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12.01.2025 Featured Story

Birds of prey showcased at Mashomack

On Saturday, Nov. 29, 30-plus bird enthusiasts of all ages gathered behind the visitor’s center at the Mashomack Preserve to meet four raptors native to the area. The birds...

12.01.2025 Featured Story

The Season of Lights is upon us: Island holiday events to ring in good cheer

This week will usher in the Christmas season on the Island with beloved traditions. Accompanied by caroling, the Island’s Christmas Tree will be lit on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at...

12.01.2025 Featured Story

Water Advisory Committee plans spring ‘Water Testing Weekend’

The Water Advisory Committee (WAC) wants to encourage more residents to get their water tested. “We tend to think small,” member Sean Davy told his colleagues about efforts to...

Featured Multimedia

11.30.2025 News

Peconic Landing nursing facilities rank among nation’s best

11.30.2025 Community

200-plus people race into the bay: 16th annual Turkey Plunge raises funds for library

11.30.2025 Business

Shelter Island Reporter Real Estate Transfers: Nov. 30, 2025

The Dish: Mugs on Main serves lavish lattes and twists on favorite dishes

New “Sag Saturdays” series kicks off in Sag Harbor

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Community

11.30.2025 Featured Story

200-plus people race into the bay: 16th annual Turkey Plunge raises funds for library

Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. Wind: Out of the northwest at 7 to 10 mph, gusting as high as 21...

11.25.2025 Featured Story

Community celebrates Sara Gordon, a champion of preservation

In the last rays of a spectacular Gardiners Bay sunset, scores of local elected...

11.24.2025 Featured Story

Hear, hear for Shelter Island volunteers

On a sun-spangled Tuesday morning last week, Shelter Island’s Senior Center and Nutrition Program...

Obituaries

10.31.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter partial obituary: Mercedes M. Binder

Mercedes M. Binder of Shelter Island passed away on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. She was...

10.15.2025 Featured Story

Clifford O. Springer

Clifford O. Springer, 78, of Plaistow, N.H. died on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Cliff...

10.12.2025 Featured Story

John Stephen Quirke

On Sept. 26, 2025, John Stephen Quirke, 93, of Pompton Plains, N.J. and Shelter...

09.13.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Richard Tarpinian

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 27, 1934, longtime resident of Shelter Island with...

09.05.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Anita Marija Tichomirova Goldsmith Allen

Anita Allen died on Aug. 11 in Warren, R.I. surrounded by family at age...

09.03.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Theresa Rogers

Theresa Rogers, a professor of sociology and a summer and weekend resident of Shelter...

Sports

Latest Sports

11.23.2025 Featured Story

New season, new hope for the Island’s basketball team

A few things define a Shelter Island winter. Quiet roads, shorter days, colder weather and, of course, basketball. And...

11.18.2025 Featured Story

Two Shelter Island athletes shine at state championships

The New York State Cross Country Championships is one of the most demanding and...

11.11.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Islanders advance to cross country state championship races

One of the greatest honors in high school athletics is to compete in a...

Opinion

11.27.2025 Editorial Staff

Reporter Editorial: Thanksgiving 2025

11.14.2025 Reporter Staff

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Lest we forget

11.13.2025 Robert Lipsyte

Codger’s column: Post-election blues

11.09.2025 John Cronin

21st century skills lacking in many local officials

10.31.2025 Editorial Staff

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: All politics is local