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Education
Board of Ed presents its budget numbers
May 13, 2013
Business
Japanese eatery now open in Greenport
May 12, 2013
Community
Paper gobbler set to roll into town Saturday
May 15, 2013
Board of Ed presents its budget numbers
May 13, 2013
Obituaries
Obituaries: Draper, Rodgers
March 7, 2013
Obituary: Winifred Holmes Luddecke
February 26, 2013
Real Estate
High end real estate deals escalate
May 1, 2013
Shed plan rejected: ZBA says ‘detriment’ to neighborhood
April 26, 2013
Shelter Island Police Department
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Police blotter: 1 arrest, 6 tickets, 2 accidents
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 In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty. Alicia A. Moore, 54, of Shelter Island was arrested on Friday, May 10 at about 11:35...
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Police blotter: 10 motorists ticketed
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 In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty. Raymond J. Hulse, 22, of Orient was driving on North Ferry Road on April 29 when...
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Police blotter: 8 tickets to 5 motorists
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 In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty. Harold Pleitez, 48, of Greenport was driving on New York Avenue when he was ticketed for...
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Letters to the Editor: Readers sound off on ‘dark skies’
To the Editor: As spring mating season approaches I again would like to thank Jean Lawless for her tireless efforts protecting the piping plovers. Each year we give up a little of our personal freedom so these endangered birds have a quiet safe nesting area at our local beaches. This is...
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Police chief looking at 10K security
“There’s nothing that we’re talking about changing,” Shelter Island Police Chief Jim Read said Tuesday about security for the local 10k in June. Chief Read spoke to the Reporter Tuesday morning in the wake of the bombings at Monday’s Boston Marathon. Still, he said, he’ll be sitting down with race organizers nearer...
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Police blotter: 2 arrests, 9 tickets this week
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. On Friday, April 5 at 8:22 p.m., Brian Weslek, 32, of Shelter Island was arrested and...
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Town thanks Tom Cronin for honoring Island vets
Shelter Island honored one of its finest for his tireless efforts honoring Island men who went to war. At Friday’s Town Board meeting, the town gave Shelter Island Police Officer Tom Cronin a Certificate of Appreciation and accompanying plaque for his work organizing an “Honor Flight” to Washington D.C last fall...
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Mail dumped in the past by PO
Serious problems with mail aren’t new to Islanders. The Reporter uncovered a story back in August 1993 about stacks of mail being found discarded in the paper recycling bin at the town’s recycling center. A lot of it was from the Department of Social Services, and Jimmy Payne, who found the...
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Mother of alleged abuse victim: ‘It’s like a nightmare’
Her daughter was not yet 16 when Deborah Ross said she awakened to “a nightmare.” On the night of January 4, Ms. Ross came home from work with flu-like symptoms and went to bed. She was awakened by her granddaughter sometime around 9 p.m. The child said police were at the...
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Mom of alleged abuse victim: I want my girl transferred from school
The mother of a girl Shelter Island Police said was sexually abused by a town Highway Department worker said Thursday the school board is not moving on her request to transfer her daughter to another district. Deborah Ross said since charges of third-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child were...
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Five motorists ticketed on police blotter
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. Santos A. Hernandez, 43, of Shelter Island was driving on North Ferry Road on March 10...
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Radar enforcement results in 7 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. Edgar Ochoa, 24, of Greenport was driving on New York Avenue on March 5 when police...
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Police blotter: Youth arrested for menacing
The Shelter Island Police Department reported that about 3:10 p.m. Saturday a 17-year-old male was arrested and charged with menacing in the second degree. If convicted, this can lead to a year in jail. According to police, the youth threatened a family member with a knife. He was arraigned in Justice Court...
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Red Cross aids responders preparing for emergencies
Twice in recent months, Shelter Islanders have been faced with emergency situations — first when super storm Sandy came ashore, then when Nemo dumped mounds of snow on roadways. Some say emergency weather situations are likely to be more frequent and that’s why American Red Cross trainer D.J. Rosenthal came...
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Featured Letter: In our time of need
To the Editor: This expression of thanks cannot begin to adequately convey our gratitude to all of those on Shelter Island who have helped us in our time of need. The fire that erupted at the Belle Crest Inn the evening of Wednesday, February 6 could have ended in a very different...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Most snow some have ever seen No. It wasn’t the winter of 2013, but February 2003 when 20 inches fell on Shelter Island in what was called the President’s Day storm. At the time, it was the most snow the Island had in at least seven years and highway...
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Belle Crest Inn owners saved from blaze
A little after 9 p.m. Wednesday Yvonne Loinig had just talked to her daughter Aimee in Connecticut, a nightly ritual, before drifting off to sleep with her husband, Herbert. The owners of the Belle Crest Inn on North Ferry Road were in preparations for a March opening of their 100-year...
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1 arrest, 3 tickets, 3 accidents top blotter
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. Rafael G. Azama, 30, of Greenport was driving on North Ferry Road on Monday, February 4...
