Gary Gerth News Today

Three announcements in a week signaled that the local political season is suddenly upon us. Councilman Albert Dickson, a Democrat, told his colleagues and the public at the March 2 Town Board work session that he won’t seek a second term. The two major Island political parties soon after announced the candidacies of newcomers to politics who will challenge for a seats on the Town Board. The Shelter Island Democratic Committee is putting up Brett Surerus for election to the board, and the Shel...

Shelter Island Police Department officers on Oak Tree Lane in Silver Beach the afternoon of March 19, 2018. (Credit:STRINGER NEWS PHOTO) At the beginning of the year, the Reporter is looking back on some significant stories we brought to our readers in 2020. He thought he was prepared for the worst. But what Father Charles McCarron discovered, checking on an elderly friend and colleague one midday two years ago, was a horrific and heartbreaking crime, something he said ...