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Sunset Beach asks for Bastille Day party permit
June 19, 2013
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This week in Shelter Island history
June 7, 2013
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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
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Obituary: Barbara Joy Roberts Carlsen
May 28, 2013
Obituary: Reporter staffer David Lee Draper
May 20, 2013
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This week in Shelter Island history
May 30, 2013
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Letters to the Editor: Dark skies, pro and con
June 13, 2013
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June 11, 2013
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South Ferry hopes dredging can be done to avoid crisis
A recent announcement from State Senator Kenneth LaValle that $750,000 would be flowing to South Ferry is not quite the case, although the ferry service connecting Shelter Island with North Haven will benefit from what the money will buy. The state money and funds from Suffolk County will combine to pay...
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Merchants, board look to lower speed on Bridge St.
Business is accelerating with the summer season for Bridge Street merchants. But a serious downside is cars and trucks speeding past with a human tragedy just waiting to happen, according to some of the business owners. At a recent Town Board work session, Councilman Paul Shepherd said he had spoken to...
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Olympians remember Boston prior to Saturday’s 10K
Former Olympians Joan Benoit Samuelson and Bill Rodgers have committed to running the 2014 Boston Marathon along with other former Olympians include Frank Shorter because “Our sport is a celebration of life,” Mr. Rodgers said. He was speaking to the WLNG-FM radio audience Friday during a two-hour program advancing Saturday’s...
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Breaking through: A veteran racer takes us on the course
Every long distance race has a place, a moment, when the athlete’s endurance and will is tested. It’s that time and location where the invisible (don’t use that word with runners) “wall” is hit. In Boston, it’s a place called Heartbreak Hill, which after April 15, 2013, will forever have a...
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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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$2.8 million school building project begins this month
The final phase of the proposed $2.8 million school renovation project kicks off June 24, with installation of new windows and replacement of a water tank. If the project remains on course — and Superintendent Michael Hynes cautions about counting money saved until all bills are in — the district...
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Our view: The fire next time
What defines courage and commitment? Courage, often described as grace under pressure, is also known as the first virtue, the one that makes all other virtues possible. Commitment is something we witness nearly every day — if we have eyes to see it — by those lending a hand to...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Siller to get a rematch Former supervisor Gerry Siller, a Democrat, in June 2003, announced he wanted his old job back and was ready to stage a campaign against incumbent Republican Supervisor Art Williams. In announcing his candidacy, he told his party members he was accepting the nomination with...
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LaValle: State grants $750,000 for South Ferry
The office of New York State Senator Ken LaValle (R-C-I, Port Jefferson) announced Thursday afternoon that state funds totaling $750,000 will be flowing to South Ferry. The money, coming from the New York State Transportation Department, is slated to help the ferry company "resolve docking and navigational issues," the senator's office...
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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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Bucks rain out rescheduled
Shelter Island Bucks' General Manger Cori Cass announced this morning yesterday's rain out against the Center Moriches Battlecats will be played Monday, June 10 at 5. p.m. at Fiske Field. The Bucks, looking for their first win of the season, travel to Southampton this evening to take on the Breakers at...
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Reach Within runs with 10K to help children
When Karen Lawson heard about this year’s Shelter Island 10K theme, “Overcoming Obstacles,” she knew her “Reach Within” team had to be part of the June 15 event, especially at a time when the original “Reach Grenada” group, founded in 2008, is expanding to communities beyond that tiny Caribbean Island...
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Sparks fly on a wet, gray day
Shelter Island Firefighters Monday morning responded to a call about a sparking transformer on Brander Parkway, arriving in time to determine that given the rainy weather, the flame that sparked from moment to moment wouldn’t cause any immediate problem and could be left to Long Island Power Authority workers to...
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DAR, Historical Society push to preserve gravestones
As part of its ongoing effort to engage the Shelter Island Community in the renovation of the historic Presbyterian Church burial grounds, the Daughters of the American Revolution will be offering a two-day Gravestone Preservation Workshop led by conservator Jonathan Appell, on Sunday, June 23 and Monday, June 24. The restoration...
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One bad inning sinks Bucks in season opener vs. Sag Harbor
The Shelter Island Bucks were in good shape to win their first game of the 2013 Hampton Collegiate Baseball League season Sunday evening thanks to strong pitching and timely hitting. Well, at least they were until one bad inning lost the Bucks the game. The Island team went into the bottom...
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Survey says: Town Attorney reports on Green Expo poll
The Town Board's Tuesday work session opened with a demonstration of the new audiovisual system installed by Councilman Peter Reich in the meeting room. It’s 21st century high-tech compared to the old system it replaces, with crystal clear images in high definition, readable text and wireless control from anywhere in the...
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Obituary: Barbara Joy Roberts Carlsen
Barbara Joy Roberts Carlsen - a native Australian, a resident of Sewanee, Tennessee and a summer resident of Shelter Island, New York - passed away on April 4, 2013 following her battle with cancer. Her memorial service took place on April 7, 2013 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church on Shelter...
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Dougherty expects dark skies public hearing June 28
Supervisor Jim Dougherty told the WLNG listening audience Friday afternoon that the Shelter Island Town Board will continue to seek a path between those who eschew more regulations and those who believe there’s a need to enact some form of 'dark skies' legislation. “It’s a classic dilemma between two sincere groups,”...
