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🌱 How could a new water pipeline reshape Orient’s future and safety?

Orient, New York Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Orient! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How could a new water pipeline reshape Orient’s future and safety?
  • See which Orient homes just changed hands and for how much.

Also on today's calendar: MARTY BELLER: Twists, Turns, and Breakthroughs and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 70 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Sunday: A little afternoon rain, temps: high: 63, low: 59.
  • Monday: Sunshine, breezy and pleasant, with a high of 70 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Group for the East End favors revised North Fork water pipeline route, but stops short of endorsement (northforksun.com) — Plans for a major new North Fork water main could eventually bring a Suffolk County Water Authority pipeline through Orient, including the causeway and Browns Hills well field. An environmental group says the revised route is better but urges stronger conservation, independent construction oversight, and extra review before any extension to Orient and Orient Point moves forward.
   

• North Fork & Shelter Island real estate transfers – Oct. 4, 2026 (northforksun.com) — An Orient home on Village Lane sold for $2.14 million, highlighting a busy week of North Fork property transfers that includes another Orient sale on Main Road. The roundup lists addresses, buyers, sellers, and prices across nearby hamlets, offering a clear snapshot of current local real estate values.
   

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  • InstaSwim posted a job opening for Private Swim Instructor in Greenport. Apply here.
  • CVS Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in East Hampton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Orient here.

🗞 Nearby News

Greenport

  • In Southold, Housing Suggestions Abound as New Maps are Unveiled (eastendbeacon.com)
  • Beginning with Walk to End Alzheimer's, Community Programs This Week at Peconic Landing Highlight Healthy Aging (eastendbeacon.com)
  • North Forkers Involved in New DNA Project Proving Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings' Family (eastendbeacon.com)

Shelter Island

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Orient

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