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More photos from the Shelter Island 10K
June 16, 2013
Education
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
Spotlight
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Bryan’s song: First Islander across the 10K finish line
Disappointed. Yet thrilled. Those two conflicting emotions were still with Bryan Knipfing days after being the first Shelter Islander to break the tape at Saturday’s 10K Run. Mr. Knipfing, 28, was shooting for a time somewhere between 33 or 34 minutes for his hometown’s 6.2-mile course, perhaps even shaving some time off...
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This week in Shelter Island history: A look back at the 2003 race
10 YEARS AGO 1,200 expected to run in 24th annual SI 10k That was the story in 2003 based on pre-registrations in advance of that year’s race. There were a dozen elite runners expected to participate that year, including Janelle Kraus-Nadeau, who competed for a spot in the 2008 Olympics, only to...
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LIPA pipeline power cable stretching into late July
Don’t expect the noise, dust and traffic disruptions at the foot of Shore Road and Crescent Beach to be over any time soon. That’s according to LIPA officials reporting at Tuesday’s Town Board work session on its construction of a tunnel for a pipe holding power cables running from the beach...
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From Penelope’s kitchen: Pacaya Flowers and Yucca Blossoms
My friends Reina and Glenda, who are from Guatemala, introduced me to this delicious, easy to prepare dish, which can be served for lunch or dinner. Pacaya is the young blossom of a date palm tree and has a slightly bitter taste. The yucca aloe flowers are the delicate petals from...
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Eye on the Ball: Oh, the things I regret not saying
Well, it happened to me again — there I was, relaxed and enjoying a fresh cup of coffee one morning this week at one of my regular spots when a couple of first-time Shelter Island visitors decided to sit next to me. As I always do (according to my wife)...
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Finding a hidden sculpture park on Shelter Island
Sometimes all it takes is a quick meander off the beaten path to discover something truly amazing. It could be anything: a scenic spot obscured or a hidden trail revealing something either scary or sublime. Walking along Peppermill Lane recently, the happy surprise was wandering into a sculpture park in the...
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Town Board discusses water, money and sweeper
First the good news: Revenues are up. But water’s down. That was the word from Supervisor Jim Dougherty at Tuesday’s Shelter Island Town Board work session. Town Clerk Dorothy Ogar had released a report that for the month of May the town collected $162,000, or about $50,000 more than May 2012. “Monthly reports...
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Bucks notch first win in style, pulling off triple play
The Shelter Island Bucks got their first win of 2013 in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League on the road Tuesday defeating the Southampton Breakers 4-1. The impressive win featured one of the plays that comes once in a blue moon in baseball: a triple play. After dropping their first game in a...
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Summer youth activities are plentiful on Shelter Island
Given the natural resources on Shelter Island conducive to swimming, sailing and fishing, there’s hardly a lack of activities for kids to have a carefree summer. But there are also a number of organized activities targeted for different age groups that can complement those lazy days on the beach. The Shelter...
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$400K driveway? Owners, landscaper in tangle of suits
A landscaper with a small family business alleges he’s caught between deep-pocketed Shelter Island homeowners and the landscape contractor who hired him to the tune of $400,000. What Matthew Daly of MGD Horticulture in Mattituck said he wants is to be paid for the work he and his crew did. This...
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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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Budget passes: Kanarvogel and Graffagnino continue on board
The Shelter Island community gave a solid vote of confidence to its school district Tuesday. Residents cast 269 ballots in favor of the $10.046 million budget to fund the 2013-14 term and 89 against. But the real nail biting came awaiting results of the vote for school board members with two open...
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Don’t forget to vote: Polls open until 9 p.m.
Polls open on Tuesday from noon to 9 p.m. at the Shelter Island School gymnasium so voters can have the last word on a proposed $10.047 million budget for the 2013-14 school year. The proposed budget stays within the state-imposed 2 percent tax levy cap and represents a 3.17 percent increase...
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Inside Out: Lockdown? Not for me on Patriot’s Day
The ironies cascaded through my mind as I headed north to Lexington and Concord on April 19, the anniversary of the skirmishes in 1775 when “embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard ‘round the world,” as Mr. Emerson put it. My wife thought I was crazy to make a detour...
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Slice of Life: Nobody bothered to ask me … but
As Designated Historian and Poet Laureate of the Shelter Island Bridge and Tunnel Authority, I am hereby authorized to express SIBTA’s deep shock and humiliation at not being at least consulted on the current LIPA cable project. SIBTA, being an organization with a long and checkered history of providing alternate...
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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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School play scene nets award for Shelter Island students
East End Arts announced the 11th annual Teeny Award nominations last week and for the first time, a special Judge’s Choice Award will be given to the Greek Chorus from the Shelter Island Drama Club’s production of “Legally Blonde.” The award is for a “particular scene, musical number, dance number or...
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Island profile: Jason Shields, proof you can go home again
“It’s a million tiny pieces” that fell into place to create the happy life now enjoyed by Jason Shields, the recently married building contractor and gifted nature and fishing columnist for the Reporter. Jason came to the Island from Brooklyn at age seven with his mother, Maria Loconsolo, when she left...
