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Sports
Sunset Beach asks for Bastille Day party permit
June 19, 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 Supervisor Jim Dougherty
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LIPA generators coming to the Island
The Island is getting backup for its backup. Supervisor Jim Dougherty announced at Tuesday’s Town Board work session that for the duration of the LIPA power pipeline project, the Island will have power available if electricity fails. Mr. Dougherty said LIPA officials had assured him that six portable generators would be online...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Island couple’s stake in Iraq: their son Jim Barbara and James “Zippy” Reeves, whose son was in the Air Force in March 2003 were anxious about a decision President George W. Bush would make about going to war in Iraq. Mr. Reeves was glued to CNN for reports about...
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Obituary: Nancy Decker Dougherty, wife of supervisor
Nancy Decker Dougherty passed away peacefully on February 6, 2013 at her home on Tuthill’s Hill after a courageous 13-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Nancy was born and raised in Columbia, Missouri, the daughter of a college professor and went on to Radcliffe College, graduating n 1961. Nancy was invited to join...
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Town honors Linda Holmes
Supervisor Jim Dougherty presented a proclamation and plaque to Linda Homes at the December 27 Town Board meeting honoring her decades of selfless volunteer work and service to Shelter Island. The day was officially declared “Linda Holmes Day.”...
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Town’s insurance bill will be close to amount budgeted
There was a little good news on the financial front at Tuesday’s Town Board work session, when Supervisor Jim Dougherty reported that premiums for liability insurance in 2013 will be $245,712 — just slightly above the $239,250 that board members guessed would be the cost when they prepared the budget...
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Manor preservation deal slated to close
Shelter Island and Suffolk County expect to close later this month on the second and final phase of their Sylvester Manor preservation effort. This deal to buy the development rights to 55 more acres of farmland to protect them from development, was announced at Friday's Town Board meeting by Supervisor Jim...
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Dougherty thanks voters for supporting ambulance volunteer award plan
Supervisor Jim Dougherty released a statement on Monday commenting on the overwhelming vote on Friday, August 3 — 180-13 including absentee ballots — in support of a Town Board proposal to set up a reward program for qualified ambulance voters age 65 and over. "Our wonderful ambulance volunteers received a well-deserved...
