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New Preserve site alarms some neighbors: Officials defend actions
Not for the first time, a resident questioned the Community Preservation Fund Advisory Board (CPF) about actions taken at the West Neck Preserve at the corner of Nostrand Parkway and West Neck Road in...
View ArticleJenifer’s Journal: Ram’s Head reverie
Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, dreams are forever. — Walt Disney News of the sale of the Ram’s Head Inn has brought me to my childhood, and beyond. The way I heard it, innkeeper Joan...
View ArticleJenifer’s Journal: The magic words
Words create worlds. — Pierre du Plessis I love magic words: “Open Sesame;” “abracadabra;” “Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble…;” “bibity-bobity-boo;” “Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy;” and, of course,...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter obituary: Judy Hole
Judy Hole, a longtime resident of New York City and Shelter Island, died on June 17, 2021 at Mt. Sinai Hospital after a brief illness. She was a summer resident of Silver Beach since she and her late...
View ArticleWise and watching
Our photographer, Don Bindler, heard a great horned owl cooing (not hooting — he was looking for a mate) all day behind his Silver Beach house recently. The Audubon Field Guide says these birds “are...
View ArticleReporter police blotter goes national
In the Nov. 28, 2022 issue of The New Yorker magazine, a brief on page 72 headlined, “Constabulary Notes from All Over,” quoted an item from our police blotter, which read: “On Silver Beach, repeated...
View ArticleShelter Island water testing shows problems: Town’s action could be limited...
It will surprise no one that preliminary testing of water in the Center has revealed areas of concern because of elevated nitrogen levels. But the data doesn’t show an area “in crisis mode,” Town...
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Powerline down in Saturday’s storm
A powerline pole fell due to sea rise and flooding along West Neck Road. Saturday night’s storm brought on the flooding, which weakened the pole at its base. It finally came down around 9:15 p.m....
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