11.25.2019 Around the Island Esther Hunt cuts ribbon opening Mildred Flower Hird Preserve Under a light rain that increased steadily last Friday afternoon, more than 50 people gathered on the side of a road in the Village of Dering Harbor. They were...
11.01.2019 Columns Codger’s Column: Perfect Island Of all Town Councilman Paul Shepherd’s gnomic sayings, Codger’s favorite is this: “When people describe the Shelter Island that should be, it is usually the Shelter Island they saw...
03.19.2019 Around the Island Comprehensive Planning: How Shelter Island got here from there There’s always a balance between what may seem best for the community as a whole and the rights of individual property owners. Decades ago, the community was small enough...
03.18.2019 News Facing up to the face of Route 114 Life is ever changing. And the Island is changing — in some ways for the better, but in other ways, long-time residents would be quick to say, for the...
01.14.2019 Government Full-time town engineer post is suggested Shelter Island officials should seriously consider hiring a full-time engineer to meet the town’s needs, Town Engineer John Cronin told the Capital Projects/Grants Committee last week.