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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
Obituary: Reporter staffer David Lee Draper
May 20, 2013
Obituaries: Draper, Rodgers
March 7, 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 School Board
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School Board approves coaches for the season
The Shelter Island School Board approved the following coaches for the season: Kimberly Clark, junior varsity girls softball, at $4,419; Hope Kanarvogel, junior high boys volleyball, at $2,653 retroactive to January 22; Ian Kanarvogel, junior varsity boys baseball at $4,319; and Peter Miedema, varsity boys baseball at $5,302. Substitute teachers who...
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Survey says: Grads grade school experience, good and bad
How well has Shelter Island School prepared students for the rigors of college and the job market? Not well enough in some ways, according to a new survey. Conducted by guidance counselor Mark Palios of students who graduated between 2008 and 2012, the survey results were shared with the Board of...
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Profile: Rebecca Mundy all about family and service
“My parents raised me to give back to the community, to be active in the community. If something isn’t being handled right, you need to stand up and speak for yourself,” said Rebecca Mundy, 47, mother of five, member of the deep-rooted Kilb and Beckwith clans, philanthropy coordinator at the...
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Island to honor the greatest with Hall of Fame
By mid April 2013, expect to see the initial step in a Shelter Island Sports Hall of Fame take shape as individual athletes, teams, coaches and others with significant contributions to sports programs are honored. Jim Colligan, who is among a group of special Shelter Island School Board committee members spearheading...
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Island voters overwhelmingly approve school budget, give newcomer to board most votes
Shelter Island voters approved the School Board's proposed $9.7-million budget for the coming school year, with 247 voting for it or 84.3 percent of the votes cast, and 46 against. Marilynn Pysher won the most votes for three open seats on the board with 228. Incumbents Stephen Gessner, the board president,...
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School Board officially adopts budget
The Shelter Island Board of Education has adopted a $9.7 million budget proposal that would increase the district’s tax levy by 1.9 percent, just slightly less than it had anticipated. The action came at a budget meeting April 18 with Superintendent Michael Hynes announcing that, thanks to an increase in...
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3 seeking 3 seats on School Board
Unless there are write-in candidates on May 15, all three candidates seeking seats on Shelter Island’s School Board will be elected. At issue is only the question of which one will fill the unexpired term of Kim Reilly, who resigned last October, and who will be elected to full three-year terms. As...
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Two incumbents among 3 seeking to fill 3 open seats on School Board
Unless there are write-in candidates on May 15, all three candidates seeking seats on Shelter Island’s Board of Education will be elected. At issue is only the question of which one will fill the unexpired term of Kathleen Reilly, who resigned last October, and which will be elected to full three-year...
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School Board: Parents question combining early grades
Plans to combine kindergarten and first grade in a single classroom and to give third and fourth graders a taste of the middle school concept drew concerns from parents at Monday night’s School Board meeting. But they appeared more relaxed with the ideas after hearing from Superintendent Michael Hynes. While kindergartners...
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School board: Kindergarten, 1st grade merger?
Facing an incoming kindergarten class of only seven or eight children, School Superintendent Dr. Michael Hynes on Monday outlined a plan for merging next year’s kindergarten class with the first grade. “No decisions have been made,” Dr. Hynes commented later, noting that the Board of Education would have to approve any...
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School board: Minor league baseball headed to Island
It’s official: Shelter Island will sponsor a minor league baseball team this summer. In a unanimous vote, the School Board on Monday, December 19 approved the creation of a Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League team on the Island and agreed to let it use the varsity baseball field for games and practices. The...
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School Board: Ex-business leader hired to help in transition School Board; Rachel Brigham granted tenure
The Board of Education of Shelter Island approved an agreement at its monthly meeting on Monday, October 17 to pay Sam Schneider, who was the school district business leader until June 30, $600 a day, or up to $7,200 for the school year, to consult as the new business leader,...
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School Board: Gym, FIT Center renovations are reported to be on time
The Board of Education heard an overview of current capital projects, listened to presentations by Superintendent Michael Hynes on his goals and new state standards, made a decision on fall sports programs and set personnel appointments for both summer school and the 2011-2012 academic year when it last met on...
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School district business leader hired
The Shelter Island School Board appointed Jessica Mack of Manorville as the new school district business leader at a salary of $95,000 at a special meeting on Saturday, June 25, just before graduation. Ms. Mack will start a 3-year probationary position effective July 1 after leaving her job as school...
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School Board elections: This year’s board candidates profiled
Voters will go to the polls next Tuesday, May 17, to elect three school board members, weigh in on the 2010-2011 school budget, vote on two bond proposals and decide whether to establish a capital reserve for Project FIT funds. With just two candidates for three open school board seats, one...
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School Board: Two candidates vie for three seats
Only two candidates have filed petitions for three open School Board seats up for election on May 17. Board President Rebecca Mundy and member Ken Lewis Jr. will not run again and only one new candidate has come forward. That means a write-in candidate could fill the third spot on...
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School Board: Budget target set at 2% tax increase
The Shelter Island School Board will whittle down its draft 2011-2012 budget to keep next year’s tax levy within 2 percent of this year’s. That reduction will come at the expense of the school staff, board members agreed during the final budget workshop on April 4. “We need to find $285,000-plus in...
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School Board: FIT, lobby upgrades to cost a half million
The cost of bringing the Shelter Island School into compliance with state building codes has risen to a half-million dollars. After a sometimes contentious discussion, the Board of Education awarded a contract for state-required upgrades to the FIT Center and school lobby for $459,500. The project must be completed before the...
