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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 Town Board
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Just in case: 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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Merchants, board look to lower speed on Bridge St.
Business is accelerating with the summer season for Bridge Street merchants. But a serious downside is cars and trucks speeding past with a human tragedy just waiting to happen, according to some of the business owners. At a recent Town Board work session, Councilman Paul Shepherd said he had spoken to...
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Letters to the Editor: Dark skies, pro and con
To the Editor: I am a watchdog by nature. Deeply suspicious of all things new, I growl reflexively when the salesman knocks at the door. I operate on intelligence, intuition and experience. I was what I am before I became a councilman, and because I never professed to be other than...
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LIPA pipeline power cable stretching into late July
Don’t expect the noise, dust and traffic disruptions at the foot of Shore Road and Crescent Beach to be over any time soon. That’s according to LIPA officials reporting at Tuesday’s Town Board work session on its construction of a tunnel for a pipe holding power cables running from the beach...
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Lewis under fire: Others come to defense
Two members of the public accused Councilwoman Chris Lewis Tuesday at the Town Board work session of using intimidation tactics to silence the public’s questions on issues. And a third resident said if anyone was being intimidated it was Ms. Lewis herself The heated discussion– with Councilman Peter Reich raising his...
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Town Board discusses water, money and sweeper
First the good news: Revenues are up. But water’s down. That was the word from Supervisor Jim Dougherty at Tuesday’s Shelter Island Town Board work session. Town Clerk Dorothy Ogar had released a report that for the month of May the town collected $162,000, or about $50,000 more than May 2012. “Monthly reports...
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Dark skies advocate holds patent on light-reduction device
Susan Harder, the most well known advocate for so-called “dark skies” legislation on the East End, holds a patent for an attachment that is a key component in new lighting regulations being considered by the Town Board. Several years ago, Ms. Harder, of the Long Island Dark Sky Society, gave a...
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Town Board tones it down to talk about ‘dark skies’
It was the calm after the storm at Town Hall Tuesday afternoon. Meeting in its work session, the Town Board was in a subdued mood after some fiery accusations between colleagues last week, with no heated exchanges. Even a discussion on ‘dark skies’ legislation — which has been hotly contested for...
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Dougherty expects dark skies public hearing June 28
Supervisor Jim Dougherty told the WLNG listening audience Friday afternoon that the Shelter Island Town Board will continue to seek a path between those who eschew more regulations and those who believe there’s a need to enact some form of 'dark skies' legislation. “It’s a classic dilemma between two sincere groups,”...
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Candidates lining up for local fall election
With Memorial Day just ahead and a town election more than five months away, it may seem premature to begin speculation about who’s running and who isn’t. But candidates are already making moves. Witness a Town Board member this week saying wearily in the middle of a debate, “I love election...
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A look back at this week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Williams to seek second term Ten years ago, Art Williams was Shelter Island Town supervisor and announced his intention to seek a second two-year term. He said at the time that a two-year term is too short since new office holders spend the first year just getting familiar with...
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Dougherty and Shepherd square off at Town Hall
On the first truly muggy day of the year and no air-conditioning at Town Hall, it’s appropriate the discussion got heated. Two members chose Tuesday’s Town Board work session to accuse each other of rudeness, incivility, personal attacks and lying. Tension between Councilman Paul Shepherd and Supervisor Jim Dougherty simmered throughout the...
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A look back at this week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Town makes it official: water crisis is really over It was a winter with 30 inches of rain in 2003 and that was 10 inches more than normal for Shelter Island. The town had been in a level four water emergency since March 2002 when the aquifer levels were...
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Town Board debates draft regulations on ‘dark skies’
The Town Board at its work session Tuesday returned to its discussion of ‘dark skies’ legislation, the most contentious issue it’s wrestled with over the past several weeks and the one that’s drawn the most residents to Town Hall. The session on regulating both commercial and residential lighting fixtures wasn’t as...
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‘Dark skies’ comes to light at work session
Like switching off a light, it was there and then it wasn’t there. Since last week the Town Board had listed “dark skies” on its agenda but then Tuesday for its work session the item was gone from the list. In her allotted time to bring up topics off the agenda, Councilwoman...
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Senior kitchen taking four years and $110,000
The kitchen at the Senior Activity Center is almost done and pending inspection by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services. But the project initially priced at $56,000 — considered by some Town Board members to be high at the outset — has cost $110,250. Much of the project has been...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Opposition ends debate on dock policy Faced with opposition in the form of 130 signatures on a petition, the Shelter Island Town Board backed off from endorsing an East End committee’s call for restricting new docks and banning CCA-treated bulkheads to protect the Peconic Estuary. Were they unwilling to...
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Tuesday’s Town Board work session report
At Tuesday's Town Board work session, members discussed an application from Van Wormer International, a German production company with offices in Poughkeepsie, New York and Florida, to film here for several days beginning May 22. The company wants to use locations in the Heights, Ram Island Drive and use the Hay...
