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Suffolk Closeup: Helicopter advocate mans noise hotline
An “advocate” for helicopter operators is what Bill Faulk, aide to Suffolk County Legislator Edward Romaine, has long considered Robert Grotell. Mr. Grotell’s official title is “special advisor” to...
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Suffolk Closeup: Electing LIPA’s trustees
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Greg Fischer speaks at a Suffolk 9-12 meeting last year, when he was running for Riverhead Town Supervisor. The legal papers crackle with verbal lightning. Those bolts...
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Suffolk Closeup: Not too early to learn from Sandy
GIANNA VOLPE FILE PHOTO | A view above Shelter Island in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. As I write this (last Sunday), electricity is still out for thousands of homes and businesses in Suffolk...
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Suffolk Closeup: Breaking down the 2012 election
JOHN GRIFFIN FILE PHOTO | Congressman Tim Bishop speaks to reporters on election night. In analyzing Election 2012 in Suffolk County, the race in the First Congressional District was the nastiest I’ve...
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Suffolk Closeup: Stop the lawyering and leave Spota be
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota at a press conference in May. The judge’s determination couldn’t have been stronger. “Without reservation and without doubt,”...
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Suffolk Closeup: County's new receipt ban
It’s what the Suffolk County Legislature is noted for — passing first-in-the-nation laws. And the panel has done it again, passing a measure that bans receipts coated with the chemical BPA, the...
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Suffolk Closeup: The battle of Plum Island
The proposed replacement of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center by a “National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility” in Kansas has moved forward in the new year, with Hurricane Sandy providing an...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: Big money doesn’t fly on the East End
It was an off-year election in 2015 which carried an important message in Suffolk County: big-moneyed political intervention by special interests didn’t work here. In East Hampton, the companies...
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Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Kudos for Karl
KARL GROSSMAN Karl Grossman’s “Suffolk Closeup” column, which appears every week on our editorial page, received a first place award last week from the Press Club of Long Island. The column cited in...
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Suffolk Closeup: Not too early to learn from Sandy
GIANNA VOLPE FILE PHOTO | A view above Shelter Island in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. As I write this (last Sunday), electricity is still out for thousands of homes and businesses in Suffolk...
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Suffolk Closeup: Breaking down the 2012 election
JOHN GRIFFIN FILE PHOTO | Congressman Tim Bishop speaks to reporters on election night. In analyzing Election 2012 in Suffolk County, the race in the First Congressional District was the nastiest I’ve...
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Suffolk Closeup: Stop the lawyering and leave Spota be
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota at a press conference in May. The judge’s determination couldn’t have been stronger. “Without reservation and without doubt,”...
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Suffolk Closeup: County's new receipt ban
It’s what the Suffolk County Legislature is noted for — passing first-in-the-nation laws. And the panel has done it again, passing a measure that bans receipts coated with the chemical BPA, the...
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Suffolk Closeup: The battle of Plum Island
The proposed replacement of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center by a “National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility” in Kansas has moved forward in the new year, with Hurricane Sandy providing an...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: Big money doesn’t fly on the East End
It was an off-year election in 2015 which carried an important message in Suffolk County: big-moneyed political intervention by special interests didn’t work here. In East Hampton, the companies...
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Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Kudos for Karl
KARL GROSSMAN Karl Grossman’s “Suffolk Closeup” column, which appears every week on our editorial page, received a first place award last week from the Press Club of Long Island. The column cited in...
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Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor
ELEANOR P. LABROZZI PHOTO The people have spoken To the Editor: Columnist Karl Grossman and the Shelter Island Reporter know full well that the Long Island Pine Barrens Society is not anti-farming —...
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Island calendar: May 23, 2019
COURTESY PHOTOActivities and events on Shelter Island. EVERY WEEK 50+ drop-in basketball: Sundays, noon to 2 p.m., school gym. No charge. Adult coed drop-in basketball: Mondays and Thursdays, 7 to...
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Island calendar
COURTESY PHOTOActivities and events on Shelter Island. EVERY WEEK 50+ drop-in basketball: Sundays, noon to 2 p.m., school gym. No charge. Adult coed drop-in basketball: Mondays and Thursdays, 7 to...
View ArticleIsland calendar: May 23, 2019
EVERY WEEK 50+ drop-in basketball: Sundays, noon to 2 p.m., school gym. No charge. Adult coed drop-in basketball: Mondays and Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m., school gym. No charge. Adult coed drop-in...
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