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Tuning Up: Music around the Island
Here’s what happening, music-wise, around the Island from August 18 to August 24. Around this time every year, it seems that people try to pack as much as they can into what’s left of summer. Looking...
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Actress helps League of Women Voters get out the vote
CHARITY ROBEY PHOTOJenifer Maxson, who will perform ‘Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins,’ last spring at her Island home. Inspire some. Infuriate others. That’s the reaction from the...
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The Reporter’s holiday roundup: Where to eat and shop
JO ANN KIRKLAND PHOTO |Bounty of the season. A holiday cheese basket on display at Table of Content General Store in the Center. There’s plenty of holiday bustle around the Island leading up to...
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League of Women Voters host ‘State of the town’
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTO | Supervisor Jim Dougherty delivering the 8th annual State of the Town address at the Rams Head In Sunday, hosted by the League of Women Voters of Shelter Island. The state of the...
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Shelter Island landmarks freshen up for the summer
REPORTER FILE PHOTO Summer sunset seen from the Pridwin. Two of Shelter Island’s landmark hotels, the Pridwin and the Ram’s Head Inn, have added new food and beverage options to their repertoire this...
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Tuning up: Schedule of Shelter Island Sounds
Live Music on the Rock Summer is officially here and the Island music scene really revs up this week with a dozen different events. In addition to the cool Sunday evening jazz line-up with Peter Martin...
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Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor
REPORTER FILE PHOTO| My intent I’ve waited to comment on what some have said about me on these pages, largely because of two reasons: fear and common sense. Racism is a serious charge to leave...
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Dougherty re-elected to a fifth term by 20-plus point margin
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTO | Two Democrats elected to the Town Board Tuesday night. Jim Colligan, left, won his bid for a Town Councill seat and Supervisor Jim Dougherty was re-elected for a fifth term....
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Gift of Life Foundation public meeting
COURTESY IMAGE The Island Gift of Life Foundation Annual Board Meeting will be held Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 10 a.m. at the Ram’s Head Inn, 108 Ram Island Drive, Shelter Island,NY, 11965. The meeting...
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Codger: The Trump tie
REPORTER FILE PHOTO Supervisor Jim Dougherty. Along with many other Shelter Islanders, Codger is looking forward to Jim Dougherty’s State of the Town address this afternoon. Codger has always found his...
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Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor
REPORTER FILE PHOTO| Goat Hill grief To the Editor: My response to the April 7 letter to the editor about the situation at the Shelter Island Country Club (“New leadership for Goat Hill”) is: good...
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Ticks, taxes and the aquifer: Dougherty reports on ‘State of the Town’
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTO The League of Women Voters of Shelter Island hosted the ‘State of the Town’ luncheon at the Ram’s Head Inn Sunday, April 16. From left, League Membership Chair Patricia Lutkins,...
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Shelter Island businesses sprinting into the season
ANNETTE HINKLE PHOTO Nautical-themed tablewear and candles at Dabney Lee. With Memorial Day weekend typically marking the beginning of the summer season on Shelter Island, 2016 is less about new...
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Coming home to be a dad
PHOTOS: ANNETTE HINKLE PHOTO Like father, Brett, like son, Jackson. When Brett Surerus and his wife, Kelly, moved from Brooklyn back to his hometown of Shelter Island, he knew he’d be giving up many of...
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Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor
AMBROSE CLANCY PHOTO A resident weighs in on the longstanding controversy surrounding Fresh Pond. Fresh Pond To the Editor: In an attempt to change the current impaired (polluted), non-contact...
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Amber Brach-Williams with ‘insurmountable’ lead in Town Board election
CHARITY ROBEY PHOTO |Amber Brach-Williams looks to have won a seat on the Town Board over incumbent Councilwoman Mary Dudley. Amber Brach-Williams, the Republican challenger to Democratic incumbent...
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Students honored for studies, leadership and good works
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTOShelter Island National Honor Society members new and old are (l-r) Sophia Strauss, Isabella Sherman, Julia Labrozzi, Will Garrison, Olivia Yeaman, Sydney Clark, Nicolette Frasco....
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A legacy of hope
REPORTER FILE PHOTO | Ken Lewis at a previous Celebration of Life gala dressed as a mermaid… or rather a merman. A crawfish, a mermaid, a lady in black. These are just three of the disguises Ken Lewis...
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Island swings into summer: Where to eat, where to shop, what to do for the...
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTO Shelter Island style on display at The Stand Mercantile, a new boutique at the Island Boatyard. It will be a summer of discovery for locals and visitors to Shelter Island with new...
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Saving Reel Point: Town, Land Trust review consultants’ report on erosion
Reel Point As a March storm lashed Shelter Island with wind-driven rain, John Needham noted an ominous sight — water lapping at his shop door at Coecles Harbor Marina. Mr. Needham, who has spent almost...
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