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Sports
More photos from the Shelter Island 10K
June 16, 2013
Education
This week in Shelter Island history
June 7, 2013
Business
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
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
herrmann’s castle
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Town Board discusses watershed, Vella and new TV
The Town Board continued to look at its Watershed Management Plan at it’s work session Tuesday. The board has methodically been revising the plan at the last several work sessions making recommendations to improving conditions. With a plan in place and recommendations made, the funding process to mitigate or improve...
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Update: Herrmann’s Castle owner agrees to signficant changes
That didn’t take long. The public and the Town Board gave representatives of Zach Vella’s ambitious expansion of Herrmann’s Castle on Shore Road a barrage of complaints on Friday over space and aesthetics. By Tuesday Mr. Vella said he’d heard them loud and clear and was doing something about them. At Friday’s...
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Town Board looks at generators and Herrmann’s Castle plans
Tuesday’s Town Board work session was taken up with a review of wetland applications for future drafting and consideration, a discussion of invasive plant species and what to do about emergency power sources for the town. At last week’s work session Police Chief James Read, who is also the emergency management...
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Herrmann’s Castle remake okayed
Three of five Zoning Board of Appeals members Wednesday night agreed to a special permit necessary for owner Zach Vella to reconstruct Herrmann’s Castle and expand buildings on the site at 85 Shore Road. The imposing structure was originally built in 1973 by Walter Herrmann, a German immigrant, who came to...
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Property owner seeks ZBA approval to remake Herrmann’s Castle
The former Herrmann's Castle may be converted into a home and recreation area for property owner Zach Vella and his family if the Shelter Island Zoning Board of Appeals approves the project. Mr. Vella wants to modernize the main house structure, create a two-bedroom second-story over an existing garage and add a...
