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11.19.2024 Environment

Dry weather poses fire danger for Shelter Island: Committee seeks water conservation

The Island appeared earlier this year to be hitting record numbers for rainfall, but all has gone south with only 0.18 inches of rain in October and the lack...

11.06.2024 Around the Island

Sharing the sweet secrets of elderberry: A native plant to boost health

The public is invited to a special presentation on Sunday, Nov. 17, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. about the American Black Elderberry. At the Shelter Island Historical Society, Rachel...

11.05.2024 Environment

Scallop season opens with a whimper: But scientists see glimmers of hope for better days

On Monday, at Shelter Island’s Congdon Creek, a Great Blue Heron flew over the dock against the pink sky at dawn. The weather was perfect for scalloping, but when...

11.02.2024 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: It’s real and will happen to us

In 2024, this area dodged a huge bullet of a hurricane. Although we are on the northern part of the Atlantic coast’s hurricane alley where the enormous storms often...

11.01.2024 Environment

Shelter Island Town Engineer offers guidance on water, septics:Tries to quell debate over tests or study

Multiple public debates about water quality and quantity and how to deal with wastewater have been held. Everyone interested in the issue has weighed in, but Tuesday afternoon, in...

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10.28.2024 Around the Island

Mashomack truck tour offers up-close looks of autumn foliage

It was a picturesque fall morning, a perfect 60 degrees, as the sunlight was shining over peak foliage in the Nature Conservancy’s Mashomack Preserve. The Preserve’s annual truck tour...

10.27.2024 Environment

Bill to preserve Plum Island advancing in Congress: Congressional reps championing legislation

Legislation to preserve Plum Island and prevent its development is currently making its way through both chambers of Congress. Rep. Nick LaLota (R-Amityville) introduced a bill last year to...

10.21.2024 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: Major pushes for nuclear power

Two decades after the defeat of the plans of the now defunct Long Island Lighting Company to build seven to 11 nuclear power plants in Suffolk County, safe-energy activists...

10.16.2024 Environment

Shelter Island water committee forum compared options — some attendees voiced objections

It was posted as a forum to provide a comparison between private and public water systems, including costs involved with each. But after Water Advisory Committee (WAC) member Andrew...

10.15.2024 Environment

Mashomack staff eyes ‘prescribed fire’ that could happen by end of month

Town Board members and the public got a lesson Oct. 8 in prescribed burning from Mashomack Preserve’s Conservation and Stewardship Manager Cody-Marie Miller. Ms. Miller deplores the term “controlled...

10.14.2024 Around the Island

A Shelter Island Owl-free Prowl is still a hoot: Birds elude searchers but inspire fun

No actual owls were seen or heard at the third annual Owl Prowl held at Sylvester Manor on Friday, Oct. 11, led by master birder Tom Damiani. Owls were...

10.09.2024 Environment

Taking steps to protect migrating birds: Multiple dangers in flying south for winter

Fall migration season is underway, meaning thousands of birds will leave their summer homes in the Northeast and travel along the eastern seaboard to points south for the winter....

10.07.2024 Announcements

Informational meeting set on Shelter Island water systems: Will outline costs and maintenance

The Water Advisory Committee (WAC) has scheduled an information session on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the Center Firehouse to offer a detailed presentation of cost comparisons between private...

10.03.2024 Environment

Public comment due on Shelter Island dock law

The public will get its say on proposed changes to regulations on docks, moorings and other water-related structures at a hearing on Monday, Oct. 7. Residents are asked to...

10.02.2024 Environment

Recycling Center’s Goody Pile to close for cleaning Thursday

Highway Superintendent and Public Works Commissioner Ken Lewis Jr. announced a shut down for a day at the Goody Pile — that area at the Recycling Center where residents...

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