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08.22.2026 Featured Story

Island Profile: Lisa Rein, small town reporter in a big bad town

Lisa Rein’s career as a reporter includes 27 years at The Washington Post covering state, local and federal government in Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. and a 2026 Pulitzer Prize...

08.22.2026 Featured Story

Afloat: Masquerade, local, seaworthy and tales to tell

The locavore movement has been a trend for a while now. Local fresh food and wine and local crafts are placed on a higher order of desirability over distant...

08.22.2026 Featured Story

Jenifer’s Shelter Island Journal: Dry spell

Not exactly an inspirational headline, but at least an ironic one. The most frequently-heard phrase this whole long, dry summer, has been, even when the barest of sprinkles has...

Featured Multimedia

08.21.2026 News

Bucks coach reflects on that championship season

08.21.2026 Community

Harvest Sunday at Union Chapel

08.21.2026 Business

Shelter Island Reporter Real Estate Transfers: Aug. 21, 2026

Rosé All Day: Pink pro Wölffer releases alcohol-free Summer in a Bottle Zero

Don’t play with your food — create with it

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Community

08.21.2026 Featured Story

Harvest Sunday at Union Chapel

Union Chapel in the Grove hosts Harvest Sunday on Aug. 23, celebrating Sylvester Manor Educational Farm. Rev. Galen Guengerich...

08.19.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Aug. 19, 2026

EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at...

08.19.2026 Featured Story

A Shelter Island tradition in miniature

This year’s Garden Club of Shelter Island ornament celebrates two places at the heart...

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

08.21.2026 News

Bucks coach reflects on that championship season

Before the Shelter Island Bucks arrived to play their 2026 season, Coach Andy Concepcion predicted he would be bringing...

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...

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...

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