05.22.2022 News Students taught how to avoid ticks: Town, Mashomack and school roll out program To help counter Islanders and visitors being bitten by ticks and developing illnesses, Deer & Tick Committee member Julia Weisenberg has been working with Mashomack Preserve staffers to get...
07.13.2020 News Ticks that have claimed Shelter Island Summer means reconnecting with those who were scarce during the cold weather, our seasonal neighbors and nesting birds, along with the reemergence of our least favorite warm weather critter...
07.17.2017 Around the Island Shelter Island Library: Be tick aware The experts agree, this is a banner year for tick populations on the East End. And with ticks comes not just Lyme Disease, but a whole host of tick...
06.07.2016 Government Science project: Committee gathering data on deer and ticks The town’s Deer & Tick Committee is hoping that in the months ahead it can obtain more scientific evidence to support its decisions to reduce the incidence of tick-borne...
09.27.2013 Education A look back: This week in Shelter Island history 10 YEARS AGO Tiny ticks feasting — more bother than threat An unusually high number of complaints from Mashomack Preserve hikers about itchy, irritating bites late in the...