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Sports
Boys varsity hoopsters battle hard
February 12, 2012
Ladies Bowling: 3 times the charm for Fabulous Five
February 12, 2012
School Sports Alert: Week of February 9, 2012
February 8, 2012
Education
Dean's list for Islander at Tulane
January 30, 2012
New Shelter Island School super seeks curriculum improvement
January 11, 2012
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Business
Bridgehampton Bank plans Shelter Island branch
February 7, 2012
Chequit, La Maison Blanche get OK to build pools
January 26, 2012
Community
Viewfinder: An insider’s look at Havens House
February 12, 2012
Movies at the Library: A cinematic Valentine
February 11, 2012
Viewfinder: How ‘bout those Giants!
February 10, 2012
Obituaries
Obituary: Yoshiko Sato, 51, acclaimed architect and designer
February 9, 2012
Obituary: John Chobor Jr., 79
February 9, 2012
Obituary: Gladys C. Brigham
February 8, 2012
Real Estate
Corcoran moves to Dinkel office
December 22, 2011
Opinion
Suffolk Closeup: An extraordinary woman
February 12, 2012
Paw print
February 11, 2012
From the Slow Lane: We like it when it snows where you are
February 10, 2012
Multimedia
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Sounds of yesteryear: ‘Ferry to Shelter Island’ song
Old-time listeners to WLNG radio will recall a record from the mid-1980s called "Ferry to Shelter Island," performed by Michelle Wood, a backup singer from Sergio Mendez' group Brazil 66 and written by Dennis Pelliccia, then a resident of Shelter Island and now Sag Harbor. Click here for a long YouTube...
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Police: 1 arrest, 5 accidents
Following an investigation into a burglary at a commercial property on the Island, Bruce M. Hopke, 59, of Shelter Island was arrested on Saturday, January 28 at 12:23 p.m. and charged with burglary in the 3rd degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the 5th degree. A search warrant...
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Video: Unidentified flying object at Klenawicus Field on Shelter Island?
There's a radio-controlled aircraft club that flies its model aircraft out of an open field adjacent to the town-owned Klenawicus Airport grass strip on Shelter Island. One of its members, Harold Thiers, has posted a video of his curious flying machine taking its first flight above and beyond a hover. We'll find...
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Slideshow: Winter’s first real snowfall for Shelter Island and the region
About 5 inches of the white stuff coated Shelter Island and the region Saturday morning before the precipitation turned to sleet and freezing rain. The National Weather Service. which replaced a winter weather advisory with a storm warning during the morning on Saturday, predicted up to 7 inches of snow before...
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Slideshow: Junior high boys basketball victory over Ross blue
It's not too late to highlight the junior high boys basketball team 44-41 victory over the Ross School blue team at home on January 9. The game put their record at 6-2 with two more games to go. They lost on Friday, January 13 to the Ross white team. They were...
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Slideshow: Blue Highway performs to sellout crowd to benefit Sylvester Manor Educational Farm
Award-winning bluegrass band Blue Highway played to a sellout crowd at the Shelter Island School on Saturday night. The group has been wowing crowds since 1994 and features some of America’s most talented pickers and singers. The original concert was to have been at Sylvester Manor last summer but Hurricane Irene...
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Video: Shelter Islander’s holiday model train layout: so … is it for him or the kids?
Bill Aston may have retired in 1996 as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s vice president for engineering but every Christmas he’s back into railroading big time with a holiday twist. His career put him in charge of everything from the first rehabilitation of Grand Central Station to stations, crossings, signal and power...
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Video: Opening day of scallop season
Ed Densieski of Riverhead and his faithful crewman, Dave Cullen of South Jamesport, caught about nine bushels of scallops on Monday, marking the start of the scallop harvesting season. Mr. Densieksi was among a fleet of about 60 boats in Orient Harbor, located just south of the causeway. Check out this...
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Shelter Island town supervisor candidates
This week the Reporter presents the responses of the three candidates for town supervisor to a questionnaire sent to all Town Board candidates early in October. Biographical outlines appear below based on the candidates’ responses. Their answers to questions about specific Island issues and concerns appear on the following pages,...
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Videos: Meet all the Shelter Island Town candidates
Over the past couple months, Reporter editor Peter Boody has interviewed each of the 10 candidates seeking office for the Town of Shelter Island. Here are videos from each of the "Meet the Candidates" Interviews: Bob DeStefano for Town Supervisor Glenn Waddington for Town Supervisor Jim Dougherty for Town Supervisor Ian Weslek for Town Board Will...
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Meet the candidate video: Jay Card Jr. for highway superintendent
Jay Card Jr. talks about his background, his qualifications for becoming the Shelter Island Town highway superintendent and his ideas for the department in a Reporter video interview. He is the Democratic and Independence Party candidate for the post. Mr. Card is making his second run for the job now held...
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Meet the candidate video: Hap Bowditch for highway superintendent
Harry "Hap" Bowditch Jr., the Republican and Conservative party nominee for Shelter Island Highway Superintendent, talks about his reasons for running, his background and qualifications and his goals for the department. His opponent, Democratic and Independence candidate Jay Card Jr., is a native Shelter Islander like Mr. Bowditch. Check the Reporter...
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Slide show: Sylvester Manor’s ‘Plant & Sing’
There's more to come today, Sunday, at Sylvester Manor's three-day festival of music, literary arts and good food, highlighted by this evening's appearance of Rufus and Martha Wainright. Meanwhile, here are scenes from a few of Friday and Saturday's events photographed by the Reporter's Beverlea Walz. Plant and Sing is the fourth...
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Video: Meet Town Board candidate Dan Fokine
One of five candidates running for two seats on the Shelter Island Town Board, Democratic and Independence Party candidate Dan Fokine talks about the issues and his reasons for running in an interview recorded on the grounds of the Shelter Island Historical Society. Video interviews with all five candidates for Town...
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Video: Town Councilman Peter Reich seeking reelection
Town Councilman Peter Reich takes to the water to talk about his bid for a third term on the Shelter Island Town Board. He's the only current councilperson seeking reelection in a five-way race for two council seats. Separate videos have been posted of the three people running for town supervisor. ...
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Photos: Shelter Island Beach Blast
The sun, the sand, the cool breeze coming in off the open water ... and man, just listen to that band play. Welcome to the annual Shelter Island Beach Blast: Eastern Long Island's answer to the good old days of Frankie and Annette. Traditionally held the Saturday after Labor Day, the...
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Video: Meet Town Board candidate Paul Shepherd
Shelter Island Town Board candidate Paul Shepherd talks about his reasons for running, his qualifications and stands on some of the issues in an interview with the Reporter. Mr. Shepherd is running on the Conservative line and also petitioned for an independent slot on the Nov. 8 ballot as the candidate...
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Video: Meet Town Board candidate Will Anderson
Republican candidate for Shelter Island Town Board Will Anderson talks about his reasons for running, his background and qualifications and some of the issues in one of five council candidate videos to be posted by the Reporter this summer and fall. Two seats on the board are at stake in the...
