Tag: Reel Point

04/02/19 2:00pm

Board working to support baymen

Congressman Lee Zeldin, Councilman Jim Colligan, Crab Creek, Marcus Kaasik, Menantic Creek, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Reel Point, seagrass, Shell Beach, Steve Lenox, The Peconic Land Trust

JULIE LANE PHOTO
Tom Field shared ideas he and other baymen would like the Town Board to adopt to protect the Island’s surrounding waterways.

Bayman Tom Field has been meeting with his colleagues on a regular basis to discuss issues of importance and to bring them to the Town Board. (more…)

02/13/19 10:00am

Councilman offers Reel Point update

Army Corps of Engineers, Councilman Jim Colligan, Reel Point, Shelter Island Highway Department

REPORTER FILE PHOTO Spoils from the dredging have been used to help shore up the land that storms have eroded.

Highway Department workers have done some initial work on the northern most pile of sand at Reel Point, spreading sand along the spine and raising the elevation, according to Councilman Jim Colligan. The other pile of sand is to be moved to shore up areas long the spine of the spit of land that juts into Coecles Harbor. (more…)

12/12/18 2:00pm

Card to leave Highway/Public Works posts

Highway Department, Jay Card Jr., Public Works Department, Reel Point

REPORTER FILE PHOTO Highway Superintendent and Public Works Commissioner Jay Card.

Six years after taking office as Shelter Island’s Highway Superintendent and Public Works Commissioner, Jay Card Jr. has decided to move back to the public sector.

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11/20/18 2:00pm

Land Trust approves Reel Point transfer to town