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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
Shelter Island Heights
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Mail mess: Captial One and Rep. Bishop respond
A Shelter Island Capital One customer may have been successful in tapping into one of the major list providers whose data base is causing mail delivery problems for residents here. “We possibly are on the way to solving this for all of Shelter Island,” Patricia Shillingburg said, explaining that her May...
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What Sandy wrought
While the lion's share of cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy is over on Shelter Island, repairs to docks and bulkheads are still under way this spring. An indication of the serious erosion the super storm caused here can be seen in the photo above taken from Greenport showing vegetation washed away...
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Mail meeting set: USPS rep to come to the Island
Finally. After continued efforts for nearly two months to get a commitment from United States Postal Service (USPS) to send a representative to Shelter Island to hear about serious service problems, word came Thursday that a meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Town Hall. That’s according to...
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U.S. mail problems have plagued Islanders for years
Three months — some could argue nine years — into the effort to untangle problems Islanders experience in getting their mail because of ZIP code confusion, they’re still waiting to find out if someone from the United States Postal Service can clear a schedule to show up here to discuss...
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Chequit owners win construction extension, but no word on sale
More than a year after owners of the Chequit received Zoning Board of Appeals approval to install a swimming pool and patio in advance of an expected sale, the property remains unchanged and the owners have secured another year to complete the project. The original approval that came in January 2012...
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Island Zip code mix up no laughing matter
The confusion over Shelter Island Zip codes that block some residents and business owners from being able to receive their mail in a timely manner may seem like an amusing anomaly. But to those affected by a failure of some companies to recognize local Zip codes and others to confuse...
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Featured Letter: Zip code conundrum has serious ramifications
To the Editor: The 11964 versus 11965 conundrum (“11964 and 11965, where are you?” January 10) is definitely annoying at times, but it can also have very serious untoward ramifications. We live in Hay Beach and have happily had our post office at the Heights for 14 years. However, the discrepancy between...
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11964 and 11965, where are you?
Outsiders might think some aspects of life here a bit strange. That doesn't generally bother an Islander, in fact, some take it as a point of pride. But if they’re trying to order merchandise from a mobile phone provider or other retailers and are told their home is not, actually...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Temporary youth center nearing readiness Shelter Island youth were awaiting finishing touches on a temporary youth center at the town landfill back in 2002 after plans to open a center at the Presbyterian Church became bogged down in red tape. As plans were galloping along on the temporary center,...
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Service tonight for former Heights fire chief Robert Hopkins
Robert W. “Hoppy” Hopkins, 63, a former Shelter Island Heights fire chief and long-time Suffolk County Fire Academy trainer and supervisor, died on Friday at the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility in Yaphank. Although Mr. Hopkins had moved from Shelter Island to Cutchogue 33 years ago, he returned to the...
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Roadwork in Shelter Island Heights expected to wrap up this week
Have you wondered what all that roadwork being done the past few weeks near the Chequit Inn is all about? Workers are replacing about 500 feet of aging sewer lines in the Heights. The project, which required traffic to be detoured at times, is expected to be completed by the end of...
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Greenport mayor says he’d prefer to extend sewer service to North Fork, not Shelter Island Heights
Greenport Mayor David Nyce told members of the North Fork Environmental Council Monday night that he shares their views on the need to extend sewer service to other North Fork communities rather than construct a pipeline to enable Shelter Island Heights residents to tap into the village’s sewer system. At the...
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Holidays in the Heights
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Donated trees cut down in Heights
Six years ago, Islander Mike Loriz, an airline pilot and former Naval airman who is a committed environmentalist and board member of the Mashomack Preserve, planted a number of white oak and cherry seedlings at three sites in the Heights with the blessing of the Heights Property Owners Corporation (HPOC)....
