Community Archives - Shelter Island Reporter

11.25.2025 Featured Story

Community celebrates Sara Gordon, a champion of preservation

In the last rays of a spectacular Gardiners Bay sunset, scores of local elected officials, Peconic Land Trust and Sylvester Manor staff, friends, and family of Sara Gordon gathered...

11.24.2025 Featured Story

Hear, hear for Shelter Island volunteers

On a sun-spangled Tuesday morning last week, Shelter Island’s Senior Center and Nutrition Program hosted a “Volunteer Appreciation Brunch” at the Shelter Island Presbyterian Church. Volunteers and seniors, many...

11.22.2025 Featured Story

Reporter Column: Moving Forward — Teaching right from wrong

“Tell your sister you’re sorry!” How many parents have said this or a variation of it? This is a parent’s early attempt at teaching a child to take responsibility...

11.21.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Nov. 21, 2025

EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday, 8:30 Saturdays. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Saturdays 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Church. ...

11.20.2025 Featured Story

Holiday Happenings: Festive Shelter Island events for all

With the approach of Thanksgiving, the calendar is filling up with holiday plans for Islanders of all ages. Community Thanksgiving Buffet: The Thanksgiving holiday celebration with neighbors and friends is...

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11.17.2025 Featured Story

Cardboard Campout: Chilling for a cause: Students raise awareness and funds

The Shelter Island High School chapter of the National Honor Society recently hosted the annual Cardboard Campout for Habitat for Humanity. Students in grades 10 through 12 were invited...

11.16.2025 Featured Story

Eastern Long Island Hospital Foundation collecting clothing for behavioral health patients

The Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital Foundation has started a new initiative: a clothing drive to benefit behavioral health patients. Each year, the hospital’s foundation has a worthwhile program to...

11.13.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Nov. 13, 2025

EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday, Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Saturdays 7:30 p.m., St....

11.09.2025 Featured Story

Hands-on Shelter Island History: Students partner with H’way Depart. to restore markers

How three Shelter Island students came to assist Highway Department employees in restoring four historical markers on Island roadways can be traced to an obscure upstate judge who once...

11.08.2025 Featured Story

Camp Good Mourning is shelter for grieving children

On fall and spring weekends for the past two years, a group of grieving children have arrived by ferry to spend the weekend in Shelter Island’s healing arms. Last...

11.01.2025 Featured Story

A Shelter Island Halloween

One of the most joyous events on the Shelter Island calendar stepped off at 4 p.m. Friday — the annual Halloween parade, sponsored by the Fire Department and the...

10.30.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Oct. 30, 2025

EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Saturdays 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Church. Adult Basketball: Sunday...

10.28.2025 Featured Story

Photography course by Adam Bundy offered by Shelter Island History Museum

Photographer Adam Bundy, whose work often graces the pages of the Reporter, will share some of the insights and methods of his art with students in a four-week beginner...

10.23.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Oct. 23, 2025