08.30.2018 Health Experts: opioid crisis was avoidable One company, the Sackler family’s Purdue Pharma, has played a critical role in instigating an epidemic of opioid addiction in the United States that killed 72,000 Americans last year...
11.10.2012 Government Riverhead ZBA member wants legislative seat Wading River resident Frank Seabrook has declared an interest in running on the Republican line for the Suffolk County legislative seat now held by Ed Romaine, who will leave...
11.10.2012 News County Executive: We’re done dealing with LIPA “We are done dealing with LIPA Headquarters,” County Executive Steve Bellone declared Saturday, joining a chorus of state and local officials from Governor Cuomo on down who have decried...
09.19.2012 Business Is the Peconic Bay Water Jitney one and done? The Peconic Bay Water Jitney, which ran five daily round trips between Sag Harbor and Greenport all summer long, might not be back next year unless investors show an...
09.15.2012 Opinion Forget chiggers, folks; those are lone star tick larvae making you itch Anecdotal evidence suggests there may be a surge in the population of lone star tick larvae in the region, including Shelter Island. People who walk through a cluster of...
07.27.2012 Community Joe Theinert memorial fund nets record $30K in fundraiser This summer’s cruise aboard the South Ferry’s Lt. Joe Theinert boat to a dinner gala at Claudio’s netted $30,000 for the Lt. Joe Theinert Memorial Fund, according to South...
07.15.2012 Top News Update: Shelter Island Chamber fireworks show called off — again Update: Sunday night’s fireworks show at Crescent Beach has been cancelled due to inclement weather, Shelter Island Fire Department officials said. No decision had been made about rescheduling the...
05.24.2012 News North Fork Soldier Ride shifts course to Shelter Island Wounded veterans from all over, perhaps hundreds of them, will be coming to Shelter Island on Labor Day weekend in September to take part in The Wounded Warrior Project’s...
03.04.2012 Top News Dolphin spotted in shallows of Shelter Island’s West Neck Bay A common dolphin was spotted on Sunday swimming in the northwest section of West Neck Bay not far from the shoreline and West Neck Road. Marine rescue personnel were...
02.18.2012 News How the plan for preserving Sylvester Manor took shape on Shelter Island About six years ago, the heir of Sylvester Manor, Eben Ostby, turned to a young man from Maine, his nephew Bennett Konesni, to help him figure out what to...
