Tag: Fishers Island

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09/06/19 6:00am

Loved ones seek answers after man dies falling from car on Fishers Island

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09/06/2019 6:00 AM
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While dining last Friday afternoon with her son, Kevin, Angela Brown raised her cell phone and took a candid photo of the young man.

It was a quiet moment shared between a proud mother and her 27-year-old son, who glanced down at his hands and let out a bit of a smile as the shutter sounded.

“His smile lit up a room,” Ms. Brown said in a telephone call from her home in Connecticut Wednesday. “He was quiet, but full of love.”

Hours after that photograph was taken, Mr. Brown, a father of a 2-year-old daughter, lost his life in a tragic accident on Fishers Island.  READ

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08/13/19 6:00am

Fishers Island residents want ‘long overdue’ bike paths and sidewalks

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08/13/2019 6:00 AM
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A petition signed by over 1,200 people — more than half of Fishers Island’s peak summer population — was presented to Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell last Wednesday, during the Town Board’s annual meeting on the island. The petition asked the board to follow through on promised sidewalk repairs and assist with a bicycle path extension.  READ

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03/14/19 4:00pm

New restaurant planned for Fishers Island

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03/14/2019 4:00 PM
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A roughly 100-year-old eyesore in Fishers Island might see renovations in the coming months.

If approved, a new site plan put before the town Planning Board Monday could convert a pre-existing building on Hound Lane into a 2,815-square-foot restaurant on the first floor and construct a 2,329-square-foot second story intended for two apartments. READ

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03/11/19 6:51am

Coast Guard rescues pair of fishermen off Fishers Island Sunday

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03/11/2019 6:51 AM
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Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station New London rescued two fishermen after they abandoned a sinking commercial fishing vessel near Fishers Island Sunday morning. READ

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10/29/18 1:37pm

NWS: Tornado touches down on Fishers Island

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10/29/2018 1:37 PM
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The National Weather Service confirmed a weak tornado touched down on Fishers Island Monday morning.

The EF0 tornado sustained maximum winds of 65-85 mph when it hit the island. It started as a waterspout and became a tornado when it made landfall 7:35 a.m. before heading back out over the water, according to preliminary reports from the National Weather Service. READ

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10/03/18 6:00am

Fishers Island Ferry District gets bond for $290,000

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10/03/2018 6:00 AM
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Southold Town passed a $290,000 bond for the increase and improvement of facilities of the Fishers Island Ferry District last Tuesday night.

The bond will cover replacement engines on the MV Munnatawket estimated to cost a maximum of $150,000. The Silver Eel Channel will also be dredged for a maximum cost of $140,000. READ

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08/30/18 6:00am

Code amendment allows more year-round housing on Fishers Island

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08/30/2018 6:00 AM
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Parcels on Fishers Island may now be included in Southold Town Hamlet Density Residential District. 

Following a public hearing, the Town Board voted Tuesday to amend Chapter 280 of the zoning code. Currently, Article V states that the purpose of the Hamlet Density Residential District is to permit a mix of housing types and a level of residential density appropriate to areas in and around the major hamlet centers, “particularly” Mattituck, Cutchogue, Southold, Orient, the Village of Greenport and, now, Fishers Island. READ

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08/09/18 3:16pm

Project to provide a boost for affordable housing on Fishers Island

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08/09/2018 3:16 PM
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Six affordable housing units are coming to the Hound Lane “Freight Building” on Fishers Island.

Spearheaded by the not-for-profit Walsh Park Benevolent Corporation, the project was discussed during the town’s annual Fishers Island meeting Wednesday. READ

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