Shelter Island Highway and Public Works Archives

12.27.2025 Featured Story

Island covered by 7 inches of snow: Police Chief reports no ‘significant emergencies’

The heavy snow that fell all night, covering the Island, will taper off this morning, according to the National Weather Service. Police Chief Jim Read, who is the Emergency...

12.14.2025 Featured Story

Snow falling, total could be 3 to 6 inches: Highway crews working the storm

Shelter Highway Department Crews were called in at 4 a.m. on Sunday and out on the roads an hour later to battle the first significant snowfall of the season,...

12.11.2025 Featured Story

Creating a blueprint to mitigate disasters: Town must put together a plan for County and FEMA

Just a few days after the Reporter’s Community Forum on Shelter Island vulnerabilities and how to counteract them), the Town Board discussed the same subject at its work session...

11.09.2025 Featured Story

Hands-on Shelter Island History: Students partner with H’way Depart. to restore markers

How three Shelter Island students came to assist Highway Department employees in restoring four historical markers on Island roadways can be traced to an obscure upstate judge who once...

10.11.2025 Featured Story

Town preps for storm; be alert to updates

The Town’s Emergency Management Team is closely watching weather reports and preparing for a nor’easter while hoping it doesn’t hit with the worst of high winds and heavy rains....

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