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08.18.2026 Featured Story

ARTSI Tour welcomes visitors: Getting to know our artists

The Reporter asked some of our writers to visit several of the studios open for this past weekend’s ARTSI Tour, and what they found reflects the breadth and variety...

08.18.2026 Featured Story

A perfect day for the Menantic Yacht Club’s Sunday races

All last week I didn’t know what Sunday would bring for the Menantic Yacht Club’s eighth series of Sunfish racing. Rain was predicted right up until Friday, with very...

08.18.2026 Featured Story

‘This Land Is Your Land:’ A portrait in preservation

“This Land Is Your Land” is a book that brings history, photographs and preservation together and asks Islanders to look at what has been saved and what comes next....

Featured Multimedia

08.17.2026 News/Government

Supervisor awaits LaLota response on Latino activist proposal

08.17.2026 Lifestyle

Great Decisions focuses on Middle East: Popular current affairs series continues

08.17.2026 News

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Peter C. Gulluscio

Liza’s Lace finds the perfect fit in Southold

Springs Brewery (finally!) finds a home… close to home

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Community

08.17.2026 Featured Story

Tennis fundraiser for library draws strong turnout

Dan Berner grew up with the library central to his life. His mother was a librarian, and his father,...

08.14.2026 Featured Story

Get your ducks in a row for a busy weekend of fun

Mid-August is as busy as any time can be, even on a relaxing summer...

08.13.2026 Featured Story

Always lending a hand

Helping someone out is an everyday experience for Mark Kanarvogel, the Island’s Emergency Medical...

Obituaries

07.16.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Hodgkinson, Volinski

Kathryn Hodgkinson Kathryn Jean Kloepfer Hodgkinson of Yorktown Heights, N.Y. passed away peacefully on...

07.07.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Sherman Owen McGayhey

Sherman Owen McGayhey, 88, of Lawrenceville, Ga. passed away on June 16, 2026. He...

07.03.2026 Featured Story

Robert L. Morgan

Robert L. Morgan of Shelter Is-land passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2026. He...

05.19.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Richard Boland

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Richard “Dick” Boland,...

05.07.2026 Obituaries

Shelter Island full obituary: Frederick J. Buonocore

Frederick J. “Fred” Buonocore of Shelter Island, and formerly of East Williston, N.Y., passed...

05.04.2026 Obituaries

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: William Eric Schmitz

William Eric Schmitz, affectionately known to all as Billy, passed away on Jan. 31,...

Sports

Latest Sports

08.16.2026 Featured Story

Gone Fishing: Water temps up, so are options for anglers

The hottest bite of late summer is no longer happening only in the Canyons. Over the past three weeks,...

08.11.2026 Featured Story

Competitive race day for Menantic Yacht Club

Eight Vipers slithered back to Shelter Island this past weekend and ended up on...

08.01.2026 Featured Story

Gone Fishing: Welcome news for anglers

As we reached the end of July, we started to see some local fisheries...

Opinion

08.16.2026 Robert Lipsyte

Codger’s Column: Rest in pieces

08.15.2026 Editorial Staff

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: A catastrophe

08.13.2026 Reader Submission

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Aug. 13, 2026

08.08.2026 John Cronin

View from the Bridge: The sailing experience

08.07.2026 Editorial Staff

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: August 2026