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Come out, come out, wherever you are: Find the moth
MACKENZIE NEEDHAM PHOTO | This rare and beautiful creature was found dozing in yesterday’s heat. Mackenzie Needham spied this extraordinary creature when she was at work yesterday at Coecles Harbor...
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Weekend Edition: Sunday morning with Max
JAMES BORNEMEIER The Crew, as I call them, came out recently. It comprises my wife’s son and daughter, their spouses, two kids (son) and two dogs (daughter). Excellent humans and animals all, but...
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Profile: Hans Schmid, from Germany to Shelter Island
PETER BOODY PHOTO | Hans Schmid outside his home on South Cartwright Road. Everybody knows Hans Schmid, the inveterate biker, bowler and baker’s son who has been taking care of the roads and everything...
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Obituaries
Cassie Bliss Cassie Bliss died on May 18, 2014 at her home in Manhattan. She was 28 years old. COURTESY PHOTO | Cassie Bliss Ms. Bliss spent summers on Shelter Island from the time she was an infant....
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Sail away
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTOS | Ice boats on Coecles Harbor Tuesday. Two ice boats, the first of the season, sailed Coecles Harbor yesterday afternoon, launched from Coecles Harbor Marina. The ice is about six...
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Winter wrecks Island’s infrastructure
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTOThe dock to nowhere. Pilings pulled from the bottom of Coecles Harbor by a combination of ice and tides made this dock one of February’s victims. Crankiness and cabin fever will...
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Eye on the Ball: Where’s Dave? Follow the Jeep to the surf
BOB DeSTEFANO PHOTO Surf’s up. Dave Hamilton heading out in — what else? — one of his Jeeps. Each week I find myself thinking: I need a story this week. And I only have a couple of days to deadline....
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Remembering Harbor Inn: Part 2
COURTESY PHOTO | A warm and welcoming harbor, no matter the weather. Shortly after the writers Nik Cohn and Michaela Muntean bought Harbor Inn from Jack and Beverly Cahill in 1985, they began...
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Young Island scientists gain recognition
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTOSenior division medalists at the 52ne annual Science Fair are (l-r) Kyle Burns, Luke Lowell-Liszanckie, Roilando Carbajal, Lauren Gurney, Emma Gallagher, Keith Taplin, Henry Binder,...
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Saving Reel Point: Town, Land Trust review consultants’ report on erosion
Reel Point As a March storm lashed Shelter Island with wind-driven rain, John Needham noted an ominous sight — water lapping at his shop door at Coecles Harbor Marina. Mr. Needham, who has spent almost...
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A fresh face for the town as new website is unveiled
AMBROSE CLANCY PHOTO From left, Building Department employee Mary Ellen McGayhey, website developer Louise Clark and town IT Committee member Craig Wood at Tuesday’s Town Board work session, giving a...
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Island Profile: Finding the real deal on Shelter Island
CHARITY ROBEY PHOTO Tracy McCarthy at home on Fred’s Lane. Tracy McCarthy was 40 when she moved permanently to Shelter Island. But in all the ways that count, she lived here all her life. Her recurring...
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What’s with Reel Point? Will solution surface this year?
REEL POINT Shelter Island doesn’t own Reel Point and so what should its involvement be to protect it from erosion? It’s a question town officials have grappled with, finally concluding, on the advice...
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Town committees face the crisis at Reel Point
JIM COLLIGAN PHOTO After the March 2 nor’easter, this view of Reel Point shows waves that have carved out extenisve sections, something Waterways Management Advisory Council Chairman John Needham...
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Town Board moving on effort to save Reel Point
Reel Point At its Tuesday work session, the Town Board gave updates on several issues that have been before the public in recent weeks. There seems to be movement on only one pressing concern — the...
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Town wants design plan on Reel Point before hurricane season
Reel Point With a hurricane season that could be here by August or September, the Town Board has told Public Works Commissioner Jay Card Jr. to push consultants to produce a design plan and estimate of...
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Young Island scientists gain recognition
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTOSenior division medalists at the 52ne annual Science Fair are (l-r) Kyle Burns, Luke Lowell-Liszanckie, Roilando Carbajal, Lauren Gurney, Emma Gallagher, Keith Taplin, Henry Binder,...
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Saving Reel Point: Town, Land Trust review consultants’ report on erosion
Reel Point As a March storm lashed Shelter Island with wind-driven rain, John Needham noted an ominous sight — water lapping at his shop door at Coecles Harbor Marina. Mr. Needham, who has spent almost...
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A fresh face for the town as new website is unveiled
AMBROSE CLANCY PHOTO From left, Building Department employee Mary Ellen McGayhey, website developer Louise Clark and town IT Committee member Craig Wood at Tuesday’s Town Board work session, giving a...
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Island Profile: Finding the real deal on Shelter Island
CHARITY ROBEY PHOTO Tracy McCarthy at home on Fred’s Lane. Tracy McCarthy was 40 when she moved permanently to Shelter Island. But in all the ways that count, she lived here all her life. Her recurring...
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