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Shelter Island Police Officer David McGayhey, left, was named the East End Officer of the Year by the Kiwanis Club of Southampton last week. Presenting the award was Shelter Island Police Department Sergeant Terrence LeGrady.
A 34-year veteran of the Shelter Island Police Department was honored Friday not only with his department’s Officer of the Year award, but with an award for the overall Officer of the Year on the East End. (more…)
ANTHONY REITER PHOTO
Anthony and Crystal Reiter, along with big brothers Lucas and Anthony, are pleased to announce the birth of the newest addition to their family.
Kolina Aynn Reiter was born on November 6, 2018 at 11:27 a.m. She was born 9.6 pounds and 20.5 inches long at Stony Brook University Hospital.
STRINGER NEWS PHOTO Shelter Island Police Department officers on Oak Tree Lane in Silver Beach March 19.
While the Suffolk County Police Department has been tight lipped about the ongoing investigation into the homicide of Reverend Canon Paul Wancura, who died from injuries in April, Shelter Island Police Chief Jim Read told members of the Silver Beach Association recently that this is “not a cold case.” (more…)
MARK KANARVOGLE PHOTO
In a famous text from the Talmud, the importance of helping others is spelled out simply and beautifully, by saying that a person who saves a single life has saved the whole world.
On Shelter Island we have many of these lifesavers among us, volunteering for the Fire Department and the Shelter Island Emergency Medical Services. (more…)
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTO
Father Charles McCarron, pastor of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, speaking at Monday’s memorial service for Reverend Canon Paul Wancura.
The lilting sound of a single flute filled a nearly empty St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Evening light from stained glass windows fell on polished wooden pews a half hour before the Monday evening memorial service for Reverend Canon Paul Wancura. (more…)