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10.02.2026 Featured Story

October, the month I fell in love with Shelter Island

October has a particular significance for me. Fourteen years ago this month, I began shadowing Reporter Editor Peter Boody to learn the ropes to take over from him, writing...

10.02.2026 Featured Story

Editorial: Hats off to the first responders

Shelter Islanders were lucky last weekend. That might be a baffling statement to make after a nor’easter blew in and took up residence from Friday through Monday. The storm...

10.02.2026 Featured Story

Island soccer team starting out strong in 2026

The Shelter Island soccer team played a challenging game against the Southampton Mariners on Thursday, Sept. 24 at Fiske Field. Although they fell 6-2, they played with grit and...

Featured Multimedia

10.01.2026 Business

Shelter Island Reporter Real Estate Transfers: Oct. 2, 2026

10.01.2026 Around the Island

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Oct. 1, 2026

09.30.2026 Letters

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Sept. 30, 2026

Showing off the local spirit at the Lin Beach House retreat

The Good, the Scup and the Ugly: can we (finally) learn to love un-loved fish?

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Community

10.01.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Oct. 1, 2026

EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday,...

09.30.2026 Featured Story

Community Forum on the challenges of aging on Shelter Island

All are invited to the free-of-charge Reporter Forum — ‘Senior Citizens On Shelter Island’...

09.28.2026 Featured Story

Museum calls for helping hands: Evening hours announced

The Shelter Island History Museum is looking for volunteers for a cleanup project on...

Obituaries

10.01.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: William Matthew Aston

William Matthew Aston, a longtime Shelter Island resident, passed away peacefully at home on...

09.25.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Nancy M. Hunkele Hutchings

Nancy M. Hunkele Hutchings passed away at her home in Plum, Penn., surrounded by...

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....

08.25.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Donna Anderson

It is with great sadness that the family shares the passing of our beloved...

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...

Sports

Latest Sports

09.28.2026 Featured Story

Enthusiasm and hard work marks volleyball team: Searching for first win

It’s the end of September and the volleyball team is halfway through its league schedule. We’re starting to see...

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...

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...

Opinion

09.30.2026 Reader Submission

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Sept. 30, 2026

09.27.2026 Editorial Staff

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Doubling down

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