Julie Lane

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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...

Ashley Panpaleon was the last voter at the polls on Shelter Island Tuesday night, and it was also the first vote she’s ever cast. (Credit: Ambrose Clancy)

They don’t get a vote, although taxpayers unhappy with the proposed Shelter Island budget that is anticipated to raise taxes by 7.2% are afforded an opportunity for a public hearing.

For those who have been craving venison, that was plentiful a year ago from the refrigeration unit at the Recycling Center; there has been none so far this year.

In times of anxiety, Codger recalls his father’s mantra: “Nothing is ever as good or bad as your imagination can make it.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has declared a statewide ‘drought watch.’ (Credit: Office of the Governor)

The Town Board was in the process of making changes to its 2025 budget early Wednesday morning.