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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
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 Historical Society
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Historical Society: Repairs critical to mission
Shelter Island Historical Society Executive Director Nanette Breiner-Lawrenson wanted to make one thing clear: “This isn’t about old stuff.” She was speaking of work beginning this fall on “phase one” of what will be a two-part, $1 million construction project. “We tell stories, we house stories, and we share stories,” Breiner-Lawrenson...
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Police blotter for the week: Two arrests, nine tickets
Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty. Following a vehicle and traffic stop at South Ferry on Wednesday, May 22 at about 9...
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Grants could raise $400K for Historical Society
Plans to restore and repair the Shelter Island Historical Society’s Havens House and to expand it to accommodate a community classroom for society programs got a huge boost this week with word of a challenge grant. Bill and Elizabeth Pedersen stepped forward, promising up to $200,000 to match other contributions that...
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Obituary: Reporter staffer David Lee Draper
David Lee Draper of Shelter Island, at the age of 72, passed away at Eastern Long Island Hospital under the care of East End Hospice on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. David had been a Reporter proofreader but was best known as the paper’s puzzle master, creating crossword and other intriguing puzzles...
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Island profile: Gwen Waddington
Gwen Waddington not only divides her life between two interconnected but very different communities, she grew up feeling as much at home in Europe as she did in the USA, where she was born in 1958, living first in the Hudson River valley town of Nyack before moving at age...
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Island profile: Mary-Faith Westervelt never gave up on career goals
Mary-Faith Westervelt is not one to put herself on cruise control and take her foot off the gas. Don’t let the easy-going demeanor and ready laugh fool you. She’s a hard driver. No wonder she’s a racing fan and far more than just a spectator. The former registrar and time-trials chair...
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Sugar fix at the library’s Friday Night Dialogues
Take a step back in the Island’s history to the 17th century on Friday, March l as you watch “The Sugar Connection: Holland, Barbados, England, Shelter Island,” a documentary showing for the first time how global trade by the Sylvesters of Shelter Island literally wrote Long Island’s history and defined...
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Bridgehampton National Bank expects spring opening
It finally appears that within the next eight to 12 weeks, a new Bridgehampton National Bank branch will open its doors in the Boltax building on North Ferry Road. Demolition work has begun at the site and internal renovations will get under way shortly, according to Claudia Pilato, bank vice president...
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School superintendent plans major changes
Shelter Island School is poised for big changes. Superintendent Michael Hynes is kicking off curriculum and building use plans that he told the Board of Education are vital to preparing students to compete in college and job markets. In what amounted to a state of the district speech at the January...
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Profile: Janet D’Amato, never too busy to serve
It started early for Janet D’Amato. In eighth grade in Harrington Park, New Jersey, she ran a newspaper drive for a charitable cause Fast forward to this past weekend, here on Shelter Island, found her she overseeing the Historical Society’s “18th Century Christmas” at Havens House. In one way or another,...
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Christina Cunningham: “Amazing place for heart”
Christina Cunningham began life as Christina Kalashnikov (yes, as in the rifle) and during college, when she was a black turtlenecked anti-war activist, there was something of a murmur at rallies whenever she was summoned on the loud speaker. She married in 1962, and never for a single moment contemplated...
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Historical Society hosting Shelter Island barn tour today
The Shelter Island Historical Society is offering a self-guided tour of six Island barns from 2 to 5 p.m. today. The tour starts at the Historical Society’s Havens House Barn. The cost is $25 at the door. For more information and to purchase tickets, call 749-0025 or visit shelterislandhistorical.org....
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Studenroth to speak at annual Historical Society event today
Zachary N. Studenroth, Southampton Town historian, will be the special guest speaker at the Shelter Island Historical Society’s Annual Meeting and Brunch from noon to 2:30 p.m. today at Gardiner’s Bay Country Club. His topic is “Table Talk — Our History Etched in Stone.” Mr. Studenroth is treasurer of the Sag...
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Island Profile: A retail executive finds her way back home
Nanette Breiner-Lawrenson, the director of the Shelter Island Historical Society since last winter, is a former summer kid who came back to live and work in the place she loved and, in a way, never left. She grew up in Richmond Hill, Queens with two brothers. Lawrence lives in Boston and...
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Antiques & Classic Car Show postponed until Sunday
The Shelter Island Historical Society has announced that its Antiques & Classics Car Show will be held on Sunday, Aug. 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Havens House grounds instead of on Saturday as originally scheduled. Rain is forecast for Saturday....
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Shelter Island Historical Society hosts ‘One Day in History’
The Shelter Island Historical Society’s annual One Day in History family fair is one of the highlights of the summer. This year’s event, “Celebrating Our Agrarian Past,” will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today on the Society’s Havens House grounds. There will be a petting zoo, pony rides, sing-along,...
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Photos: Shelter Island Historical Society revives car show
When trustees of the Shelter Island Historical Society first contemplated an antique and classic car show, some wondered if the theme was appropriate. "What do cars have to do with history?," some doubters asked, according to the society’s executive director Nanette Breiner-Lawrenson. Everything, said society trustee and classic car owner Clarkson “Joe”...
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Shelter Island Historical Society plans antique and classic car show
A variety of classic rides will be on display at the Havens House Museum of the Shelter Island Historical Society when it holds its 2012 on Saturday, August 11 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, August 12 is the rain date. Antique and Classic Car Show will feature privately owned,...
