11.07.2015 Columns Column: Common sense still lives locally Has common sense disappeared or has my patience for foolishness waned? I’m a political junkie and always have been. As I watch the comedy play out on the national...
01.14.2015 Government Carrying the water: Irrigation hearing set for January 23 Ten years. That’s how long town officials had between the time an irrigation code on inground sprinkler systems was adopted in 2003 and the September 1, 2013, deadline when...
12.30.2014 Government Year in Review: Irrigation debate What started as a simple investigation into whether automatic irrigation systems should be banned on Shelter Island has led to a wider and significantly more important subject about water...
10.29.2014 Government Town Board talks regulations on irrigation, house size At its work session Tuesday, the Town Board hashed out ideas for finalizing an irrigation law and an agenda item called “large home regulation.”
10.02.2014 News Public hearing Friday on irrigation law Town Board members will listen to public comments about proposed changes to the irrigation law at a 4:55 p.m. hearing Friday at Town Hall.