Shelter Island Reporter

2 days ago | shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Charity Robey

For nearly 10 years, a bill to allow physicians to help terminally ill patients receive medications to peacefully end their lives has been considered by legislators in New York. In June the measure got enough support in the State Legislature to be adopted, and it now awaits final approval by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D). In April, the Assembly voted to pass the bill and this month the Senate followed with an affirmative vote of 35-27. When Gov.

3 days ago | shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Julie Lane

“Hot.” That was the word of the day from participants following the Shelter Island 10K/5K Run/Walk as a strong sun sent temperatures soaring. Dr. Frank Adipietro, the voice of the race now in its 46th year, early on pronounced there would be no course records broken in the heat. Thermometers hovered above 80 but it felt even warmer, and early advice that a cooler breeze would be ahead on the course was not how many runners experienced it.

4 days ago | shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Julie Lane

“Find your own pace; walk your own road.” The advice to Shelter Island graduates Friday evening came from Superintendent Brian Doelger, Ed.D.It was the conclusion of an old Irish tale about a man, his young son and a donkey walking a path and the reactions from those seeing them, criticizing the pair no matter if the man and son both walked with the donkey, or the son rode the donkey while the man walked, or the man rode the donkey while the son walked.

5 days ago | shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Julie Lane

Hope is on the horizon for test wells to assess what neighbors in two communities have insisted is interfering with the potability of their well water. Neighbors in Silver Beach and the Menantic Peninsula have been asking the Town to bear the costs of assessing the extent of salt water intrusion, with Town Engineer Joe Finora exploring solutions.

5 days ago | shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Julie Lane

It’s likely most people who have used North Ferry since the redesign of the access line to board boats on the Greenport side are seeing significantly positive improvements. Among the most prominent change so far, said Heights Property Owners Corporation General Manager Stella Lagudis, is an end to drivers being able to cut into the boarding line from Third Street, aggravating drivers who prior to the new lanes being opened have been in line on Wiggins Street for lengthy periods of time.