near Montauk and Block Island are keeping bottom fishing strong.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • Looking for Carpenter/Handyman – Pull-Out Pantry Repair.
    Looking for someone to repair a KraftMaid pull-out pantry cabinet. The wood base underneath broke, causing the pantry to sag and come off track… (Nextdoor Montauk Downs)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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