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07/14/19 3:00pm

Reporter Letters to the Editor

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Vital gift
To the Editor:
Due to the emergency blood shortage in the New York Blood Center, the Town of Shelter Island is hosting the fourth annual summer blood drive on Thursday, July 25 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Emergency Medical Services Building, 12 Manwaring Road.

Blood donations typically decline in the summer when schools go on break and people take vacations, and tougher screening rules have left the New York Blood Center with just a two- to-three-day supply of some blood types. (more…)

babesia parasite, babesiosis, Barbara Allen-Lieblein, Judy Meringer, Long Island Blood Services, New York Blood Center, O-negative, premium, Shinnecock Canal, tick-borne illness

05/16/19 4:30pm

Reporter Letters to the Editor

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Yes and yes
To the Editor:
We get two questions at Mashomack that normally we have to say “No” to, but this coming weekend we say “Yes!”

And it corresponds to some of the best birding of the year. (more…)

“Seelsorger”, Cindy Belt, Councilman Shepherd, Councilwoman Brach-Williams, County Legislator Bridget Fleming, Father Peter DeSanctis, Intercambio program, Long Island National Cemetery, Mashomack Preserve, New York State Division of Human Rights, Our Lady of the Isle, the Shelter Island Public Library, Veteran’s Memorial Highway

05/10/19 12:00pm

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor

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Shared values
To the Editor:
I have followed the short-term rental (STR) news in the Reporter this past year, as well as attending the public meeting this past Friday.

There are pros and cons on both sides of the STR argument. However, the current law in its present form is draconian. I encourage the Town Board to repeal it and start anew. (more…)

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, Costco, Gardiner's Bay Country Club, Hardship Exemption

05/03/19 10:00am

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor

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Just the facts
To the Editor:
As a representative of the North Ferry Company, I want to correct some factual errors in Richard Krause’s April letter, “Why Not Here,” in last week’s Reporter. (more…)

North Ferry Company, Ram's Head Inn, Sarah Maslin Nir, Shelter Island Heights Property Owners Corporation, Shelter Island Republican Committee, Supervisor Gary Gerth, The Suffolk County Legislature

04/26/19 10:00am

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor

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Understanding
To the Editor:
As I understand the town’s short-term rental law, I can’t rent my home more than once every 14 days. This is to reduce noise, traffic, turnover, etc. (more…)

Heather Reylek, North Ferry, Shelter Island Democratic Committee, the Garden Club of Shelter Island, the Whale’s Tail, Valerie Levenstein