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Megan Hergrueter with her work. The white and black vessel is an example of a raku technique — applying horsehair to red-hot pottery to create a singed effect.
The week leading up to Shelter Island’s ArtSI open artist studios event, Megan Hergrueter had her hands full. As in full of clay. (more…)
REPORTER FILE PHOTO | Dering Harbor Village Hall.
The Dering Harbor Village Board of Trustees will continue discussions over the winter about the height of hedges in the village and raising fees charged for permit reviews.
But decisions on the issues won’t be forthcoming until seasonal residents return in the spring, Mayor Tim Hogue said at the board meeting Saturday. (more…)
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Who owns the bottom of the canal leading to Merkel Creek? That answer could decide the town’s role in future dredging.
South Ferry Hills residents who live around Merkel Creek are likely to get the town to kick in $5,000 for dredging incidental to bulkhead work the members of the South Ferry Hills Homeowners Association are tackling.
But whether they’ll get support for future maintenance dredging by the town remains uncertain. (more…)
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Property owner Peter Levenson (left) and Jack Costello of Costello Marine made a case to the Waterways Management Advisory Council Monday night for changes to a pre-existing non-conforming dock in Dering Harbor. The Town Board will have the final say.
While the South Ferry channel is set to be dredged this year and all expectations are that the work will go forward without a hitch in November, the Waterways Management Advisory Council will recommend that a second project be listed at Menantic Creek — just in case something goes wrong with the South Ferry dredge. (more…)
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Mimi Brennan with members of her family at the 2005 Lions Club Citizen of the Year celebration.
50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY
Legendary war correspondent and CBS News journalist Edward R. Murrow, who also served as director of the United States Information Service, died of lung cancer. (more…)