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School car wash canceled
May 24, 2013
Don’t forget to vote: Polls open until 9 p.m.
May 20, 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
Opinion
Gimme Shelter: The baby of the family
May 24, 2013
This week's letters to the editor
May 24, 2013
Sports
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Elite athletes need hosts for the Shelter Island 10K weekend
The Shelter Island 10K is looking for volunteers to host elite athletes on race weekend, Friday, June 14th to Sunday, June 16. Every year professional runners from around the world come to Shelter Island to race in the 10K and are hosted by Islanders willing to open their homes to these...
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Eye on the Ball: Writer Vecsey takes sports seriously
So far I have met three major sportswriters who call the Island home. And almost a fourth. Now, when I say major, I mean newspapers with large circulations. There’s Robert Lipsyte of the New York Times, Robert Lipsyte of the Washington Post and Peter Vecsey of the New York Daily News and...
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Goody was too good: Softball ace part of a winning team
Shawna Rae Goody showed winning form pitching at home against Hampton Bays last week for the Shelter Island junior varsity softball team. The girls wound up a stellar season racking up a record of 6 wins against 3 losses....
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Eye on the Ball: Honoring our greatest Island athletes
Do you know an outstanding athlete who graduated from Shelter Island High School and should be recognized by the school? If so, you must get in touch with the newly-formed Hall of Fame Committee. From me, finally a big “thank you” to the Islanders who are taking on the responsibility of...
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Bucks seek housing: looking at alternatives and volunteers
With little more than two weeks to go before their opening game, Shelter Island Bucks organizers are hustling to secure necessary housing for about half the 25 players and two coaches who still have no place to stay during June and July. Hoping to answer community questions and perhaps secure a...
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Bucks seek housing: Meeting to field residents’ questions
As the Shelter Island Bucks prepare to launch their second season with an opening game on the road to take on the Sag Harbor Whalers Sunday, June 2, team organizers are still hunting for Islanders to host team members. Many of last year's hosts stepped up to the plate again this...
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Eye on the Ball: A peek into the past at Island heroes
Back in 1960, I made my first trip to Shelter Island as a 19-year-old assistant golf pro from Southampton Golf Club. Prior to the trip, I was told, “If you don’t know somebody on the Island, just say ‘Hello, Mr. Dickerson or Mr. Clark,’ and most likely you’ll be right.” Good...
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Baseball: Southold nears playoff spot with Carver’s 150th career win
FIRST SETTLERS 3, INDIANS 1 The same instinct that tells Southold’s baseball coach, Mike Carver, when to call for a bunt or a hit-and-run, told him that something was up. After Friday’s game, Carver was trailing his players as they marched from their Southold High School field to the gym. Then, one...
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Nature column: Leave time behind – visit a rock
It began with a child’s imagination triggered by naturally occurring recognizable shapes – no sculptor’s chisel necessary – inspiring awe and imbedded in the picture book of his mind. I should thank cartoon creators for using iconic figures of classic literature as premises for their productions. If not for them, Whale...
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East End Classic Boat Show ready to launch
The East End Classic Boat Society will hold its spring open house Saturday, April 27, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Community Boat Shop at 301 Bluff Road in Amagansett. The society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to sustaining the skills and traditions of small wood boat building and restoration. The...
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Fishing: And the cycle continues
Things are beginning to stir in the bays, creeks and backwaters of our coastline. The movement is subtle but distinct, like tall marsh grass rustling in the breeze, and it represents another tiny cog on earth’s great chronological gear. It may feel colder than normal and air temperatures this spring...
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Column: Remembering Noonie, larger than life and sometimes legit
Do you ever look back and think about who had the most influence on you? Sadly, last Saturday morning one of the people that most influenced me passed away. He died two days before his 84th birthday. I know to most that’s considered an old man. But to me, he...
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Would you be willing to host a Bucks player?
When the Shelter Island Bucks return this spring for their second season in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League, they’ll require housing again. Some Islanders who opened their houses to players last summer are doing so again, according to Bucks Assistant General Manager Dave Gurney. But for various reasons, eight players still...
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Cardinal coming to Bucks
Former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Johnny Hernandez will be taking the helm as head coach of the Shelter Island Bucks when they return for their second season of collegiate league baseball at Fiske Field this summer. Mr. Hernandez, an assistant baseball coach at Long Island University in Brooklyn, replaces Joe Burke...
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Column: A landlubber survives the Coast Guard in style
How many times in your life did your parents or your spouse say, “You have to think before you talk”? My wife tells me that all the time and I finally told her the reason I don’t think before I speak is because I like to be as surprised as everyone...
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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...
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No more fishing fee
While the state budget wasn’t quite wrapped up at press time, pending action by the Assembly, Senator Kenneth LaValle (R,C-Port Jefferson) announced that one revenue line has been eliminated: the $10 annual saltwater fishing licenses will no longer be required. The vote came in the Senate Sunday. A three-year moratorium on the...
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Column: Win or lose, it’s no gamble
When I was a boy in New Jersey, we lived less than a mile from Monmouth Park Raceway. It is a really beautiful track and a place my entire family visited on a daily basis. To say that my family likes to gamble would be an understatement. Both Anne and I...
