Albert Dickson News Today

Polls closed Tuesday night in several races in Suffok and Nassau counties.

In a tightly contested Democratic primary for Long Beach City Council, challenger James E. Hodge earned the most votes, based on unofficial results from the Nassau County Board of Elections.

Voters go to the polls Saturday as early voting begins in several Long Island primaries.

Albert Dickson, an elected politician, says he is 'above all a doctor' and defends medical autonomy.

“This is a biggie. Are we ready for a project manager?” Town Board members were left to consider that question put them by Supervisor Gerry Siller at the June 2 Town Board work session in relation to the Water Advisory Committee’s Ground and Surface Water Plan. Someone needs to own this, said Councilman Mike Bebon, chairman of the Water Advisory Committee (WAC). “It’s a complex plan for a very complex problem,” Mr. Bebon told his colleagues. He believes that without a project manage...

(Credit: Reporter file) Despite an effort to delay approval of the shoreline access recommendations initially affecting eight of the most troubled sites around the Island, the Town Board voted 4-1 to change parking regulations at beaches and landings. But before any vote, a public hearing brought resident Bob Kohn to the forefront, initially promising his words wouldn’t be “contentious,” until they were. He and Supervisor Gerry Siller had something of a war of words...

Estuary Program seeks town funds The Peconic Estuary, which runs from Gardiners Bay to Little Peconic Bay, is one of only 28 nationwide waterways to be declared an estuary of ‘national significance.’ (Credit: Martin Burke) The Shelter Island Town Board will set a public hearing Friday, May 7, on allowing the use of some of its Community Preservation Fund (CPF) money to improving water quality through the efforts of the Peconic Estuary Program. Money for...

(Credit: Martin Burke) A dozen Shelter Island residents have worked tirelessly with volunteer Project Manager Edward Hindin, Councilmen Mike Bebon and Albert Dickson and consultants Peter Flinker and Larissa Brown to create a new Comprehensive Plan. But they have not worked in a vacuum. They have opened the process to as many people as possible. Have they heard from you? More than 1,000 people responded to an early survey that helped spark thoughts about a new Comprehensi...

Access to shoreline restrictions under fire Early morning at Bootleggers Alley. (Credit: Martin Burke) Don’t blame the Shoreline Access Committee; blame the mandate with which it was charged, resulting in recommendations that no one seems to like, all involved agreed. Problems at Bootleggers Alley last summer focused the Town Board on the effort to look at all shoreline access points with an eye to controlling uses. Two major issues emerged for the Shorel...

(Credit:Courtesy Image) A very dedicated and hard working group of Islanders — full- and part-timers — led by Project Director Ed Hindin and Massachusetts consultants Peter Flinker of Dodson and Flinker in Florence and Larissa Brown of Larissa Brown & Associates in Cambridge — have spent months helping to update a previous Comprehensive Plan to guide development of the town. They have studied the 1993 Comprehensive Plan and another that was attempted but never adopt...