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09.26.2026 Featured Story

Storm report: All roads passable at 4 p.m. — 23 Islanders without power

At 4 p.m. Saturday, Highway Superintendent Ken Lewis Jr. said all roads on Shelter Island are passable. “Low tide is around 5 so the water is receding,” Mr. Lewis...

09.26.2026 News

Storm update: Roads closed due to flooding, trees down, two residences without power

What was expected happened. The late morning high tide, driven by high winds, flooded several Island roadways this morning. Bridge Street, West Neck Road and the causeways leading to...

09.26.2026 Featured Story

Gone Fishing: How nor’easters reshape the fall fishery

No weather event marks the transition from summer to fall in the Northeast quite like the season’s first nor’easter. As I write this, one of these powerful coastal storms...

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09.26.2026 News

Weathering the storm: Nor’easter update

09.26.2026 Around the Island

What is that? Sept. 26, 2026

09.25.2026 Around the Island

Love on the Rock: A summer at Quinipet that changed everything

Sip, shuck and savor at Sparkling Pointe’s annual oyster showcase

East End Collected returns to Southampton Arts Center

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Community

09.25.2026 Featured Story

Love on the Rock: A summer at Quinipet that changed everything

Remy Styers pulled into Camp Quinipet in the spring of 2021, looking for a new beginning. Fresh off a...

09.24.2026 Featured Story

Reporter Community Forum: Seniors on Shelter Island and the challenges of aging

It’s a destination everyone is going to, if they’re lucky, and everyone before us...

09.22.2026 Featured Story

Over the Hill game to benefit S.I Little League: Oldest and youngest celebrated

Dust off the glove and stretch out those hamstrings — Shelter Island’s Over the...

Obituaries

08.29.2026 Obituaries

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Bruce M. Hopke

Bruce M. Hopke, 73, of Shelter Island, passed away peacefully on Aug. 23, 2026....

08.17.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Peter C. Gulluscio

Peter C. Gulluscio of Shelter Island died on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, at the...

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,...

Sports

Latest Sports

09.23.2026 Featured Story

Island volleyballers become unified through adversity

Brandi Carlile’s song “Hold Out Your Hand” is a favorite of mine. This rocking anthem is about human connection,...

09.22.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island School soccer team kicks off new season

For five seniors, the soccer field represents a final season. For a trio of...

09.16.2026 Featured Story

Resilience and confidence marks 2026 Island volleyball team

I am really enjoying working with the 2026 Shelter Island volleyball team. Admittedly, that...

Opinion

09.24.2026 Reader Submission

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Sept. 24, 2026

09.15.2026 Jenifer Maxson

Jenifer’s Shelter Island Journal: Regeneration

09.12.2026 Robert Lipsyte

Codger’s Column: A common chorus

09.11.2026 Reader Submission

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Sept. 11, 2026

09.10.2026 Editorial Staff

Reporter Editorial: The struggle of memory against forgetting