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More photos from the Shelter Island 10K
June 16, 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
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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
Letters to the Editor
June 11, 2013
LIPA
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Just in case: LIPA generators coming to the Island
The Island is getting backup for its backup. Supervisor Jim Dougherty announced at Tuesday’s Town Board work session that for the duration of the LIPA power pipeline project, the Island will have power available if electricity fails. Mr. Dougherty said LIPA officials had assured him that six portable generators would be online...
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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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Letters to the Editor
To the Editor: As you may know, Superstorm Sandy knocked out one of LIPA’s two distribution cables from the North Fork. Shelter Island essentially depends on these cables for our electrical service. (There is a cable from the South Fork but it has very limited capability.) This presents very severe challenges...
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South Ferry: Dredging needed to keep boats from grounding
South Ferry president Cliff Clark will be meeting on Valentine’s Day in Yaphank with representatives from Long Island Power Authority, Cablevision and public officials to discuss what he said is becoming an increasingly critical issue. There isn’t yet a worry that it would be impossible to get an ambulance across to...
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Town holding fire on LIPA trustee issue
As efforts to shake up how the Long Island Power Authority operates takes shape here and in Albany, Shelter Island officials are taking a wait-and-see approach. With a recent presentation before the Town Board calling for legislation to empower the public to elect LIPA trustees rather than being appointed by the...
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LIPA fails to keep date with school — again
There’s still no generator at Shelter Island School since Long Island Power Authority didn’t keep its date with contractors to hook up the new unit the day before Thanksgiving. While the date for hookup had been schedule months ago, according to Brian McClave of McClave Engineering, when Sandy hit, it diverted...
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Will LIPA keep date with school?
If Long Island Power Authority sticks to its commitment, the new Shelter Island School generator could be installed and working by the end of the day Wednesday. Prior to Sandy’s East Coast visit that caught the school short without the new generator, the installation had been set for the day before...
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Featured Letter: Jim likes Mike
To the Editor: I want to wish Michael Hervey [who resigned Tuesday as LIPA Chief Operating Officer ] well and thank him personally and on behalf of all Shelter Islanders for the effective and tireless support and aid LIPA under his leadership has given Shelter Island during Sandy, Irene and numerous pop-up...
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LIPA chief resigns; what are your thoughts?
With 8,500 active outages still remaining on Long Island 16 days after Superstorm Sandy struck the North Fork, Long Island Power Authority Chief Operating Officer Michael Hervey has tendered his resignation. Shelter Island is the only town with no remaining outages. LIPA Board Chairman Howard Steinberg offered the following statement Tuesday: "Today,...
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LIPA: Still 185 outages on Shelter Island
LIPA officials announced Saturday that they will have completed restoration to 98 percent of customers who lost power during Superstorm Sandy by Tuesday afternoon. That's 15 days after the storm hit and that does not include outages in areas like Long Beach and the Rockaways, where restoration is not yet possible. Here...
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Track power outages on Shelter Island
Click on the LIPA outages map for LIPA updates to see how many people have outages and when the utility expects to have them restored....
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LIPA: Outages could last more than a week
The Long Island Power Authority said it is prepared for the damage expected when Long Island feels the worst impacts of Hurricane Sandy but residents should plan for power outages that could last from 7 to 10 days, according to a press release issued Saturday. Storm safety tips, power outage information,...
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Suffolk Closeup: Electing LIPA’s trustees
The legal papers crackle with verbal lightning. Those bolts are aimed at the Long Island Power Authority and, especially, the maneuver that jettisoned the democratic system under which LIPA trustees were to have been selected. It’s the latest step in a drive by three Suffolk men to run for election as...
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Suffolk Closeup: Long Island Power Authority’s lost way
Whatever happened to the original vision of what the Long Island Power Authority was to be — a democratic entity through which Long Islanders would determine their own energy future? Governor Andrew Cuomo this month declared that “LIPA basically was supposed to be a holding company and more of a pass-through...
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LIPA Survey: Population decline continues across Long Island
There are not as many people on the East End as we thought. That’s according to the latest LIPA Population survey, which shows the population of every municipality on Long Island declining between 2010 and 2011. The LIPA population estimates also were adjusted to reflect population estimates in the 2010 Census, according...
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NYS Supreme Court judge tosses LIPA lawsuit
A lawsuit seeking to force the Long Island Power Authority to have elected trustees didn’t get far, as state Supreme Court Justice Jerry Garguilo dismissed the case just days after hearing it. Calverton resident Greg Fischer and two other men, Bill Jurow, a Mastic Beach attorney, and Roger Scott Lewis, who...
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Will LIPA loophole lead to board of trustee elections?
Should the Long Island Power Authority’s board of trustees be elected? When LIPA was originally created by the State Legislature to replace the troubled Long Island Lighting Company, it was supposed to have an elected board of trustees, according to South Fork Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor), who has filed bills...
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LIPA: Transmission line upgrade will boost service on East End
The Long Island Power Authority is scheduled to announce a major upgrade to the East End power system Tuesday in Riverhead. LIPA chief operating officer Michael Hervey is scheduled to announce plans for a major transmission line upgrade stretching from LIPA's Wildwood substation in Wading River to its Riverhead substation on...
