Weekly Calendar: May 11 — 21, 2017
COURTESY PHOTO EVENTS THURSDAY, MAY 11 Ceremonial ribbon cutting, to celebrate the start up of Sylvester Manor Educational Farm’s innovative wastewater treatment system. Elected officials will be on...
View ArticleThis week in Shelter Island history
50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Jim Morrison of The Doors incited a riot at the Chicago Coliseum during a performance in which 4,000 audience members ended up battling with police while he hid backstage. A...
View ArticlePSEG celebrates completion of cable project
JULIE LANE PHOTOCelebrating a project completed on time are (from left Shelter Island Supervisor Gary Gerth, Greenport Mayor George Hubbard, Project Manager Manny Lilimpakis and Heights Property Owners...
View ArticleBills to protect water await Cuomo action
BARBARA ELLEN KOCH PHOTO Three bills introduced by Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. (I-Sag Harbor) and State Senator Kenneth LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) have passed both the Assembly and Senate and would...
View ArticleMonday forum on aquaculture lease program set at Mashomack Manor House
The Town of Shelter Island, The Nature Conservancy and the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning are hosting a public meeting at the Mashomack Preserve Manor House Monday from...
View ArticleOpponents target STR Law with new suit
Shelter Island Town again faces a lawsuit over short-term rentals, similar to one that was dismissed in federal court September. Town Attorney Bob DeStefano Jr. was scheduled to discuss the new suit in...
View ArticleAll neighbors will have to agree for 4-posters to continue on Shelter Island
Although town residents whose properties are within 745 feet of a planned 4-poster unit received letters asking their permission to deploy them, the cutoff date for a response has changed. Town...
View ArticleColumn: Supervisor Siller responds to two-page ad on affordable housing
Last week’s Reporter had a two-page ad paid for by the “Friends of Shelter Island” (FSI) with supposed answers to questions regarding affordable housing. I tried to find out exactly who this “group”...
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