01.17.2023 Around the Island Charity’s Column: Lost and found January in a cold climate is a good time for brisk walks, roasted vegetables and mittens. Mitten comes from the Old French mite, a term of endearment for a...
12.20.2022 Around the Island Charity cooks: A Christmas cookie from awhile back I will never forget the first time I made a cookie. I put my 5-year old fingers in the flour, tasted and thought, this cannot possibly become something delicious....
12.19.2022 Around the Island The bluebirds of happiness: Mashomack’s 20-year old-project brings birds back Bluebirds are a near-universal symbol of happiness. Ask anyone who has volunteered to monitor Mashomack’s Nest box Trail, and they’ll describe the joy of seeing tiny blue eggs in...
12.11.2022 News Sara Garcia is library mom with a superpower At 1 p.m. on the dot, youngsters began streaming out of the basement door of the Shelter Island Library, heading back to school after lunch break, while inside Sara...
11.04.2022 Around the Island Off the Fork: Fear the pumpkin? Savor the squash Because I have tried to operate a motor vehicle on the North Fork during autumn weekends I fear the pumpkin. The influx of visitors looking for parking generated by...