05.09.2024 Featured Story Shelter Island town subcommittee to review site plan chapter in code “This is crazy,” Town Attorney Stephen Kiely said at Tuesday’s Town Board work session during a discussion of a Town Code chapter dealing with site plan reviews. He suggested...
03.01.2024 Featured Story Shelter Island Town Board discusses controlling construction of big houses The Town Board is reviewing changes to take control of what many fear is an ongoing surge in the construction of large houses. Not only are there a number...
10.31.2023 Featured Story Demolition set for building next to Shelter Island Town Hall The town-owned house at 40 North Ferry Road, adjacent to Town Hall — once eyed as a fixer-upper to provide more office space — will soon be demolished by...
05.15.2023 Featured Story Help needed for town code enforcement A sharp increase in complaints about violations has Building Department personnel hard pressed to handle the amount of work coming their way. That word came from Town Attorney Stephen...
03.08.2023 Featured Story Pumping the brakes on building large houses: Town Attorney recommends moratorium A discussion about curtailing the proliferation of large houses on the Island led to a suggestion from Town Attorney Stephen Kiely to enact a moratorium stopping all new applications...