Top News

Editorial: Just hold it?
Letters: Memorial Day events on the Island and more
State bill aims to decrease hazing, drinking and drug use at colleges
Island voters overwhelmingly approve school budget, give newcomer to board most votes
Joe Theinert and Jordon Haerter named to state's Veterans Hall of Fame
Island splits from the North Fork under new county redistricting plan
POLL: How did you vote on the school budget?
School vote on Tuesday: budget, three board seats to be decided
This week in Shelter Island History: from the Reporter's files
Scholars study slavery through Sylvester Manor archives at NYU

Sports

Gym chairs still out of reach, Colligan halfway to fundraising goal

May 12, 2012

Shelter Island JV baseball team is 5-1; coach hopeful for winning season and varsity status next year

April 28, 2012

Island's Olympic sailor finishes second in Hyeres, France World Cup regatta

April 27, 2012

Education

State bill aims to decrease hazing, drinking and drug use at colleges

May 16, 2012

Island voters overwhelmingly approve school budget, give newcomer to board most votes

May 15, 2012

Q&A: Big city girl on exchange from China

May 12, 2012

Business

Eklunds will reopen Chequit this season as sale remains in the works

May 11, 2012

Hospital picks Mills firm's men as honorees for its 2012 golf classic

April 27, 2012

'Bigfoot' baler now assisting farm and marina recycling efforts

April 14, 2012

Community

Perlman alumni concerts are announced

May 13, 2012

Garden Column: Growing your own — starting seeds from scratch

May 13, 2012

Don Young is saving energy in his green dream car

May 13, 2012

Obituaries

Obituary: E.Y. Clark

April 26, 2012

Obituary: Elizabeth Yvonne (E.Y.) Clark

April 23, 2012

Obituary: Harold Olson

April 18, 2012

Real Estate

Town grants Tarlow permit for house larger than code limit

April 10, 2012

Native plants will keep birds and bees in your backyard

March 27, 2012

Dougherty calls for help opposing bid to halt county open space programs

February 10, 2012

Opinion

Editorial: Just hold it?

May 17, 2012

Letters: Memorial Day events on the Island and more

May 17, 2012

Column: Not as easy as it looked on television

May 12, 2012

Island Calendar: Week of February 23, 2012

 EVERY WEEK…

Alcoholics Anonymous, beginners’ meeting. Fridays, Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m. Open discussion, St. Mary’s, Monday – Friday, 7 a.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. 

Al-Anon, Saturdays, 10 a.m., St. Mary’s.

Duplicate bridge group, Thursdays, 12:15 p.m., St. Mary’s Parish Hall, 749-0835.

Exercise classes, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:15 a.m., Saturdays at 9 a.m. American Legion Hall, $5 per class. Bring water and a mat. Call Maggie, 664-1476.

Karate classes, Recreation Department, Mondays, 4 to 5 p.m. (5- to 8-year-olds), 5 to 6 p.m. (8 years to adult). $30 month. Legion Hall.

Knitting Club, Library, Thursdays, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Mah-Jongg Club, Library upper level, Tuesdays, 4 to 7 p.m.

Poker Table, Thursdays, 2 p.m., Senior Activity Center, 749-1059.

Scrabble Club, Temporarily suspended due to library lower level renovation.

Senior Mah-Jongg, Monday & Friday, 1:30 to 5 p.m., Sr. Activity Center, SCAC, 749-1059.

Senior bowling, American Legion Hall, Tuesdays,1:30 p.m. $2 per game.

Story and a Craft, Saturday mornings, 10:30 a.m., Shelter Island Library.

Youth Center, after school programs, Tuesday through Thursday; open Friday and Saturday nights, 7 to 10 p.m., Legion Hall; open gym on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m..

EVENTS.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Free the Trees!, Mashomack Preserve, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. 749-1001.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

“A Lightness of Being,” a retreat for women led by Betty Hill Crowson, Presbyterian Church, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call 749-0805 to pre-register. $65 includes coffee, snacks and lunch.

Wildlife Refuge Tour, a walk through the woodlands and fields of the Katherine Ordway Wildlife Refuge, 1 to 4 p.m. Pre-register with Mashomack Preserve at 749-1001. Free for Nature Conservancy members, $5 for non-members. (Raindate, Sunday, February 26 at 9 a.m.)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27

AARP Tax Aide Prep, individual tax assistance, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Shelter Island Library. Call 749-0042 for an appointment. Continues every Monday through April 9. Free.

Shelter Island Library closes, 1 p.m., for construction. Re-opens March 6.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Movies @ the Library, “McCabe and Mrs. Miller,” Center firehouse, 7 p.m. Free.

MEETINGS

(At Town Hall unless otherwise noted.)

February 24: Town Board meeting, 4:30 p.m.

February 27: Community Land Preservation, 8:30 a.m.

February 27: Shelter Island Fire District, Main firehouse, 7:30 p.m.

February 27: Conservation Advisory Council, 7:30 p.m.

February 28: Town Board work session, 1 p.m.

February 28: Planning Board meeting, 7 p.m.

February 29: Zoning Board hearing, 7:30 p.m.

February 29: Shelter Island School budget session, school library, 6:30 p.m.