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Morning breaking over Silver Beach. (Credit: Ambrose Clancy) The Shoreline Access Task Force heard mostly compliments at both its Tuesday morning meeting and a followup that afternoon with the Town Board. It’s certain that no overall plan to control access to beaches for residents, visitors and day-trippers will please everyone, but efforts are being made to ensure everyone has some access to the water, whether or not they have permits. Another step that won applause was Chairman Peter Vielbig’s proposal to use a service capable of delivering permits at sites for th...

The Islander food truck in operation last summer at Crescent Beach. (Credit: Scott Feierstein) Several businesses are looking to the Town Board for a go-ahead to operate on town-owned sites this summer. With Sunset Beach closed last summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Islander had a food truck at Crescent Beach. If the state continues its reopening policies as COVID numbers drop, Islander owner Ashley Knight would like to return to the same site this summer. She made the request a few weeks ago and was encouraged to consider Wades Beach or another part of Cres...

First light over Peconic Bay from Silver Beach. (Credit: Martin Burke) For the first time since its inception, the Shoreline Access Task Force encountered a challenge to the work it’s been doing to address problems of water access points and solutions to mitigate conflicts between residents and visitors. Task Force Members have received their share of compliments since the work began, but as they approached completion of initial recommendations to deal with the most troublesome problems that have plagued residents for years, they heard from a critic who said their dra...

Group to ID Island waterway access sites in need of work The beach at Bootleggers Alley on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend 2020. (Credit: Don Bindler) With approximately 70 points of access to waterways around Shelter Island, the newly appointed Shoreline Access Review Task Force got marching orders last week as Chairman Peter Vielbig asked each to identify between 10 and 12 sites they think are most critical for more attention. In the discussion, the most quickly identified was Bootleggers Alley, where there were many complaints last summer of crowds fish...

Task force focused on shoreline access The town landing at the end of South Menantic Road. (Credit:Martin Burke ) A first step at a recent Town Hall meeting, held via Zoom, was to rename the former town landings task force the Shoreline Access Task Force to include more than just official town landings. Bay Constable Peter Vielbig led a group of members to organize the work ahead and solve problems, some of which have emerged at town landings, while others on how to address water access needs throughout the Island. All public sites eventually have to be i...