Shelter Island News

Shelter Island is about to get a chic new boutique hotel that is sure to draw some of the stylish set that flocks to Andre Balazs' popular Sunset Beach resort.

Accident. Right lane blocked on THE L.I.E./I-495 EB between X39/GLEN COVE RD and X40/JERICHO TPK/NY RT-25 in NASSAU CNTY Accident.

World-renowned artist John Chamberlain of Shelter Island, who passed away last December, is not only the subject of a critically acclaimed retrospective currently running at the Guggenheim Museum, but he is also the focus of a new documentary, HEAARTBEAT , by his stepdaugher filmmaker Alexandra Fairweather.

In a seasonal town where the rent is ever rocketing skyward, the faces of Who's Who on Main Street are always changing.

The late First Lt. Joseph Theinert's friends and family welcomed his troop to Shelter Island last spring, with one of the events planned being a cruise on the ferry named after him.

A one-man alleged crime wave ended with a crash in this bucolic waterside stand of boxwoods on Shelter Island.

While spacious enough for 53 passengers, unlike the North and South ferry services to and from Shelter Island, the ferry will not be large enough for vehicles, unless you count bicycles.

Marine Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter, from Sag Harbor and Army 1st Lieutenant Joseph J. Theinert, from Shelter Island, will be inducted into the New York State Senate Veterans' Hall of Fame on Tuesday, May 22.

Well Lloyd, just when I thought you couldn't get any dumberyou go and do something like thisAND TOTALY REDEEM YOURSELF!!!It wasn't Old Man McGumbus that Shelter Island Police were arresting yesterday, it was a 30-year-old man in a stolen van from Montauk.

Known for its bucolic feel, Shelter Island is getting some upgrades. The Wall Street Journal reported that the island's historic Chequit Inn is in contract to be sold to Cape Advisors, a development company that expects to finalize the purchase this fall.

If you've been having trouble finding a hotel room for next weekend, don't lose hope .

Southold's budget passes 534 yes to 289 no. New Suffolk Elementary School's budget passes 78 yes to 29 no.

U.S. Army 1 st Lt. Joseph Theinert of Shelter Island and Marine Lance Cpl. Jordan C. Haerter of Sag Harbor will be posthumously inducted into the State Senate's Veterans Hall of Fame in Albany during a ceremony on May 22, Sen.

Your choice for best place to 'staycation' on the North Fork is Greenport. Locals still see a stroll through this quaint portside village as charming as ever.

NEW YORK - In the state that legalized same-sex marriage last year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday praised President Barack Obama's stance on gay marriage as "a major turning point in the history of American civil rights." The mayor joined gay New Yorkers backing the president's statement, with one gay-rights activist calling it "a huge step ... (more)

Jeannine McKillop, 45, of Cutchogue, was taken to Eastern Long Island Hospital on May 8 at 8:41 p.m. after she attempted to make a left-hand turn from Jockey Creek Road on to Route 25 in Southold and did not see a vehicle driven by Frank Emmett, 60, of Shelter Island, police said.

Cinco de Mayo happy hours are starting up or are about to start up Saturday afternoon on the North Fork and Shelter Island.

With the North Fork's school budgets going before the public on Tuesday, May 15, local school boards worked on keeping the budget within the state's 2 percent tax cap.

State Sen. John Flanagan, R-Long Island, admitted that it was a little while before he found a comfort level with some of the terminology, but it didn't take him long to see the significance of the issue: As many as 50 percent of tumors in women with dense breast tissue go undetected by conventional mammograms, and most women with dense tissue ... (more)

Municipal codes are voluminous records of rules and regulations passed by town and village board members over the years.