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Sports
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
Shleter Island Town Board
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Reporter editorial for the week: The time is right for Manor
Representatives of Sylvester Manor went before the Town Board last week to ask for help. The Manor has been moving forward rapidly over the last several months, with big ambitions and eager to take a place in the spotlight. The opening of the Sylvester Manor archives at an impressive exhibition hosted...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Rare clash over money and staffing for landfill With the political season drawing near and municipalities everywhere dealing with revenue shortfalls, things got testy at Town Hall in late May 2003. Then Supervisor Art Williams and Highway Department Superintendent Mark Ketcham clashed over the issues of productivity and efficiency....
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Dark skies again: Board hears from Manor, Zella and Grucci
A new draft of the proposed ‘dark skies’ law was discussed by the Town Board at Tuesday’s work session. The proposed law would regulate both commercial and residential lighting fixtures. Drafted by Town Attorney Laury Dowd at the request of the Zoning Board of Appeals, the issue has been hotly debated...
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Letters to the Editor
To the Editor: As you may know, Superstorm Sandy knocked out one of LIPA’s two distribution cables from the North Fork. Shelter Island essentially depends on these cables for our electrical service. (There is a cable from the South Fork but it has very limited capability.) This presents very severe challenges...
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Irrigation law to take center stage next month
Shelter Island’s Water Advisory Committee will take a hard look next month at the planned ban on new underground irrigation systems. The ban is slated to take effect in September, but committee member Walter Richards has been expressing doubts about its enforceability. At Monday night’s meeting, he suggested that existing irrigation...
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FEMA comes to town, board discusses fees
The federal government descended on the Town Board at Tuesday’s work session. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in the form of a baker’s dozen of officials, came to talk about recovery efforts from Hurricane Sandy and plans for future crises brought on by Mother Nature. Also on the agenda was raising...
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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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Re-gifting: Bids out again for Second Causeway
The gift of a second chance came two days after Christmas for construction companies seeking town business. The Town Board at its December 27 meeting unanimously passed a resolution restarting the bidding process for a major project of erosion control and repairs for the Second Causeway. It had seemed to be...
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Town holding fire on LIPA trustee issue
As efforts to shake up how the Long Island Power Authority operates takes shape here and in Albany, Shelter Island officials are taking a wait-and-see approach. With a recent presentation before the Town Board calling for legislation to empower the public to elect LIPA trustees rather than being appointed by the...
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Second Causeway up for bids again on technicality
The erosion control and repair project long planned for the Second Causeway this winter will be delayed because the state Department of Transportation has rejected the town’s bidding process for the state-funded work. The town, which received three bids for the job ranging from $376,670 to $639,000 late this fall, did...
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Another quits planning and zoning panel David Heiman became the third member to quit a Planning and Zoning Task Force created by the Town Board to recommend zoning changes on Shelter Island. Committee member Jeffrey Simes and former task force chairman Hermann Carp Jr. both resigned previously. Mr. Heiman said...
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South Ferry ready for tank job
The South Ferry company was all set to begin installing an above-ground 10,000-gallon fuel tank at its property near the end of South Ferry Road Wednesday, one day after the Town Board held a special meeting to grant a permit for the project. The tank “is to be delivered tomorrow if...
