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Sunset Beach asks for Bastille Day party permit
June 19, 2013
Education
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
Obituaries
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
Opinion
Letters to the Editor: Dark skies, pro and con
June 13, 2013
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June 11, 2013
Community
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Chamber of Commerce report: Holding the fireworks display
The Piping Plover is a small sand-colored shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and pebble beaches in North America. Its size is only about 6 inches, has a mass of less than 3 ounces, and is listed as an endangered species by the US Fish and Wildlife Service...
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Manor’s complex history captured in NYU exhibit
The history of Sylvester Manor — from the mid 1660s through to the present day — is so much more than the story of the fortunes of the family that has owned the land through 15 generations. It’s a reflection of the history of Shelter Island itself, of Northern slavery...
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‘Dessert Theatre’ Saturday at 7
The Shelter Island Presbyterian Church will host a one-woman musical show, “Coming of Age,” written and performed by Jenifer Corwin, this Saturday, April 20 at 7 p.m. This benefit will be for one performance only and dessert will be served. Ms. Corwin formerly appeared in “Belle of Amherst” and “Love, Loss...
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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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Have you seen this frog?
A new frog was recently discovered in a trash-infested phragmites wetland on Staten Island by doctoral student Jeremy Feinberg. Mr. Feinberg was searching for the southern leopard frog, once the most common frog on Long Island that has since disappeared. The southern leopard frog resembles the as-yet-unnamed frog in appearance,...
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Gardening with Galligan: No fun stuff yet, but soon …
Since the season is beginning, we should begin at the beginning, too. When I first began to garden, the Internet had not yet been invented, my sources of information were restricted to garden books and other gardeners. Garden books were, I thought, really annoying. The first chapters were always all...
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Ostby gifts Manor house and grounds
With the opening of the Sylvester Manor archives exhibit at New York University’s Bobst Library in New York City has come word that Eben Fiske Ostby, the manor’s owner, is donating the historic house and grounds to the nonprofit Sylvester Manor Educational Farm. Plans call for transferring the deed by...
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Review: Drama Club brings wit and energy to ‘Legally Blonde’
Ask almost any kid in the Shelter Island Drama Club why they are in the play, “Legally Blonde,” playing this weekend at the school, from the 12th grade veteran who has done the play every year for five years to the rookie seventh grader, they say the same thing: “Because...
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Daffodil Show coming April 20
The Garden Club of Shelter Island will present the13th annual Daffodil Show, “Our Sheltered Hills of Daffodils,” on Saturday, April 20 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Ram’s Head Inn. The late Alice Fiske of Sylvester Manor was the founder of this judged show, which is under the auspices of...
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Islanders air it out at mail meeting with USPS rep
Residents packed Town Hall for a meeting with a United States Postal Service representative Wednesday evening. Old grievances (some stretching back years and still unresolved) were presented, but residents got something new to consider: Problems getting mail on Shelter Island have even greater consequences than many realized. They also received promises...
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Second ‘Inlet’ makes waves: Student paper published today
The second edition of the Shelter Island School newspaper, The Inlet, was published today for distribution to students. Copies will also be available for the community at the Shelter Island Public Library. But Devon Trehane, the paper’s advisor, hopes that the budget crunch won’t result in losing the paper in the...
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NY Times feature article on Sylvester Manor
Today's New York Times “Home” section devotes three full pages and several photographs to Sylvester Manor. Check it out online at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/garden/sylvester-manor-on-shelter-island-returns-to-its-roots.html?_r=0. The story’s focus is on the energy and ideas Bennett Konesni has brought to the Manor since he was offered the 17th century masterpiece and accompanying property by a family...
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Obituary: Lee Siegel
Long-term Shelter Island summer resident, Lee Siegel, died on her 85th birthday, February 24, 2013. She was born in Vienna, Austria and came to New York City at the start of World War II. She married Leonard Siegel in 1947, and their young family began summering on Shelter Island in 1954. Lee worked...
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Trouble getting mail? Post Office meeting set for Wednesday night
If you’re among those Islanders who have experienced difficulty getting your mail or being able to order merchandise over the Internet without difficulty, a representative of the United States Postal Service will be at Town Hall Wednesday at 6 p.m. Filling out the panel will be a representative from Congressman...
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Legal Notice: Village of Dering Harbor
LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF DERING HARBOR Please take notice that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dering Harbor will conduct a public hearing on Saturday, April 20,2012, at 10:00 am at the Village Hall of the Village of...
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Town thanks Tom Cronin for honoring Island vets
Shelter Island honored one of its finest for his tireless efforts honoring Island men who went to war. At Friday’s Town Board meeting, the town gave Shelter Island Police Officer Tom Cronin a Certificate of Appreciation and accompanying plaque for his work organizing an “Honor Flight” to Washington D.C last fall...
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Column: Communities That Care
This is a new column written by Communities That Care (CTC) that will appear periodically and contain responses to your questions on dealing with family issues. You can submit your questions by emailing them to CTCofSI@optonline.com or in writing to P. O. Box 209, Shelter Island Heights 11965. All information...
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Island profile: Gwen Waddington
Gwen Waddington not only divides her life between two interconnected but very different communities, she grew up feeling as much at home in Europe as she did in the USA, where she was born in 1958, living first in the Hudson River valley town of Nyack before moving at age...
