Island to benefit from conservation easement
COURTESY PHOTO |Part of a formal garden that has received a conservation easement on Ward’s Point. Richard Hogan and Carron Sherry have contributed a conservation easement on property at Ward’s Point...
View ArticlePreliminary development plans for St. Gabe’s
JULIE LANE PHOTORichard Hogan outlined his preliminary plans to the Planning Board July 14 for development of St. Gabriel’s property he purchased in April from the Passionist Fathers. After three...
View ArticleNew owner of St. Gabe’s resolving concerns with neighbors
JULIE LANE PHOTO | Attorney William Fleming told the Planning Board on October 13 that his client, Richard Hogan, who purchased of about 25 acres of the former St. Gabriel’s property, wants to find...
View ArticleThe tax woman cometh: Receiver of taxes Annmarie Seddio sends out the bills
JO ANN KIRKLAND PHOTO | Receiver of taxes Annemarie Seddio mailed out tax notices December 8. It’s the season of giving and receiving. Just ask Annmarie Seddio, Shelter Island’s receiver of taxes, who...
View ArticleSt. Gabriel’s Chapel: Livin’ on a prayer
JIM COLLIGAN PHOTO | St. Gabriel’s Chapel. Owner Richard Hogan plans to have it demolished. “You’re under an erroneous idea that there’s something you can do about it.” The speaker was Planning Board...
View ArticleSeeking redemption for St. Gabe’s Chapel
JIM COLLIGAN PHOTO | St. Gabriel’s Chapel. Owner Richard Hogan plans to have it demolished. There’s a chance the chapel can be saved. After it was revealed that Richard Hogan, the owner of the 25-acre...
View ArticleAnswered prayers for St. Gabe’s?
JIM COLLIGAN PHOTO |St. Gabriel’s Chapel. There’s a good chance the chapel can be saved. After it was revealed that Richard Hogan, the owner of the 25-acre St. Gabriel’s property where the 78-year old...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: School budget, St. Gabe’s,...
JULIE LANE PHOTO School District Business Manager Tim Laube. Cut administration costs To the Editor: I am a parent with two children at the Shelter Island School, and a big believer in public...
View ArticleChurch and state: St. Gabe’s Chapel not a public project
JIM COLLIGAN PHOTO St. Gabriel’s Chapel. The discussion about trying to save St. Gabriel’s Chapel from the wrecking ball may have started at Town Board meetings. But the effort is emphatically not...
View ArticlePlanning Board poised for St. Gabe’s public hearing
JULIE LANE PHOTO Richard Hogan at an earlier Planning Board presentation of his plans for development of the former St. Gabriel’s site on the banks of Coecles Harbor. The Planning Board on June 14 set...
View ArticleStrong words at Planning Board meeting
JULIE LANE PHOTOAttorney Albert D’Agostino, representing neighbors objecting to a proposed community housing structure, was cut short Tuesday night by Planning Board member John D’Amato. An attorney...
View ArticleTown Board okays St. Gabe’s project wetlands permit
JULIE LANE PHOTOPandion owner Richard Hogan shows one of the early versions of his plans for the development on the former St. Gabriel’s site. The Town Board moved the St. Gabriel’s development...
View Article’Tis the season for … taxes
JO ANN KIRKLAND PHOTO | Receiver of Taxes Annemarie Seddio. Carols, colored lights, frantic shopping, family visits, holiday cheer and — oh, right, one more certainty associated with the season: a...
View ArticleYear in Review: Town Board hears it from all sides in 2016
REPORTER FILE PHOTO Short-term rentals, many of them booked through online services, consumed much of the Town Board’s time in 2016 The Town Board meets almost every Tuesday of the year in work...
View ArticleSt. Gabriel’s buyer gains approval to build luxury development
BRIAN HAKLISCH PHOTOAerial photo of the former St. Gabriel’s property soon to be an upscale housing development on the shores of Coecles Harbor. By a vote of 4-0 with one member absent, the Planning...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Editorial: Filling a vacuum
AMBROSE CLANCY PHOTO John Cronin, Shelter Island is the poorer with the resignation of John Cronin as town engineer. He took his responsibilities seriously, worked hard and honored a personal...
View ArticleStrong words at Planning Board meeting
JULIE LANE PHOTOAttorney Albert D’Agostino, representing neighbors objecting to a proposed community housing structure, was cut short Tuesday night by Planning Board member John D’Amato. An attorney...
View ArticleTown Board okays St. Gabe’s project wetlands permit
JULIE LANE PHOTOPandion owner Richard Hogan shows one of the early versions of his plans for the development on the former St. Gabriel’s site. The Town Board moved the St. Gabriel’s development...
View Article’Tis the season for … taxes
JO ANN KIRKLAND PHOTO | Receiver of Taxes Annemarie Seddio. Carols, colored lights, frantic shopping, family visits, holiday cheer and — oh, right, one more certainty associated with the season: a...
View ArticleYear in Review: Town Board hears it from all sides in 2016
REPORTER FILE PHOTO Short-term rentals, many of them booked through online services, consumed much of the Town Board’s time in 2016 The Town Board meets almost every Tuesday of the year in work...
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