Shelter Island, NY

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• If you want a house for $550,000

  Tarpon Road Set in Southold Shores -- a private bayfront community -- this new eight-room Contemporary overlooks Shelter Island . On a .59-acre lot, the house has front and rear porches. Interior features include an open floor plan with wood floors and lots   Read more »

• NY laws hinder towns' truck, plow upgrades

  state Highway Law, sets annual caps ranging from $1 million for the Town of Brookhaven to $100,000 for East Hampton and Shelter Island . Attempts by state lawmakers to update the limits have met with opposition in the Assembly."A Payloader costs $250,000 to   Read more »

• Josh Lamison, Tylik Furman lead Bridgehampton to Suffolk Class D title

  stunning second-half rally turned Shelter Island into Shudder Island and almost into Shutout Island.The Killer Bees held the Indians scoreless for the first 5:14 of the fourth quarter and 6:30 overall in a 17-0 run that led to a solid 53-40 victory Thursday   Read more »

Around the web

• Not Normal

  Is the “new normal” for Long Island bays to be colored brown and red from algae blooms and for drinking water to be problematic? Last month, Dr. Christopher Gobler of Stony Brook University’s School of Atmospheric and Marine Sciences arranged a seminar a   from The Sag Harbor Express Read more »

• Calendar 5/2-5/12/13

  Stages children’s theatre workshop presents “Grease” this weekend, with performances on Saturday, May 4 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m. at Bay STreet Theatre in Sag Harbor. The production is directed and choreographed by Helene Leonar   from The Sag Harbor Express Read more »

• Recycling: How the Waste Is Handled

  With Earth Day just past and the number of second homeowners increasing as the calendar moves toward summer, The Star went on a fact-finding mission to find out how garbage is handled on the South Fork. Although recycling has been reported as declining o   from The East Hampton Star Read more »

• Shelter Island No Shelter in Dispute

  By Josh Barbanel Melissa Ko's new postmodern waterfront mansion in Shelter Island has a driveway and courtyard paved with Belgian blocks and lined with Georgia granite that horticulturalist Matthew Daly says he and his workers proudly built by hand in 20   from Wall Street Journal Read more »

• With No Word On Missing Teen, Questions Swirl

  Four days after Peconic teen Ashley Murray, 16, went missing without a trace, friends and loved ones are frantically questioning what in her young life led to her decision to leave home. Some believe Ashley might have been bullied. At a gathering of frie   from North Folk Patch Read more »