09.23.2023 Around the Island Shelter Island By the Numbers: Sept. 23, 2023 11.8 Percent spending increase in Supervisor Gerry Siller’s budget proposal for 2024 that he and Town Board members agree will be scaled back 244,000 Dollars is the approximate salary...
07.15.2023 News New York Marine Rescue Center releases gray seal pup after 10 weeks of rehab While stunning views of sunsets and ocean waves are typically what draw beachgoers to the seaside, on Wednesday night a large crowd gathered at Tiana Beach in Hampton Bays...
08.14.2022 Lifestyle Rescued turtle recovers, returned to sea If finding an endangered turtle on Wade’s Beach last December felt like an early Christmas present for Islander Hilary McDonald, knowing the turtle she found on Wade’s Beach last...
04.09.2022 News Seal pup found in traffic circle released back into the wild A seal pup found wandering in a Riverside traffic circle earlier this week was released back into the ocean on Friday morning. New York Marine Rescue Center volunteers carted...
08.13.2019 News New name, similar mission: Marine Rescue helping turtles The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research & Preservation announced last week that it will now be known as the New York Marine Rescue Center. The name changed to “better...