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Times/Review Newsgroup unveils Northforker.com
May 23, 2013
Paper gobbler set to roll into town Saturday
May 15, 2013
Obituaries
Obituary: Reporter staffer David Lee Draper
May 20, 2013
Obituaries: Draper, Rodgers
March 7, 2013
Real Estate
ZBA: Both yes and no on controversial house
May 23, 2013
High end real estate deals escalate
May 1, 2013
videos
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Video: Meet the crew of the tall ship Picton Castle
The barque Picton Castle is the most traveled of the tall ships that dropped anchor in Greenport Harbor on Friday. The Picton arrived about 2:30 p.m. along with The Roseway. In addition to many other trips, the Picton Castle has completed five global circumnavigations in the past 15 years, according to...
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VIDEO: Vineyards brace for early bud break after mild winter
Kareem Massoud is a second-generation wine grower and Paumanok Vineyard's winemaker for more than 10 years. The eldest son of owners Ursula and Charles Massoud, Kareem and Paumanok's 2010 Semi-Dry Riesling were recently chosen as one of the Wall Street Journal's "luxury dozen," 12 bottles of 800 that were judged in...
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Update: Video of the largest item ever to drive off a South Ferry boat
If you saw a giant boulder balanced on a flatbed truck on a South Ferry boat today, don't worry, you haven't lost your mind. The humongous rock — which officially weighed in at 120,000 pounds — was delivered to 179 Ram Island Drive on Ram Island. The home is owned by...
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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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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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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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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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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...
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Ian Weslek: Meet the Town Board candidates video
Ian Weslek, one of five candidates for two seats at stake in this fall's elections, talks about the Island and his reasons for running in a video interview with the Shelter Island Reporter. Videos of the four other candidates will be posted in the coming weeks. Will Anderson is next. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mPPMGMTfok...
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Video: Another Shelter Island 10K, another Ethiopian victory
African runners must like something about Shelter Island because they keep winning, posting quality times and dominating in the small island’s annual 10-kilometer road race. Kumsa Adugna, 25, of Ethiopia, who was the runner-up last year, was the winner this time around in the 32nd annual Shelter Island 10K Run on...
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VIDEO: Dougherty talks about serving as Shelter Island town supervisor
Shelter Island Town Supervisor Jim Dougherty talks about his work in office and his reasons for seeking a third two-year term this fall. A Democrat, he faces Republican Bob DeStefano and independent Glenn Waddington, whose "Meet the Candidate" videos were posted previously. Mr. Dougherty's interview with Shelter Island Reporter editor...
