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...
07.27.2017 Around the Island What’s Happening Around the Island This week CLASS FUNDRAISER On Saturday, July 29, the Shelter Island classes of 2022 and 2023 will hold a multi-family yard sale, bake sale and car wash on the...
07.15.2016 Columns Play With Your Food: A perfect union of local ingredients I was so happy last week to have my first corn of the season — tender, sweet and delicious! I decided to use it as a base for this...
11.26.2015 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Welcome the stranger Thanksgiving is rightly praised for being a unique American holiday. Canadians, as North Americans, have one, so we count them, even if they insist on having their day of...
11.27.2014 Editorial Editorial: A story to pass down The stories handed down from generation to generation — whether facts have been lost, obscured or tempered by time — reinforce what families and nations believe about the best...