Government Archives - Shelter Island Reporter

09/20/19 10:00am

County: Consider sea level rise in planning

Courtesy Photo

A resolution adopted by Suffolk County lawmakers last Wednesday will require the Department of Public Works (DPW) to consider the impacts of sea level rise when constructing and reconstructing county roadways. (more…)

“Critical Land Protection Strategy”, Climate Ready Assessment”, County Legislator Bridget Fleming, Defend H2O, DPW Commissioner Darnell Tyson, Executive Director Joyce Novak, he New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Kevin McAllister, Legislator Al Krupski, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, New York State Sea Level Rise Task Force, premium, Shelter Island Commissioner of Public Works Brian Sherman, The Peconic Estuary Program

09/11/19 2:00pm

Board discusses bus and bicycles

by Ambrose Clancy

REPORTER FILE PHOTO

At Tuesday’s Town Board work session, discussions covered an upgrade for senior transportation, setting a schedule for meetings on the 2020 budget, safety signs for bicyclists, tweaking the code for building permits and even, depending on your sense of humor, a brilliant or awful pun. (more…)

Building Inspector Chris Tehan, Code Enforcement Officer Arthur Bloom, Conservation Advisory Council, Councilman Albert Dickson, Councilman Jim Colligan, Lyme Disease, Piccozzi’s, Police Chief Jim Read, prmium, Senior Citizens Foundation of Shelter Island, Supervisor Gary Gerth

09/09/19 2:00pm

County bans balloon releases

by Mahreen Khan

COURTESY IMAGE

The Suffolk County Legislature unanimously approved a local law last week prohibiting the intentional release of helium and other types of balloons. (more…)

NFEC Board of Directors Vice President Mark Haubner, NFEC Programs Director Debbie O’Kane, North Fork Environmental Council, premium

09/04/19 12:00pm

Gerth presents housing initiative — Dem rival Siller critical of slow pace

REPORTER FILE PHOTO
One of the six affordable houses the town built on Bowditch Road in the mid-1990s

Supervisor Gary Gerth said he’s working with the Town Board on affordable housing.

In addition to the four-unit housing complex the Community Housing Board has proposed, Mr. Gerth and the board have met with Dan Calabro who is in discussions to sell land to a developer for as many as 30 affordable units at no cost to the town. Mr. Gerth said he’s referred that effort to the Community Housing Board. (more…)

Binder Pools, Gerry Siller, IGA, premium, Supervisor Gary Gerth, Sylvester Manor

08/28/19 2:00pm

Pridwin ‘Phase 1’ skating through ZBA

JULIE LANE PHOTO
The Pridwin Hotel owners want to renovate the property.

The so-called “Phase I” of the Pridwin Hotel project looks likely to gain approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals, but still has hurdles to surmount, including necessary permits from the Suffolk County Department of Health Services and the Town Board. (more…)

Cape Advisors, Glenn Petry, Gregg Petry, premium, Pridwin Hotel, Shelter Island Zoning Board of Appeals