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The Shelter Island Police Department announced in December that it would make available gun locks to any owner who requested one. About 20 locks were distributed during the last few weeks, according to Chief James Read.
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Islander Ed Mullins brought to the Reporter’s attention the latest variation on the lottery scam. (more…)
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On August 11, Shelter Island police officers, assisted by Southold police officers and one “underage agent,” visited four restaurants on Shelter Island and arrested bartenders at The Dory, SALT and Sunset Beach Hotel.
The bartenders allegedly failed to ask the underage agent to present identification and sold him alcohol. (more…)
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One homeowner described it as a “loss of innocence.” Another said, “I suppose it had to come at some point.”
Marilynn Pysher and Cathy Ann Kenny, residents of Silver Beach, were speaking about the news that another burglary had been reported in their neighborhood two weeks after a horrific home invasion burglary put an elderly minister in the hospital in critical condition. (more…)
REPORTER FILE PHOTO The town has a service that calls seniors once a day to check in on them.
Shelter Island’s world was shaken last week with grim reports of an elderly resident victimized by a home invasion, left tied up for two days and airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries.
As today, Reverend Paul Wancura is still in critical condition being treated in the intensive care unit of the hospital. The prayers and thoughts of the Shelter Island community are with him. (more…)