Daily Update: Town forming battery storage task force, Behind the East End’s beekeeping boom

Here are the headlines for Friday, Feb. 17, 2023.
THE SUFFOLK TIMES
Town Hall Notes: Housing commission seeks members, Battery storage task force to form
Behind the East End’s beekeeping boom
RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW
Applicants sought for Habitat for Humanity homes in Riverside
SHELTER ISLAND REPORTER
Shelter Island Poetry contest opens: 2023 theme is ‘Past and Future’
Shelter Island Little League sign-ups are open: Coaches, volunteers needed
NORTHFORKER
Dance the night away at this LGBTQIA+ Mardi Gras Pride Mixer at RG|NY
North Fork Open Houses: 10 listings for the week of Feb. 17
SOUTHFORKER
Southside Sips: Blutstein’s Brown Butter Old-Fashioned
New York Wine of the Week: 2020 One Woman Grüner Veltliner, $22
WEATHER
It will be rainy today with a high temperature near 54 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Rain is likely after 1 p.m. and the low tonight will be around 25.
The daily update is a briefing on what’s happening across the North Fork and Shelter Island.
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