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Water Advisory Council
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The way forward, with a look back
Shelter Island powers-that-be successfully tackled a number of issues in 2012, but there are still pending issues left on the table, and various boards have full plates for 2013. Among items waiting for action are: • Implementation of the new ban on underground irrigation systems due to take effect on September 1,...
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Town Board looks at shared docks
Russell Ireland Jr. and Gary Sher, neighbors on South Midway Drive, want to share a dock. That’s good because it will make for fewer docks jutting out in the water, according to Councilman Peter Reich. But town officials — who have only three similar situations on the Island with which...
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Waterways Management: Tidal turbine proposal still spinning in neutral
Before Shelter Island’s Waterways Management Advisory Committee takes another step on a proposed tidal turbine system, members decided on Monday night they want to know what their neighbors in East Hampton and Southampton are thinking about it. The proposed system inventor E.K. “Ken” von der Heyden brought his plan to the...
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Guidelines in the works for Near Shore
The Water Advisory Committee met Monday evening to consider its recommendation to the Town Board regarding impermeable driveways in the Near Shore and Peninsular Overlay (NSPO) zoning district. It seems likely that once the committee drafts its recommendation, it will suggest to the Town Board that impermeable driveways anywhere in...
