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50 YEARS AGO
Huge cast preparing Christmas pageant
More than 40 members of the community comprise the cast now busily at work preparing the annual Christmas Pageant … at the Legion Hall. Proceeds from funds raised through admissions (75¢ for adults; 15¢ for children) are divided evenly and donated to Shelter Island’s churches. • DECEMBER 12, 1959
25 YEARS AGO
Firemen okay mutual aid pact
Shelter Island and Shelter Island Heights Fire Commissioners met last Tuesday to sign a five year mutual aid contract. The agreement, similar to a contract reached in 1975, calls for both fire companies to answer an alarm regardless of the district where it occurs. However, a new stipulation states that only on a signal 13, or structural fire, will the assisting companies’ full line of trucks be required to roll. • DECEMBER 13, 1984
10 YEARS AGO
SIPD issues final Y2K update
LIPA has stated that service will be unaffected by any Y2K problems. If power should fail, the Shelter Island Chapter of the American Red Cross is prepared to open an emergency shelter at the Shelter Island High School. … The town’s Emergency Operations Center will be staffed through the early morning hours … If phone service fails, report emergencies at the Police Department or at the SIFD firehouses. • DECEMBER 16, 1999