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A fresh face for the town as new website is unveiled
AMBROSE CLANCY PHOTO From left, Building Department employee Mary Ellen McGayhey, website developer Louise Clark and town IT Committee member Craig Wood at Tuesday’s Town Board work session, giving a...
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What’s with Reel Point? Will solution surface this year?
REEL POINT Shelter Island doesn’t own Reel Point and so what should its involvement be to protect it from erosion? It’s a question town officials have grappled with, finally concluding, on the advice...
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Town committees face the crisis at Reel Point
JIM COLLIGAN PHOTO After the March 2 nor’easter, this view of Reel Point shows waves that have carved out extenisve sections, something Waterways Management Advisory Council Chairman John Needham...
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Town Board moving on effort to save Reel Point
Reel Point At its Tuesday work session, the Town Board gave updates on several issues that have been before the public in recent weeks. There seems to be movement on only one pressing concern — the...
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League of Women Voters sends strong message to youth: Vote
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTO Shelter Island High Shcool social studies students with Supervisor Gary Gerth at the annual State of the Town luncheon. Front row, from left, Mason Marcello, Luke Gilpin, Emily...
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Bid in for Ram’s Head? Virginia group has plans
REPORTER FILE PHOTOThe Ram’s Head Inn. When landscape architect Susanna Herrmann outlined plans for major renovations to the Ram’s Head Inn at an April Planning Board meeting, co-owner Linda Eklund...
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Summer kick-off for food, drink and shopping
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTO The brand-new Clark Gallery, opening May 24 in the Heights, features the work of Rory and Joel Gevis . Islanders have waited patiently — or not so — for the start of summer. This...
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Making beautiful music on Shelter Island
COURTESY PHOTOItzhak Perlman leads student musicians in PMP’s Chamber Music Workshop. If it’s summer (or close to it) it must be time for the return of the Perlman Music Program’s (PMP) young musicians...
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Town wants design plan on Reel Point before hurricane season
Reel Point With a hurricane season that could be here by August or September, the Town Board has told Public Works Commissioner Jay Card Jr. to push consultants to produce a design plan and estimate of...
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Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor
REPORTER FILE PHOTOThe Ram’s Head Inn. Duty To the Editor: With all due respect, I consider your publication of Mrs. Eklund’s paid response to the letter submitted and printed by your publication by...
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Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor
REPORTER FILE PHOTO Demand enforcement To the Editor: I would like to make three points on the issue of short-term rentals (STR). First, earlier this summer, the Town Board presented a “clarification...
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Reporter Letters to the Editor
REPORTER FILE PHOTO Fresh Pond concerns To the Editor: I’ve been out of town, but some friends pointed out the October 4 Reporter letter sent by Vincent Novak. The reference to the “Not a Bathing...
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Summer kick-off for food, drink and shopping
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTO The brand-new Clark Gallery, opening May 24 in the Heights, features the work of Rory and Joel Gevis . Islanders have waited patiently — or not so — for the start of summer. This...
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Making beautiful music on Shelter Island
COURTESY PHOTOItzhak Perlman leads student musicians in PMP’s Chamber Music Workshop. If it’s summer (or close to it) it must be time for the return of the Perlman Music Program’s (PMP) young musicians...
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Town wants design plan on Reel Point before hurricane season
Reel Point With a hurricane season that could be here by August or September, the Town Board has told Public Works Commissioner Jay Card Jr. to push consultants to produce a design plan and estimate of...
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Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor
REPORTER FILE PHOTOThe Ram’s Head Inn. Duty To the Editor: With all due respect, I consider your publication of Mrs. Eklund’s paid response to the letter submitted and printed by your publication by...
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Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor
REPORTER FILE PHOTO Demand enforcement To the Editor: I would like to make three points on the issue of short-term rentals (STR). First, earlier this summer, the Town Board presented a “clarification...
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Reporter Letters to the Editor
REPORTER FILE PHOTO Fresh Pond concerns To the Editor: I’ve been out of town, but some friends pointed out the October 4 Reporter letter sent by Vincent Novak. The reference to the “Not a Bathing...
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Shelter Island Reporter editorials
COURTESY PHOTOCheryl Hannabury, founder of the Island Gift of Life Foundation. Gift of Life One of the Island’s great winter traditions mixing fun, community spirit and helping others in need is back...
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Gift of Life gala rocks the Ram’s Head
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTO A happy — and generous— crowd of revelers attended the 19th Annual Gift of Life Celebration at the Ram’s Head Saturday night. Like a bright candle, the 19th Annual Gift of Life...
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