08.14.2019 Government Deer & Tick budget won’t eliminate 4-poster use The Deer & Tick Committee won’t be recommending changes in its priorities when it comes to budgeting for 2020, putting considerably more money into supporting its 4-poster program than...
08.01.2019 Government Board to Bootleggers Alley mega-house plan: Fix the water The way to win friends in the area of Bootleggers Alley and Nostrand Parkway is to demonstrate a means of improving water quality for them. That message was voiced...
05.22.2019 News STR revisions on tap for Friday Town Board What should have been a discussion among Town Board members to move along with changes to the short-term rental (STR) proposal turned into a wider discussion with a handful...
02.12.2019 News Owner: Town not ‘serious’ on Fresh Pond purchase It looks like a plan by the town to acquire property on Fresh Pond owned by Vincent Novak is slipping away. “I’m not going to wait forever,” Mr. Novak...
09.19.2018 Editorial Reporter editorial: Protect Island preservation funds One of Shelter Island’s most successful and beneficial government programs has been the Community Preservation Fund’s purchase of open land to preserve it from development forever. An appointed Advisory...