10.05.2019 Around the Island Tree of the month: Franklin tree Latin Name: Franklinia alatamaha Location: Though I’ve long been aware of this fabled tree and often fantasized about growing one, I had never seen an actual specimen until I...
07.13.2019 Around the Island Tree of the month: Black Locust Latin Name: Robinia pseudoacacia Locations: Everywhere! Tree stats: Black locust is native to Pennsylvania and Iowa and south from Georgia to Oklahoma. This fast-growing but relatively short-lived tree usually...
03.27.2019 Around the Island Richard’s almanac: On the road again I am on the last leg of my annual road trip through the South, settling for a few days in Naples, Florida.
07.28.2017 Around the Island Rev. Stephen Fearing to preach at Union Chapel This Sunday, Union Chapel welcomes guest preacher Reverend Stephen Fearing, pastor of Shelter Island Presbyterian Church. His sermon is titled, “Saying No to Scripture.”
06.07.2015 Lifestyle Movies at the Library Season finale: Stunning documentary on ballerina For 20 years — from 1963 to 1983 — Shelter Island weekender Barbara Horgan was the personal assistant to George Balanchine, one of the 20th century’s most prolific and...