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More photos from the Shelter Island 10K
June 16, 2013
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This week in Shelter Island history
June 7, 2013
Business
Merchants, board look to lower speed on Bridge St.
June 17, 2013
Driveway settlement? Judge may impose decision
June 13, 2013
Community
Bausman steps down as Island Red Cross CEO
June 17, 2013
Obituaries
Obituary: Barbara Joy Roberts Carlsen
May 28, 2013
Obituary: Reporter staffer David Lee Draper
May 20, 2013
Real Estate
This week in Shelter Island history
May 30, 2013
Opinion
Letters to the Editor: Dark skies, pro and con
June 13, 2013
Letters to the Editor
June 11, 2013
Education
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Island school officials mum on controversial software use
Shelter Island, one of a dozen Long Island school districts named in a Sunday Newsday report about districts purchasing special software last year that allegedly aims to illegally influence voter turnout during budget votes, is silent today about the accusation. The Newsday report cited the purchase of software either directly from...
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School Supe pushes for curriculum, space changes
At a time when money is tight and the Shelter Island School District has undergone a lot of changes in recent years, why is Superintendent Michael Hynes pushing dramatic changes in curriculum and use of space? And will the physical changes in building use result in elementary and young middle...
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Update: Cool stuff, and you help Shelter Island kids
Tradition has it that the Shelter Island High School junior class must respect their elders — the senior class — by helping finance the oldsters’ prom. One way the juniors are doing that is selling sweatshirts, T-shirts, hoodies and — new this year — a beach towel and performance T-shirt. All articles...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO School stage goes dark — temporarily After a protest from parents that “The Women” was an inappropriate play for the Shelter Island School drama club, weekend performances were cancelled back in 2003. Parents of two cast members pulled them from the cast with one father saying he wasn’t going...
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School Board takes ax to budget
After struggling a week ago and coming up with only a single $9,000 cut in school spending for next year, the Shelter Island Board of Education found more than $250,000 in possible cuts at Wednesday night’s meeting — but few came without pain. Perhaps the most painful for many school board...
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School Board to take another shot at budget
Shelter Island Board of Education members will continue to struggle with ways to cut at least $173,000 out of their spending plan for 2013-14 Wednesday night. They'll walk a fine line trying not to affect existing programs important to students or plans to reorganize the curriculum and use of space...
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Reluctant candidate will run again for school board
Incumbent Mark Kanarvogel will seek another three-year term on the Shelter Island Board of Education. Within the last week, both Mr. Kanarvogel and board vice president Thomas Graffagnino were considering not running. Word is still out on Mr. Graffagnino’s decision. Mr. Kanarvogel was first elected to the board in 2008 for a...
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Second ‘Inlet’ makes waves: Student paper published today
The second edition of the Shelter Island School newspaper, The Inlet, was published today for distribution to students. Copies will also be available for the community at the Shelter Island Public Library. But Devon Trehane, the paper’s advisor, hopes that the budget crunch won’t result in losing the paper in the...
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NY Times feature article on Sylvester Manor
Today's New York Times “Home” section devotes three full pages and several photographs to Sylvester Manor. Check it out online at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/garden/sylvester-manor-on-shelter-island-returns-to-its-roots.html?_r=0. The story’s focus is on the energy and ideas Bennett Konesni has brought to the Manor since he was offered the 17th century masterpiece and accompanying property by a family...
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Lights out: Board drops dark skies legislation
Dark skies legislation is dead. The proposed regulations for private and commercial lighting fixtures, the topic of heated public discussion the last several weeks, died not with a bang but a whimper. At Tuesday’s Town board work session with no members of the public present, Councilwoman Chris Lewis, the champion on...
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School Board struggles with cuts
Shelter Island Board of Education members are battling to cut their budget by at least $173,000 to stay within the state-mandated tax cap. But they could only come up with a single budget cut at Monday night’s budget meeting — for $9,000 in pay for chaperones on school trips. At the same...
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Editorial: Souring the debate
We live in a cynical age. The reasons that have made cynicism — or always believing the worst in people — the defining mood of the times are many. A look at American history over the past several decades can be blinding with glaring examples of misguided and hypocritical leaders, so...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Irrigation ban approved It was at this time in 2003 that the Town Board approved legislation that would ban installation of new underground irrigation systems on Shelter Island, with implementation of the ban to be delayed for 10 years. But at the time, the new legislation also limited hours...
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School supe on budget: ‘Tough, tough decisions’
The Shelter Island Board of Education might have to find ways to cut more than $170,000 in proposed spending for the 2013-14 school year to avoid having to pierce a state-imposed tax cap. With all the good news about increased state funding in recent weeks, the district is still losing federal...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO DEC halts shellfish harvesting In 2003 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation closed all of Shelter Island’s creeks, bays and harbors to shellfish harvesting because heavy rainfalls raised concerns about excessive amounts of stormwater runoff that might result in shellfish “taking up” bacteria from warm-blooded animals, potentially...
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Hynes on budget news: ‘I’m actually able to sleep tonight’
While admitting he’s delighted with word of more state aid than had been expected coming to the Shelter Island School District, Superintendent Michael Hynes said Thursday he still anticipates the Board of Education will have to make some spending cuts. “I am beyond pleasantly surprised,” Dr. Hynes said about word that...
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School district gets another $50,000
Mr. Thiele has brought home the bacon Following Wednesday’s good news that the Shelter Island School District will get a boost in state aid for the 2013-14 school year, word came from Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. (I-Sag Harbor) that he had secured an additional $50,000 outside of the various formula aids. The ...
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Let it rip!
The Shelter Island School Sailing Club crossed the channel to Stirling Harbor last Friday. Blasting through the waves into the teeth of winds gusting to 25 mph and temperatures not far above freezing are, front to back, Jill Calabro, Drew Garrison, Alexis Gibbs and Melissa Ames. Coach Peter Needham summed it...
