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07.08.2024 News/Government

Minimal changes in Shelter Island tick numbers: Committee focusing on education

Tracking ticks is no easy matter, members of the Deer & Tick Committee acknowledged at their July 3 meeting. But every year, anecdotal evidence seems to point to increases,...

04.08.2024 Environment

Shelter Island hunters take fewer deer than previous season: Stepped up effort to do more

The number of deer taken during the recreational hunt and those hunting with a Nuisance Wildlife Control License were fewer than they were the season before. Numbers revealed at...

07.29.2023 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Stay safe from ticks

Ticks and tick-borne diseases have been a widely discussed health problem across the East End for decades. Lyme disease, carried by the common deer tick — which is transported...

04.07.2023 News

Push to preserve Plum Island

Like his predecessors, the new representative from New York’s 1st Congressional District has taken an interest in preserving Plum Island. On March 15, Rep. Nick LaLota introduced the Plum...

10.16.2021 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: How did Lyme Disease start?

The U.S. House of Representatives has just passed a measure calling for a federal investigation into any link between the “possible weaponization of ticks” by the U.S. military and...

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Minimal changes in Shelter Island tick numbers: Committee focusing on education

Shelter Island hunters take fewer deer than previous season: Stepped up effort to do more

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Stay safe from ticks

Push to preserve Plum Island

Suffolk Closeup: How did Lyme Disease start?