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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
Peconic Baykeeper
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Letters to the Editor: Dark skies, pro and con
To the Editor: I am a watchdog by nature. Deeply suspicious of all things new, I growl reflexively when the salesman knocks at the door. I operate on intelligence, intuition and experience. I was what I am before I became a councilman, and because I never professed to be other than...
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North Fork Environmental Council to honor Peconic baykeeper
The North Fork Environmental Council will honor baykeeper Kevin McAllister as its environmentalist of the year during an awards ceremony in Riverhead next month. The organization will give Mr. McAllister, who for 15 years has advocated for the health of the Peconic estuary system and its wildlife, with its Richard Noncarrow...
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Environmentalists placing new emphasis on eliminating contaminants
Long Island environmental groups are planning a new campaign this spring with the slogan “It’s the water, stupid,” aimed at focusing on nitrogen, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and other harmful substances making their way into the island’s ground and surface waters. That’s according to Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the...
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A gentle resident appears on candid camera
Remote cameras installed at the Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island this past spring captured some private moments of a river otter during the months of April, August, November. All the images show a single otter. At this point in the study there's no evidence of a breeding pair on the Island,...
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Peconic Baykeeper: Nitrogen loading at ‘crisis proportions’
The state of nitrogen loading in Suffolk County’s bays has reached crisis proportions, says Peconic Baykeeper Kevin McAllister, who, as part of a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, announced plans to fight against major sources of groundwater pollution. At a press conference at the Quogue Wildlife...
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Peconic Baykeeper to release annual report on health of bays
Peconic Baykeeper Kevin McAllister is slated to release his 2012 report on the state of Long Island's bays at a luncheon meeting at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge Tuesday. Every year, the baykeeper grades the health of the bays' habitats and fisheries, as well as algae blooms and water contamination. At Tuesday's meeting,...
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Grant wetlands permit again? Dougherty says no, 2 other board members yes
Town Board members were divided Tuesday when they discussed a controversial application for a wetlands permit from Andrew Gitlin to build a two-story house with a basement and mezzanine on a one-third acre waterfront lot he owns at 70 Peconic Avenue in Silver Beach. The aging bulkhead on the lot gave...
