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Year in Review: GOP passed on Shepherd, lost control of Town board
COURTESY IMAGE This week, the Reporter brings you some of the top stories of 2019. In early March, the Shelter Island Republican Committee dropped a bomb into Island politics. It announced their slate...
View ArticleElection night victories hold with updated count
As expected, the numbers have changed a bit, but the results from the Nov. 5 election on Shelter Island remain the same. Counting of absentee and affidavit votes has been completed, and while the...
View ArticleReporter Letters to the Editor
Misquoted To the Editor: Last week at the monthly Board of Education meeting, I extended a thank you to the Shelter Island Bucks General Manager Brian Cass, and Walter Richards of Liberty Landscape,...
View ArticleTown Board members look to slash budget; councilman calls proposal...
After two days of budget reviews, Town Board members concluded last Tuesday that they would like to reduce the proposed 5.6% increase by about $200,000 in order to bring spending down to no more than...
View ArticleHoop Dreams coming true on Bateman Road: Courts transformed into community asset
Something approaching the miraculous has happened on Bateman Road. But looking a bit closer, the transformation of rundown basketball courts with buckled asphalt, no rims and battered backboards into...
View ArticleCouncilmen spar over septics: Look to Clean Water group for guidance
There was a testy exchange over septic systems between Councilmen Albert Dickson and Jim Colligan at Tuesday’s Town Board work session. Mr. Dickson has been a strong advocate requiring homeowners who...
View ArticleColumn: Coping with more bad news
“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…” Remember that line? That’s how it feels this August as we get hit with more and more bad news every day. The Delta variant of COVID has...
View ArticleLooking back, looking forward: Jim Colligan prepares to end Shelter Island...
After eight years on the Town Board, Councilman Jim Colligan is keeping his promise to his wife, Margaret, and voters to stand by his own term limit. As he winds down his service at the end of the...
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