04.07.2011 News Legislature sinks saltwater fishing license The New York State Legislature will repeal a saltwater fishing license enacted in 2009 and successfully challenged in court by East End towns. New York State assemblymen Fred W....
12.16.2010 News Judge: License violates rights of recreational fishermen A New York State marine fishing license was shot down in state court Tuesday, a victory for seven Long Island towns that challenged it. State Supreme Court Judge Patrick...
06.11.2010 News 1LT. Joseph Theinert laid to rest on Shelter Island The honor guard stands ready to bear Lt. Joseph Theinert’s casket at Our Lady of the Island cemetery on Shelter Island. An estimated 2,000 people gathered under and around...
06.10.2010 News Plotting course for quieter helicopters A solidarity movement is afoot on eastern Long Island to demand a change in new helicopter regulations recently proposed by the federal government. Officials from the East End found...
06.10.2010 News Fallen warrior returns to Shelter Island CHRIS HONDROS PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES A soldier of the 10th Mountain Division bows during a memorial service for Lt. Joseph Theinert, killed on June 4 by an insurgent attack during...
06.09.2010 News East End soldier killed in Afghanistan COURTESY THEINERT FAMILY U.S. soldier 1LT Joseph Theinert of Shelter Island with his father, Jim Theinert, and mother Chrystyna Kestler in May 2008. “There is nothing glorious about war,...
05.27.2010 News FAA sets new rules on choppers The battle against helicopter noise over the East End may be over. Or not. For the first time, the federal government will regulate helicopter flight paths over Long Island,...