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Business
Japanese eatery now open in Greenport
May 12, 2013
Community
Paper gobbler set to roll into town Saturday
May 15, 2013
Board of Ed presents its budget numbers
May 13, 2013
Obituaries
Obituary: Reporter staffer David Lee Draper
May 20, 2013
Obituaries: Draper, Rodgers
March 7, 2013
Real Estate
High end real estate deals escalate
May 1, 2013
Shed plan rejected: ZBA says ‘detriment’ to neighborhood
April 26, 2013
Politics
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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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Dougherty: State of the town is sound
The state of Shelter Island Is “excellent” and the future will be “a wonderful era.” That’s according to Supervisor Jim Dougherty, speaking at Sunday’s “State of the Town” address, a luncheon at the Ram’s Head Inn sponsored by the League of Women Voters Shelter Island. Mr. Dougherty, who also hinted he would...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Island couple’s stake in Iraq: their son Jim Barbara and James “Zippy” Reeves, whose son was in the Air Force in March 2003 were anxious about a decision President George W. Bush would make about going to war in Iraq. Mr. Reeves was glued to CNN for reports about...
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Column: Winning, losing and outsourcing blame
Outsourcing is a hot-button issue, which was especially hot in the bitter election contest of 2012 between Congressman Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) and Randy Altschuler. It was the race that drew the most attention of any Long Island race last year with outsourcing the key issue. There were some who felt this...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Memo targets Building Department Town Board members were on the war path 10 years ago penning a rebuke to Building Inspector William Banks. “Your department is one of the most visible aspects of town government and it’s very important that the public believe that the Building Department does its...
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Town Board works on EMS pensions and new email provider
The Town Board discussed EMS pensions and a change in email providers among other issues at Tuesday afternoon’s work session. Deputy Supervisor Christine Lewis opened the meeting by announcing that Supervisor Jim Dougherty was absent for the second week in a row due to illness, noting Mr. Dougherty was home recuperating...
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Former highway supe reacts to Card’s annoucment
The man who served Shelter Island as highway superintendent and public works commissioner for 10 years prior to Jay Card Jr. reacted warmly to Mr. Card's announcement to the Reporter he might bow out at the end of his current term. “I think he’s done a great job,” Mark Ketcham said...
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Highway Superintendent Card may not seek second term
Highway Superintendent and Public Works Commissioner Jay Card Jr. told the Reporter Thursday morning in a wide-ranging interview that he might not run for a second term. His term ends January 1, 2014, and if he wants a second term, he would have to run again next November. Mr. Card said he...
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Krupski landslide in Island voting
Shelter Island tracked with the rest of the 1st district in the easy win by Southold Councilman Al Krupski over Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter in the special election Tuesday for Suffolk County legislator According to unofficial results from the Shelter Island Democratic Committee, Mr. Krupski got 275 votes to Mr. Walter’s...
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Voting early in the special election
Pictured above, Janalyn Travis-Messer checked in to vote at Shelter Island School this morning in balloting that will result in choosing a successor to County Legislator Ed Romaine, who stepped down after being elected Brookhaven Town supervisor in November. Southold Town Board member Al Krupski is running on the Democratic line...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Task force zeroes in on zoning issues A special Planning and Zoning Task Force told the Town Board in January 2003 it wanted to focus on regulations affecting near-shore zoning and building regulations pertaining to setbacks, heights, proportion of structures to lot sizes and pre-existing nonconforming structures. While the...
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Krupski meets and greets voters on Island
Al Krupski met voters at the Center Post Office Wednesday morning to promote his candidacy in Tuesday's special election for the 1st District seat in the Suffolk County Legislature. The seat, formerly held by Ed Romaine, is up for grabs since Mr. Romaine was elected Brookhaven Town supervisor last November. Mr....
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Assemblyman Thiele slated to speak at Friday forum
Fred W. Thiele, who, as of January l, represents Shelter Island in New York State’s newly formed lst Assembly District, will be the featured speaker at Friday Night Dialogues at the Library on January 18 at 6 p.m., where he will be discussing issues affecting the Island — “1st Things...
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Special Election: Krupski, Walter debate the issues
In their advertisements, the candidates vying for the 1st District seat in the Suffolk County Legislature are portrayed as very different men. Republican Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter’s ads show him taking a sledgehammer to downtown Riverhead and vowing to shake up the Legislature. Ads from his Democratic opponent present...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Task force zeroes in on zoning issues A special Planning and Zoning Task Force told the Town Board in January 2003 it wanted to focus on regulations affecting near-shore zoning and building regulations pertaining to setbacks, heights, proportion of structures to lot sizes and pre-existing nonconforming structures. While the...
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Special election coming soon
In less than two weeks, Shelter Island voters will join others in District 1 in choosing a new Suffolk County legislator to replace Ed Romaine, who was elected in November as Brookhaven Town Supervisor. Democratic Southold Town Councilman Albert Krupski Jr. faces off against Riverhead’s Republican Supervisor Sean Walter in the...
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Town holding fire on LIPA trustee issue
As efforts to shake up how the Long Island Power Authority operates takes shape here and in Albany, Shelter Island officials are taking a wait-and-see approach. With a recent presentation before the Town Board calling for legislation to empower the public to elect LIPA trustees rather than being appointed by the...
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Questions for Supervisor Jim Dougherty
Town Supervisor Jim Dougherty will take to the airwaves today, Monday, December 17. Mr. Dougherty will be behind the microphone at WLNG, 92.1 FM as the guest on Dan Duprey’s live call-in show, “Tell it to ‘LNG” from 1:05 p.m. to 2 p.m. today to answer any and all questions. The number...
