06.23.2023 Obituaries Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Ruth Staehle Ruth Staehle passed away peacefully on June 7, 2023, at the age of 101 near her family in Tiverton, R.I. Ruth was born on April 13, 1922, in Brooklyn,...
05.29.2023 News Dignity, respect and comfort at Calverton National Cemetery This story appeared on Memorial Day 2022. Rich Hilts enlisted in the U.S. Army right after graduating from high school in upstate Rome. His first day of basic training...
05.30.2022 News Dignity, respect and comfort at Calverton National Cemetery Rich Hilts enlisted in the U.S. Army right after graduating from high school in upstate Rome. His first day of basic training was Sept. 11, 2001. “We didn’t believe...
11.08.2021 Obituaries Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Jacqueline Loconsolo Gates Jacqueline Loconsolo Gates passed away at her home in Woodlawn Park, N.J. on Nov. 3, 2021. She was 69 years old. A part-time resident of Shelter Island, who summered...
02.16.2019 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Continuing fight for Long Island’s environment “Silent Spring,” by Rachel Carson, published in 1962, is acknowledged as instrumental in the creation of the modern environmental movement. What isn’t fully realized, however, is the role of...