02.21.2019 Around the Island Friday Night Dialogues: Chris Verga on civil rights on Long Island The February 22 Friday Night Dialogue promises to be an important and thought-provoking event, when historian Christopher Verga presents an illustrated talk on the often overlooked history of civil...
02.14.2019 Around the Island What’s happening: February 14, 2019 Activities and events on Shelter Island.
02.04.2019 Around the Island Friday Night Dialogues: Trivia Night returns It seems that no matter how one prepares for the Shelter Island Public Library’s annual Battle of the Brains Trivia Night, the devious questions researched and proffered by host...
01.24.2019 Around the Island Island calendar: January 24, 2019 EVERY WEEK 50+ drop-in basketball, Sundays, noon to 2 p.m., school gym. No charge. Adult coed drop-in basketball, Mondays and Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m., school gym. No charge....
02.04.2017 Columns Suffolk Closeup: The county’s shameful — and heroic — history “Civil Rights on Long Island” is a new book by Christopher Verga. And, kicking off his January 21 presentation at the Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead, Mr. Verga...