Julie Lane

Completing a first examination of the proposed 2025 Town spending plan and anticipated revenues, Supervisor Amber Brach-Williams told her colleagues on Oct. 11 that they would be hearing from a few more Town department heads and “then we have to go back and make the hard decisions.” The Town Board was able to suggest a...

Water Advisory Committee member Andrew Chapman, standing next to cables at the Center Firehouse, outlined a comparison between private and public water systems that he said are close in cost. (Credit: Julie Lane)

Panelists at the 2024 Shelter Island Candidate Forum at the school auditorium on Sunday, Oct. 13, presenting three candidates for Town board. From left, Moderator Jo-Ann Robotti, Democratic candidate Gordon Gooding, Republican candidate Tom Cronin, and independent candidate Lisa Shaw running on the Island Action line. (Credit: Adam Bundy)

The New York State Education Board is looking at changes that won’t take place immediately, but has local districts hustling to provide information and data to influence some additional shared services. The goal is also to have more expansive sharing of educational guidance that would result in regional planning. The changes don’t mean Shelter Island...

So, Codger, as the oldest and least qualified candidate, exactly why are you running for office?

While machine tattoos may be the norm, Gracie-May Saint, a University of Ottawa student, uses a more traditional method — hand-poked tattoos.

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Voters gave a resounding vote of confidence to the Shelter Island Library Saturday, endorsing the 2025 budget by a vote of 158 to 27 Saturday. The full spending plan is $988,050 of which $832,295 will come from taxpayers. For property assessed at $890,000 the added tax cost the homeowner can expect to see is an...

Weeks of searching for ways to cut spending and increase revenues have produced a 2025 Shelter Island budget proposal expected to increase taxes by 7.2%. That represents a 3% drop from the 10.2% hike projected at the end of September by Supervisor Amber Brach-Williams who at the time announced that such an increase was unacceptable....

Multiple public debates about water quality and quantity and how to deal with wastewater have been held. Everyone interested in the issue has weighed in, but Tuesday afternoon, in what could have been a repeat of arguments that would go nowhere, the discussion took a new turn when Town Engineer Joe Finora was invited by...