Fresh Pond Archives - Shelter Island Reporter

06/24/19 12:00pm

Water Advisory Committee reviews updates

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An update on the Town Engineer’s initiatives and an Island water quality and quantity update were some of the subjects discussed at the Water Advisory Committee’s meeting on June 17. (more…)

County Legislator Bridget Fleming, Fresh Pond, H2M, Little Ram Island, Meals on Wheels, Menantic Road, Montclair Colony, Noyac, premium, Shelter Island Country Club, Shelter Island Heights, Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Suffolk County Water Authority, Sylvester Manor, the Presbyterian Church, Town Engineer John Cronin

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11/05/18 2:00pm

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor

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Reason for animosity
To the Editor:
I question former town Supervisor Jim Dougherty’s motivation for his negative comments concerning the acquisition of my property on Fresh Pond by the town (“Your Letters,” October 25). (more…)

Ambrose Clancy, Barbara Barnes, Community Preservation Fund Advisory Board, Councilman Paul Shepherd, Fresh Pond, Gary Paul Gates, Professor Thomas A. Schweitzer, Shelter Island Public Library, Supervisor Jim Dougherty

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09/28/18 2:00pm

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor

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Without loopholes
To the Editor:
Thank you Kathleen DeRose and Bob Fredericks for your letter to the Reporter on the lack of law enforcement that affects us all on Shelter Island (“Enforce the Law,” September 20). (more…)

Community Preservation Fund, Fresh Pond, Fresh Pond Property Neighbor’s Association, Harelegger, Klenawicus Airport, Shelter Island Town Board, Sylvester Manor, Town Attorney Bob DeStefano

Editorial

09/19/18 2:00pm

Reporter editorial: Protect Island preservation funds

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View from Vincent Novak’s backyard overlooking Fresh Pond.

One of Shelter Island’s most successful and beneficial government programs has been the Community Preservation Fund’s purchase of open land to preserve it from development forever. An appointed Advisory Board vets properties to buy through the CPF, which is funded by a 2 percent tax that individuals pay when purchasing East End properties. (more…)

Community Preservation Fund, Fresh Pond, Peconic Land Trust, Vincent Novak

Columns

09/15/18 11:00am

Suffolk Closeup: A blooming disaster

by Karl Grossman

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AMBROSE CLANCY PHOTO Blue-green algae on the surface of Fresh Pond .

“The press keeps reporting that Florida’s red tide is a ‘naturally occurring phenomenon.’ This is wrong,” declared Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment. “The hundred miles of dangerous red tide is caused by too much nitrogen!”

“Take heed Long Island. This is a wake-up call,” said Ms. Esposito, whose environmental organization is based in Farmingdale. “Let’s not hit the snooze button.”

What are the connections between the algal blooms that have been striking this area and those that are devastating much of Florida’s waters? (more…)

Adrienne Esposito, Alexandrium algae, Christopher J. Gobler, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Dering Harbor Village, Discover Long Island, Fresh Pond, Kristen Jarnagin, saxitoxin, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, Suffolk County Department of Health Services

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