Shelter Island Reporter

Legal Advertisements: Week of February 23, 2012

By Reporter Staff | 02/22/2012 11:51 PM | Legal Notices, News

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: GK Sales & Marketing LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/21/11. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy...

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GPS data to become resource for town

By Julie Lane | 02/22/2012 10:31 PM | Government, News

It has been a long time coming but the Shelter Island Town Board took a giant step forward into the online computer age last week, according to Councilman Peter Reich. It authorized the expenditure of $3,300 this year and $6,600 a year for the next three years to implement an...

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Editorial: Ten years on life support

By Editorial Staff | 02/22/2012 10:24 PM | Editorial, Opinion

The Town Board is running a new proposal up the flagpole for tweaking the zoning code’s rules governing pre-existing, non-conforming uses — those businesses operating in residential neighborhoods legally because they date back to the days before zoning. The Chequit, Ram’s Head and La Maison Blanche inns are among the...

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Letters to the Editor: Week of February 23, 2012

By Reader Submission | 02/22/2012 9:26 PM | Letters, Opinion

Dog Park To the Editor: It all started when the nuts took over the nuthouse and decided to feed the deer, grow healthier ticks and starve the seniors. The proposed doggie park on an overgrown parcel on Manwaring Road appears to be becoming another boondoggle, a pit to pour taxpayer money into. Already...

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Police: 8 tickets and 2 accidents

By Reporter Staff | 02/22/2012 8:19 PM | News, Police News

A motorist was ticketed on North Ferry Road for driving without a license, having fewer than two rear brake lights and emitting unnecessary exhaust smoke. One ATV rider was given summonses for unlawful operation of an ATV on a public road without registration, a license or a helmet. A second...

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Island Calendar: Week of February 23, 2012

By Reporter Staff | 02/22/2012 7:22 PM | Community

EVERY WEEK... Alcoholics Anonymous, beginners’ meeting. Fridays, Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m. Open discussion, St. Mary’s, Monday – Friday, 7 a.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Al-Anon, Saturdays, 10 a.m., St. Mary’s. Duplicate bridge group, Thursdays, 12:15 p.m., St. Mary’s Parish Hall, 749-0835. Exercise classes, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:15 a.m., Saturdays at 9...

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The Dinner Bell Menu

By Karin Bennett | 02/22/2012 7:09 PM | Community

The Dinner Bell is open Monday and Friday at 12:15 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church. For reservations call 749-0291. Friday, February 24 Cheese quiche, carrots, Romaine salad with beans and Ice cream Monday, February 27 Beef stew, egg noodles, broccoli florets, beet salad and Applesauce...

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What’s Happening on Shelter Island: Week of February 23, 2012

By Reporter Staff | 02/22/2012 7:05 PM | Community, Spotlight

‘CELEBRATION OF LIFE’ The 12th annual Cheryl Hannabury Memorial “Celebration of Life” cocktail party will be held on Saturday, March 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Ram’s Head Inn. There will be door prizes, a 50/50 raffle, Chinese auction and silent auction. A list of items for the popular live...

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Sports Alert: Week of February 23, 2012

By Reporter Staff | 02/22/2012 6:28 PM | Sports

Tuesday, February 28 Home vs. Montauk MS/JH-B GIRLS BASKETBALL 4 p.m. Wednesday, February 29 Away vs. Springs MS/JH-B BOYS VOLLEYBALL 4 p.m....

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Osprey’s Nest: Week of February 23, 2012

By Ima Byrd | 02/22/2012 5:25 PM | Community

Happy birthday to... Christopher Piccozzi, Brian Sherman, Sean Patrick and Kevin Springer, Donna Lee, Peter Sessa Sr., Michael Russo, Ed Morris, Vera MacDonald and Tyrus Runyon on February 24; Amber Jernick, David M. Williams, John Ingianni, Laurene H. Silvani, Sarah Evangelista and Jeri Lynn Hoover on February 25; Jim Theinert, Rosemund...

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Island businesses: Coecles Harbor names new service manager

By Reporter Staff | 02/22/2012 8:53 AM | Business, Top News

Coecles Harbor Marina and Boatyard has announced that David Doody has joined the team as service manager. Mr. Doody is well known to yachtsmen and the marine industry in the Northeast and brings a vast store of knowledge in both power and sail as well as over 60,000 sea miles to...

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It’s back: Cablevision deadline looms again

By Julie Lane | 02/21/2012 9:00 PM | News

If you’re a Cablevision customer, you may need to get a converter box soon to unscramble your favorite programs. Otherwise, you will see them disappear on Valentine’s Day, February 14, when Cablevision turns off the analog signals it is still transmitting for certain regional channels. Cablevision maintains that digital service improves...

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Viewfinder: Standing by

By Peter Boody | 02/21/2012 9:00 PM | Community

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Girls Basketball: Indians fall to Southold in Suffolk Class C-D game

By Bob Liepa | 02/21/2012 8:44 PM | Featured Stories, Sports, Top News

SUFFOLK CLASS C-D FINAL | FIRST SETTLERS 48, INDIANS 35 The John A. Danzi Athletic Center at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue has become a familiar place for the Southold girls basketball team. It certainly is well known to their coach, Katie Hennes, who played in several dozen games and participated...

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Trustees elected to library board

By Reporter Staff | 02/21/2012 7:00 PM | Community

The Shelter Island Library’s Board of Trustees and members of the library met last month in St. Mary’s Parish Hall in the first annual meeting under new bylaws that involved the community in the board election process. Paul Mobius, a trustee and chair of the Nominations Committee, presented the committee’s slate...

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Dering Harbor Village Board: 3 proposed laws aired for second time

By Archer Brown | 02/21/2012 4:27 PM | Featured Stories, Government, News, Top News

Three proposed local laws on navigation and surface water use, unsafe building conditions and public nuisances were re-introduced in public hearings held by the Village of Dering Harbor Board of Trustees on Saturday morning, February 18, at Village Hall. Originally aired last September, the regulations were put on the back burner,...

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Viewfinder: In concert on the Island

By Reporter Staff | 02/21/2012 4:00 PM | Community

Rusty Kransky and Dee Martin of the North Fork Community Theatre performed a musical reading of ‘I Do! I Do!’ at the Presbyterian Church last weekend, with Linda Betjeman, musical director, at the piano. The performance spans 50 years of marriage between Agnes and Michael and played to an enthusiastic...

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All about e-books at the Shelter Island Library

By Jo-Ann Robotti | 02/21/2012 1:00 PM | Community

E-books are flying off the virtual shelves of the Shelter Island Public Library and libraries nationwide. In 2011, downloadable media from the library’s Live-brary site grew 61 percent over 2010, with a large jump occurring in the fall after Amazon announced that the Kindle would take part in library programs....

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