03.08.2023 Government No numbers yet on how many deer are calling Shelter Island home The Deer & Tick Committee hasn’t received data from a Jan. 31 flyover, although it’s expected this month. When the raw numbers are received, Animal Control Officer Beau Payne...
09.09.2022 Columns Charity’s Column: Deer hunting season with a bow starting up White-tailed deer are beautiful animals, tan in the summer with white on their throat, belly and tail, and gray-brown in the winter. They breed in the fall, bear young...
10.27.2017 Politics In their own words: Island candidates on the major issues The Reporter asked the two candidates for supervisor and three candidates for Town Council to give our readers their thoughts on four of the most critical issues facing Shelter...
11.23.2016 News Wild turkey Island In certain parts of the Island it seems as if nature has gone haywire, and our human habitat is being overrun. We’re talking turkeys here. At the Reporter’s office...
12.12.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Cuomo vetoes swan’s protection Despite its overwhelming passage in the State Legislature, Governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed a measure that would have blocked the outrageous plan of the New York Department of Environmental...