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Q&A: Big city girl on exchange from China
May 12, 2012
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Perlman alumni concerts are announced
May 13, 2012
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Obituary: E.Y. Clark
April 26, 2012
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April 23, 2012
Obituary: Harold Olson
April 18, 2012
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State bill aims to decrease hazing, drinking and drug use at colleges
The state Senate passed legislation Wednesday aimed to decrease hazing, underage drinking and drug use at colleges and universities. Senator Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), the bill’s sponsor, said in a press release that colleges would be required to adopt rules prohibiting those activities and to establish penalties that strengthen existing laws....
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Island voters overwhelmingly approve school budget, give newcomer to board most votes
Shelter Island voters approved the School Board's proposed $9.7-million budget for the coming school year, with 247 voting for it or 84.3 percent of the votes cast, and 46 against. Marilynn Pysher won the most votes for three open seats on the board with 228. Incumbents Stephen Gessner, the board president,...
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Joe Theinert and Jordon Haerter named to state’s Veterans Hall of Fame
Two East End war heros, Army 1st Lieutenant Joseph J. Theinert of Shelter Island and Marine Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter of Sag Harbor, will be posthumously inducted into the New York State Senate’s Veterans Hall of Fame on May 22 in Albany, state Senator Kenneth P. LaValle announced Tuesday....
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Island splits from the North Fork under new county redistricting plan
Shelter Island and the Brookhaven Town side of Calverton and Wading River will no longer be in Suffolk County Legislator Ed Romaine’s district in 2014 if a new redistricting plan announced this week is approved. Mr. Romaine (R-Center Moriches), who represents the 1st Legislative District, said county Democrats have proposed new...
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POLL: How did you vote on the school budget?
The Shelter Island school budget is being voted on until 9 p.m. We want to know how you voted, how you plan to vote or if you voted at all, today. How did you vote on the school budget? ...
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School vote on Tuesday: budget, three board seats to be decided
Shelter Island residents will have the final word on Tuesday when they vote to approve or reject the Shelter Island School Board’s $9.7 million budget proposal. The poll will be open in the gymnasium from noon to 9 p.m. No members of the public attended the board's public hearing on the...
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This week in Shelter Island History: from the Reporter’s files
10 YEARS AGO Clearing the way for mooring grid system Continuing its effort to establish a satellite-based grid system for moorings in West Neck Creek, the town solicited bids from eight contractors to remove unlicensed moorings that remained in the Simpson Road and Silver Beach anchorages. It was estimated that six to...
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Scholars study slavery through Sylvester Manor archives at NYU
Author Mac Griswold, who is writing a history of slavery at Sylvester Manor called “Slaves in the Attic,” addressed a group of students and scholars in a talk at New York University last week that included some details about Julia Dyd — the woman after whom Dyd’s Creek is named....
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Tall Ships: Made from old U-boats, Unicorn runs with all-female crew
This week’s featured tall ship claims to be the only such vessel in the world that sails with an all-female crew. Unicorn was built in Holland out of recycled metals captured from German U-boats in 1947. Originally a fishing vessel, it was christened Deo Volente I, which means, “God Willing.” The 110-foot...
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Perlman alumni concerts are announced
The Perlman Music Program will hold two alumni concerts on Shelter Island next weekend — at the Shelter Island Presbyterian Church on Friday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, May 20 at the Ram’s Head Inn at 1 p.m. Seven alumni from the program — Miki-Sophia Cloud, Sean Lee,...
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Garden Column: Growing your own — starting seeds from scratch
Before making any decisions as to whether you want to start your own plants, best consider the following first. How much work do you want to do? Because although it’s true that it’s fun, make no mistake, it’s work. And if you zone out, even for a day or two,...
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Don Young is saving energy in his green dream car
North Ferry Captain Don Young, 65, has been tooling around town in his sporty BMW Active E, the second electric vehicle that he has been driving on a lease and a promise to provide feedback to the car company. The first was an electric Mini Cooper. Mr. Young’s love affair with...
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Waterways Management: No grid for West Neck Bay
There won’t be a moorings grid in West Neck Bay — at least not anytime soon. That was the decision of the Waterways Management Advisory Council Monday night. The idea of creating a grid for existing moorings had been suggested by Councilman Peter Reich but he and committee members bowed...
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Senior Activity Center to be closed May 17-31
The town’s Senior Activity Center on Route 114 will be closed beginning on Thursday, May 17 through Thursday, May 31 for renovations and site work. The closing will not affect the medical offices in the building. Programs scheduled for that period will be suspended unless arrangements for alternative locations can be...
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Q&A: Big city girl on exchange from China
This interview is the second in a series about the Shelter Island School’s two international exchange students. Elaine Liu is a 16-year-old junior in high school. She arrived from China last August as an exchange student through Academic Year in America (AYA), one of the largest exchange programs, based in...
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Shelter Island officials explain town planning, permitting processes
Only eight people showed to a League of Women Voters forum at the Shelter Island Heights Fire Station Saturday morning to learn about the process of getting permits to undertake construction projects or subdivide property on the island. Despite its reputation of being mysterious, the process of gaining approvals on Shelter Island...
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Gym chairs still out of reach, Colligan halfway to fundraising goal
In his month-old campaign to raise close to $4,000 to pay for new folding chairs for the Shelter Island School gym and two storage racks for them, volunteer assistant basketball coach Jim Colligan is almost halfway to his goal. The chairs didn’t make the proposed budget for the 2012-13 school year...
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Column: Not as easy as it looked on television
What was I thinking? It seemed like such a great project to tackle on Memorial Day Weekend. Three days was enough time to transform my kitchen from dark, dated and dingy to fresh and bright! All I needed was some paint, right? I mean, that’s how it happens on those...
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