05.13.2020 Government Board work session discusses Comprehensive Plan, and plans for beaches At Tuesday’s Town Board work session, members discussed finding $150,000 for consultant’s fees to put together a Comprehensive Plan for the town. Other issues on the agenda were parking...
05.03.2020 Government No vote on longer terms for legislators during meeting held remotely via Zoom There were no speakers at a public hearing Tuesday on the question of whether to increase the terms of Suffolk County legislators from the current two years to four...
04.28.2020 Government Town Board meets on preservation, property assessments and deer The Town Board met in work session on Tuesday via teleconferencing and, for the first time in weeks, the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic didn’t dominate the discussion. But the public...
04.07.2020 Government Dering Harbor news: Board passes budget The Board of Trustees of Dering Harbor, meeting on Saturday, April 4, made accommodations to the quarantine imposed as a result of coronavirus. The meeting was held virtually, using...
03.08.2020 Government Enforcement of statewide plastic bag ban delayed one more month Enforcement of New York’s plastic bag ban, which took effect Sunday, has been pushed off one month after an eleventh-hour lawsuit was filed challenging the legislation. The lawsuit, filed...
03.06.2020 Government New plans for clean Shelter Island water It has been the season of plans for the Town Board. Last week, there was a document presented to organize a Comprehensive Plan for the town’s future as well...
03.01.2020 Government Return proposed for ferry between Greenport and Sag Harbor A ferry service operating between Sag Harbor and Greenport may return this summer, making its way around the Island heading for the South Fork. In June 2012, Hampton Jitney...
02.28.2020 Government Patiently waiting? Delays keep Shelter Island Med Center closed At the beginning of the month, Supervisor Gerry Siller said that there was no certain date when the town’s Medical Center would re-open. As of early this week, that...
02.27.2020 Government Shelter Island Town receives grant money for water studies There was good news for the Water Advisory Committee (WAC) Monday night. Town Engineer John Cronin told his colleagues the town would be receiving state and county grants to...
02.27.2020 Government Town Board makes Comprehensive Plan, revitalization of the Center the focus The Town Board is moving quickly on one of its most urgent priorities — creating a “comprehensive plan” for the town and implementing it. Councilman Mike Bebon and Planning...
02.25.2020 Government Thiele steps up to Assembly leadership role Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. (I-Sag Harbor) has been appointed to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s Standing Committee on Rules. Leaders of both majority and minority conferences serve on the Rules...
02.18.2020 Government Town Board Notebook: Wetlands hearings draw no objections The Town Board on Feb. 14 held three hearings on wetlands applications. Matt Sherman of Sherman Engineering represented Edie Landeck, who asked for a wetlands permit to accommodate a...
02.16.2020 Government In Congressional race, Goroff leads Democratic hopefuls in fundraising Nancy Goroff has raised more money and has more cash on hand than any of the other Democratic candidates seeking to win a primary for the Democratic endorsement for...
02.14.2020 Government Shelter Island Town Board passes —for now — on amending septic law The Town Board at its Tuesday work session essentially threw in the towel on trying to change the local law on requirements for installing new I/A (Innovative Alternative) septic...
02.12.2020 Government All neighbors will have to agree for 4-posters to continue on Shelter Island Although town residents whose properties are within 745 feet of a planned 4-poster unit received letters asking their permission to deploy them, the cutoff date for a response has...
