11.19.2022 Around the Island Thanksgiving dining out — and in — on Shelter Island It’s a new day on Shelter Island when it comes to options for Thanksgiving dinner. Prior to the pandemic, Islanders had few local choices if they didn’t want to...
09.21.2022 Government Ram’s Head Inn docks raise issues: Court deals with one; Board discusses environmental study The Ram’s Head Inn dock saga is proceeding on two separate tracks: • The first is the court case pending in Suffolk County Supreme Court over action the Town...
06.02.2022 Columns Codger’s Column: Unmasking Shelter Island Behind his mask, Codger is not smiling. He is tired of wearing the damn thing and also annoyed at those who pass too close to him bare-faced in the...
04.26.2022 Around the Island A valentine to life on Chase Creek: The first in a Reporter series on Shelter Island innkeepers The story of the House on Chase Creek is a link between two pandemics — the Spanish flu of 1918 and COVID-19, which flared in 2020 and continues to...
02.22.2022 Around the Island Charity’s Column: Who is a resident? When the question of a transfer of moorings in Coecles Harbor to the new owner of the Ram’s Head Inn came before the Town Board last fall, it opened...