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    Dinner Bell Menu

    Posted on: Wednesday, July 21, 2010

    The Dinner Bell, for seniors over 60, is open Monday and Friday at 12:15 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church. For reservations, call a day in...

    Vecchio (right) and Chelsea Hughes received some inspiration from Tom Hoff, a member of the U.S. mens volleyball team that won the gold in Beijing in 2008.

    Jr. Olympics a great experience despite challenges

    Posted on: Thursday, July 22, 2010 by BY TED HILLS | STAFF REPORTER

    The competition was stiff at this year's Volleyball Junior National Championships, also known as the Junior Olympics, in Reno, Nevada, as Shelter Island High School...

    Playing at the Shelter Island Country Club is so popular with the Sag Harbor lady golfers that they use a lottery to pick the players. They joined the local ladies at Goat Hill on July 18.

    SICC hosts Sag Harbor ladies, launch flights

    Posted on: Thursday, July 22, 2010 by BY KAREN GIBBS | CONTRIBUTOR

    The annual ladies tournament is always a winner at Shelter Island Country Club, with a lottery held at Sag Harbor to fill the coveted 40...

    Jay Sessa won the annual Senior Championship with two solid rounds of golf last weekend.

    Sessa scores Senior Championship

    Posted on: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 by BY BOB DESTEFANO | COLUMNIST

    Did you enjoy the British Open this week? I would have enjoyed it a little more if I could have told people the correct pronunciation...

    SPORTS BRIEFS

    Posted on: Thursday, July 22, 2010

    Soccer tournament to benefit Lions Club
    Kick your week off right by supporting the eighth annual Simon Gavron Challenge Cup, a round-robin soccer tournament to be...

    Sailors battle for position during an upwind leg of Sunday’s races. Sailors enjoyed a sunny day with winds between 5 and 8 knots.

    Winds strengthen competition in West Neck races

    Posted on: Thursday, July 22, 2010 by BY BOB HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

    The Menantic Yacht Club (MYC) held its third series of Sunfish races on Sunday, July 18 in West Neck Harbor. Unlike last week, when the...

    Cardillo, left, was shoulder-to-shoulder with Dillingham until the very end.

    High hopes for Island runner

    Posted on: Thursday, July 22, 2010 by BY MAGGIE HAYES | EDITORIAL INTERN

    This past Saturday, July 17, the Westhampton 5K hosted three of Shelter Island's local runners: Daniel Rose, Anderson Hershey and Tyler Cardillo. Tyler, a summer...

    The competition was fierce for the Etchells fleet this week in closely-contested races. The Etchells  are preparing to round the windward mark.

    Brewers crowned Herreshoff 2010 ‘Kings of the Channel

    Posted on: Thursday, July 22, 2010 by BY TED HILLS | STAFF REPORTER

    The Shelter Island Yacht Club (SIYC) held another exciting day of races last Saturday, when both the Herreshoff 12 1/2 and Etchells 22 fleets hit...

    Sailors return to port.  Hulls and sails of varied colors made for a unique parade as these Herreshoffs headed back to their moorings in Dering Habor, just moments after completing a channel race on Saturday. After crossing the finish line at North Pier, the hurried atmosphere of the sailboat race quickly faded into what became a short but leisurely afternoon cruise.

    Island Views

    Posted on: Thursday, July 22, 2010

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    The view from Divinity Hill

    Posted on: Thursday, July 22, 2010

    A Victorian Porch Party was held at three homes on Prospect Avenue last Saturday in a benefit for the Shelter Island Educational Foundation. The Bertini/Melkonian...