Chris Francescani, Author at Shelter Island Reporter

09.15.2023 News

Seven East End residents — including one Shelter Islander — indicted on drug charges, in broad probe of local illicit operations

Six North Fork residents and one Shelter Islander were among 30 people indicted Wednesday in a series of sweeping narcotics investigations that stretched from one end of Suffolk County...

09.11.2023 Government

Long Island GOP calls on Hocul to end ‘sanctuary’ status: Shelter Island reps leading the disucssion

U.S. Representative Nick LaLota and State Sen. Anthony Palumbo, Republicans who represent Shelter Island, were among a half-dozen Nassau and Suffolk County Republicans who called on Gov. Kathy Hochul...

07.13.2023 News

World’s longest Sunfish race set to circle Shelter Island this weekend

The longest Sunfish race in the world kicks off this weekend at the Southold Yacht Club around Shelter Island. Seventy-four Sunfish boats are registered to set sail at 11:30...

07.03.2023 News

Suffolk County Sheriff: Summer crackdown on drunk drivers, using more resources, including high tech

This summer, Andrew McMorris would have been 17 years old. But the bright-eyed child from Wading River was killed when he was 12 in 2018 after a drunk driver...

06.14.2023 Community

Greenport to host the Nao Trinidad, a replica of one of Ferdinand Magellan’s ships, this month

A painstakingly reconstructed replica of one of the five ships from explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition to circumnavigate the globe is coming to Greenport this month. The replica of the...

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Author: Chris Francescani

Seven East End residents — including one Shelter Islander — indicted on drug charges, in broad probe of local illicit operations

Long Island GOP calls on Hocul to end ‘sanctuary’ status: Shelter Island reps leading the disucssion

World’s longest Sunfish race set to circle Shelter Island this weekend

Suffolk County Sheriff: Summer crackdown on drunk drivers, using more resources, including high tech

Greenport to host the Nao Trinidad, a replica of one of Ferdinand Magellan’s ships, this month