Portree used Portree's pier as a rest point. The town also began exporting fish at this time, which contributed greatly to the local economy. The town had the last manual telephone exchange in the UK, which closed in 1976. Portree shale is a geologic association in the vicinity of Portree, the existence of which is linked with potential petroleum occurrences of commercial importance. Portree Portree (; , ) is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the location for the only secondary school on the island, Portree High School. Public transport services are limited to
Old Town, Staten Island by Walloon Pierre Billiou. Present-day Old Town is typically described as the neighborhood bordered by Grasmere to the north, Dongan Hills to the south, South Beach to the east, and Concord to the west. The neighborhood is served by the Old Town station of the Staten Island Railway. Old Town is also served by the local buses on Hylan Boulevard and the local buses on Richmond Road. Express bus service is provided by the on Hylan Boulevard and the on Richmond Road. The neighborhood is home to the campus of Staten Island's largest circulation daily, the "Staten Island Advance", a