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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
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
Opinion
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Letters to the Editor: Dark skies, pro and con
To the Editor: I am a watchdog by nature. Deeply suspicious of all things new, I growl reflexively when the salesman knocks at the door. I operate on intelligence, intuition and experience. I was what I am before I became a councilman, and because I never professed to be other than...
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Letters to the Editor
To the Editor: Ten years ago, I met my now husband at the 2003 running of the Shelter Island 10K race. I found myself at the home of a friend of a friend near Dering Harbor who hosted a 10K pre-race party at his home. Although I didn’t know it at...
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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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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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Midnight Musings: Job scare
It’s the time of year when high school and college students are starting their summer jobs, when you see their familiar faces everywhere you go: the Tuck Shop, the pharmacy, Jack’s Marine. I thought I’d share a few of my less-than-stellar moments in the working world. At 23, I was forced...
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This week’s letters to the editor
To the Editor: Unfortunately, the ad that ran in last week’s Reporter was not what I’d submitted to the paper for publication. The ad should have read: “I‘d like to thank the other owners of Ryan Farms LLC for their selfless support of the barn for the past 11 years. Through...
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Reporter editorial for the week: The time is right for Manor
Representatives of Sylvester Manor went before the Town Board last week to ask for help. The Manor has been moving forward rapidly over the last several months, with big ambitions and eager to take a place in the spotlight. The opening of the Sylvester Manor archives at an impressive exhibition hosted...
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Gimme Shelter: The baby of the family
He was the man I never knew, the man who gave me my name. He was brought closer to me through a phone call I got one afternoon. An editor at the Washington Post, where I freelance occasionally, phoned to say a man who lived in the D.C. area had called...
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This week’s letters to the editor
To the Editor: I read the article in the May 16 edition of the Reporter about the paper gobbler coming to town (“Staying Hungry”). I am certain we all have many, many pages of written texts that have accumulated over the years, some perhaps we’d rather not acknowledge. This was a very good...
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Gardening with Galligan: Tulips, the lipstick of the garden
There is so much to say about tulips, it’s hard to know where to begin. So logically then, we should begin at the beginning, as in where did tulips come from? In fact, they have a dramatic history. They were found originally growing wild in Central Asia and were cultivated...
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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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Column: When the IRS tried to muscle me
President Barack Obama got it right and wrong last week when he stated, “If you’ve got the IRS operating in anything less than a neutral and nonpartisan way, then that is outrageous, it is contrary to our traditions.” He was right in declaring it was “outrageous” for the IRS to target...
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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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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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Statement from Governor’s office on new utility for L.I.
Dear Fellow New Yorker, In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, the Governor established the Moreland Commission to investigate utility companies’ storm preparation and response efforts, including the Long Island Power Authority. The Commission found that in addition to LIPA’s failure to perform during the storm, the organization’s structural dysfunction was responsible...
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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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Gardening with Galligan: More lovely spring days
How glorious the weather has been! It’s easy to forget how beautiful spring is and for that matter how strange it would be to live without seasons. My son said when he was living in Los Angeles, that friends would call him on the phone intending to leave a message,...
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