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More photos from the Shelter Island 10K
June 16, 2013
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June 7, 2013
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June 17, 2013
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June 13, 2013
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Bausman steps down as Island Red Cross CEO
June 17, 2013
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Obituary: Barbara Joy Roberts Carlsen
May 28, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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May 30, 2013
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June 13, 2013
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June 11, 2013
Gardiner’s Bay Country Club
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Obituaries: Elmer August Kestler Jr., Lawrence William Sliker
Elmer August Kestler Jr. passed away on Friday, April 19, 2013. He was 88. Hundreds came to pay their respects both in Flushing, Queens and on Shelter Island. The Shelter Island American Legion provided honor guards, and the Freedom Riders paid tribute with a ceremony and provided him escort. He...
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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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Column: A teacher’s gift — and a lesson learned
This past week I read an article about the five most common things people say when they are dying. Imagine, not keeping in touch with your old friends and family was the most common thing people regretted. Well, I’m not dying but this week I had a chance to take...
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Island’s open space purchasing account spikes
Shelter Island’s Community Preservation Fund (CPF) got richer by about $588,000 in the matter of 24 hours, according to Supervisor Jim Dougherty. The CPF, also known as the “2-percent tax,” is a real estate transfer tax of 2 percent on all purchases that goes to the town and is used to...
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Column: Where have all the caddies gone?
Although the game of golf is getting more popular every year, I have always wondered how popular it would be if it wasn’t so costly to play. Other sports like baseball, basketball, football, soccer, etc. are very inexpensive as far as equipment and there’s no fee to play. Golf on the...
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Country Club sale a done deal
Gardiner’s Bay Country Club and the owners of the land on which it operates closed on a deal Wednesday, December 19 that gives the club ownership of its own property. Club President Jack Regan confirmed on Friday that the deal had successfully closed at a law office in Bridgehampton. He declined...
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Gardiner’s Bay CC seeks to own its property
It appears that Gardiner's Bay Country Club will soon own the land on which is operates. The membership of Gardiner's Bay Country Club voted this fall to pursue the purchase of the land, which the club rents from heirs of the Kessler family. Closing is in the works, Supervisor Jim Dougherty...
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Yikes and yips: Local pros weigh in on golf’s latest no-no
The two-foot putt — a simple thing. Golfers in cold weather countries all over the world are draining them right now. In their minds, that is, or on living room carpets into tipped-over drinking glasses, dreaming of a local tournament victory, or securing that $10 bet from a friend at the...
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Island golfer rocking the record book at 94
I received an expected phone call on Tuesday, November 27th from Florida with the news about Shelter Island’s 94- year-old Sid Beckwith. Sid had just broken another barrier in the golf world by shooting his age or better for the 800th time in his life. You heard that right — 800...
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English golf pro settles on Shelter Island
It’s a long way from England’s Lake District to Shelter Island, and not just in matters of geography. That’s one discovery 38-year-old Leigh Notley, head golf pro at the Gardiner’s Bay Country Club, has made. Born in the town of Windmere, about 70 miles from the birthplace of 19th century poet...
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Studenroth to speak at annual Historical Society event today
Zachary N. Studenroth, Southampton Town historian, will be the special guest speaker at the Shelter Island Historical Society’s Annual Meeting and Brunch from noon to 2:30 p.m. today at Gardiner’s Bay Country Club. His topic is “Table Talk — Our History Etched in Stone.” Mr. Studenroth is treasurer of the Sag...
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Eastern Long Island Hospital Golf Classic rescheduled for Monday
Eastern Long Island Hospital’s 20th Annual Golf Classic at Gardiner's Bay Country Club that was slated for today, has been rescheduled for next Monday, due to inclement weather. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. with lunch at 11:30 a.m. and a shot-gun start at 1 p.m. Gardiner's Bay Country Club is a par-70...
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First of the season: Hole in one at Gardiner’s Bay Country Club
Leigh Notley, the pro at Gardiner's Bay Country Club, reported Tuesday afternoon that Dede Gray just holed in one on the 4th hole. "You know the one, the one with the pond!," he said in an email to the Reporter. He said that Dede hit her 7 hybrid 103 yards into the...
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Hospital picks Mills firm’s men as honorees for its 2012 golf classic
Bob, Jamie and Billy Mills of the venerable Mills awning and nautical canvas firm in Greenport have been named the honorees of the 20th Annual Eastern Long Island Hospital Golf Classic to benefit the hospital. The golf tournament will be held at Gardiner’s Bay Country Club on Shelter Island on Wednesday,...
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GBCC: Sessa heads to national seniors tourney
Jay Sessa, 14-time Gardiner’s Bay Club Champion, tees it up on Saturday in the United States Senior Amateur Championship at Kinloch Golf Club in Virginia. He was the leading qualifier last month at Elmwood Country Club in White Plains. Kinloch is a sensational golf course. It’s currently ranked 48th in Golf...
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GBCC: Two holes-in-one bookend a busy week
The cup runneth over with excitement and golf balls at Gardiner’s Bay Country Club this week. It all began last Wednesday during the Senior/Junior Tournament. Twelve-year-old Cole Colby stood transfixed on our fourth tee — you know it, the hole with the pond — his piercing stare intently monitoring his golf...
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GBCC: Junior players win season’s 1st interclub tourney
Now I know what writer’s block actually feels like! I’ve been staring at this blank computer screen for what seems like long enough for Ben Crane to play 18 holes. Although Ben is maybe the slowest golfer on the PGA tour, you must search out his comical antics on YouTube;...
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GBCC Golf: Plenty of play this holiday
The first of the three big weekends of the year has come and gone. The other two, of course, are July 4th and Labor Day weekends. As expected under perfect weather, the course was well used over the Memorial Day holiday period. Along with the hustle and bustle, the men...
