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Obituaries Archives - Shelter Island Reporter
Sep 14, 2024 · Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Virginia Gillooley. Virginia Gillooley, of Shelter Island, died on Dec. 28, 2024. She was born on April 6, 1943.
First Shelter Island Reporter Community Forum airs the issues
Sep 29, 2024 · A gathering of about 100 Islanders packed the Shelter Island Presbyterian Church Parish Hall on Thursday, Sept. 26, to be part of the Reporter’s inaugural Community Forum. Sponsored by Dime Bank, the event was titled, “The Future of Shelter Island: Water, Housing, Health Care,” and included a panel of experts — Gregory Toner, Elizabeth Hanley,...
Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: A way of life
Nov 9, 2024 · With critical issues that will determine Shelter Island’s future in the long and short term, the Reporter has committed itself to hosting a series of public forums. Our first event was on Sept. 26, titled: “The Future of Shelter Island: Water, Housing, Health Care.” Residents packed Shelter Island Presbyterian Church’s Fellowship Hall for an important...
Shelter Island By the Numbers, Nov. 4, 2024
Nov 4, 2024 · 7.2 Percent is the projected increase in taxes resulting from the Town Board’s work on the 2025 budget 158-27 The tally endorsing the Shelter Island Library 2025 budget in voting Saturday to agree that $833,295 can be raised in taxes to support the full spending plan of $988,050 2,000 Dollars, the approximate amount raised by...
Shelter Island candidates in their own words
Oct 23, 2024 · The Reporter asked candidates for the Shelter Island Town Board and for Justice Court to say, in their own words, why they’re running for election this year. FOR TOWN BOARD Thomas Cronin I will stand up for the taxpayer and fight so we aren’t pushed out of this special place we call home. I believe...
Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Pulling together
Nov 22, 2024 · Last week, the third part of an innovative and much-needed program of events on an epidemic that is plaguing our youth finished with a survivor telling students of his recovery from that public health crisis. Jackson Rohrer’s story in the paper chronicled the conclusion of the program, which was financed with grant money secured by...
The Future of Shelter Island — A public discussion: Inaugural …
Sep 22, 2024 · The economics of the business and Shelter Island had changed, the publisher said in a public notice, forcing the paper to adapt. During the last 25 years there has been a decline of small, locally-owned businesses, and an increase in off-Island ownership groups, which affected the Reporter’s advertising base.
Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Right here, right now
Jan 19, 2024 · In Ernest Hemingway’s novel, “The Sun Also Rises,” one character asks his friend, “How did you go bankrupt?” The friend replies, “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” That dualism can be applied to a lot of situations, and for many Shelter Islanders, it can be an answer to the question: When did you become aware of...
Shelter Island Reporter announces community forums on the …
Aug 22, 2024 · We announced several weeks ago that Times Review would cease publication of the Reporter under the present ownership at the end of the year. The economics of our business and Shelter Island have changed, forcing us to adapt. During the last 25 years there has been a decline of small, locally-owned businesses, and an increase...