11.16.2016 Government Board meeting turns ugly over rentals and roads The normal sense of calm, civility and courtesy among Town Board members was broken at the Tuesday work session, replaced by raised voices, accusations and sarcasm. A resident near...
11.08.2016 News One contested local race on Shelter Island’s Election Day ballot Today is Election Day. All registered voters can cast their ballots at the Shelter Island School gym from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. There is only one local, contested...
11.04.2016 Politics One local contest on ballot; destruction of political signs casts a pall on election Just a few months ago it seemed the local election season on Shelter Island would be a quiet one. There is only one contested race, a seat on the...
07.08.2015 Government $350,00 to flow from state to Shelter Island New York State money totaling about $350,000 is ticketed for Shelter Island. Supervisor Jim Dougherty announced at Tuesday’s Town Board work session he’d heard from Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr....
02.18.2015 Government Dougherty calls out Cuomo, says he threatens home rule Supervisor Jim Dougherty took Governor Andrew Cuomo to task at the Town Board’s Tuesday work session for what he characterized as threatening Shelter Island’s sovereignty.