09.08.2017 Editorial Reporter editorial: Make 9/11 a national holiday Our country was changed forever on September 11, 2001, and in the aftermath of the terrible events of that day there has been nothing glorious — except the inspiring...
12.28.2016 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Inspiring lives The cemeteries are filled with irreplaceable people, as the old saying goes. It’s true and not true, since we are all diminished by the deaths of those who have...
09.28.2016 Around the Island Playing ball for old times sake Back in the 1970s, a group of Island residents got together to start an annual old timers’ softball game. It was a friendly competition of the “over-35” crowd who...
01.29.2016 Letters Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor No last call To the Editor: As I write this through tears of sadness and tears of joy, I’m constantly reminded of my dear friend and mentor, Ben Jones....
01.18.2016 Columns Eye on the Ball: Remembering Ben Jones Did you ever have a tree fall on you? Neither have I, but last Thursday when I heard Ben Jones had passed away in Florida, I think I know...